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Tam, Mindful First-Year
Legendary Creature — Gorgon Wizard · 1GU
Color identity: Green · Blue · Simic
Tam, Mindful First-Year is Simic (green and blue): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Each other creature you control has hexproof from each of its colors.
{T}: Target creature you control becomes all colors until end of turn.
Reference price of the card: €0.43
Average lands in decks for Tam, Mindful First-Year: 35
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Build your Tam, Mindful First-Year deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Tam, Mindful First-Year 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Tam, Mindful First-Year deck starts over 4,000 games
The list people actually play per EDHREC (the 99 most-included cards, with its average land count), simulated with the EDH Optimizer engine: hands, mulligans, lands, curve and commander. It does not model opponents; it measures whether the plan gets going.
Deck health of the average list: C+ (65/100)
- Consistency66
- Speed52
- Interaction71
- Resilience87
- Closing60
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 35 lands (24 nonbasic, 5 Island, 6 Forest)
Bloom Tender · Aurora Awakener · Prismatic Undercurrents · Shinestriker · Sol Ring · Case of the Shattered Pact · Elemental Spectacle · Glister Bairn · Conqueror's Flail · Prismabasher · Arcane Signet · Murkfiend Liege · Scuttlemutt · Kiora's Follower · Cultivate · Wildvine Pummeler · Counterspell · Growth Spiral · Beast Within · Birds of Paradise · Distorting Lens · Formidable Speaker · Ioreth of the Healing House · Painter's Servant · Rime Chill · Scion of Draco · Llanowar Elves · Kodama's Reach · Blind Seer · Cold-Eyed Selkie · Nature's Lore · Dragonfire Blade · Eternal Witness · Fallaji Wayfarer · Farseek · Rampant Growth · Shifting Sky · Swiftfoot Boots · Tidal Visionary · Might of the Nephilim · Heroic Intervention · Pongify · Rapid Hybridization · Elvish Mystic · Jaded Response · Quickchange · Progenitor Mimic · Negate · Three Visits · Ana Sanctuary · Arcane Denial · Ceta Sanctuary · Double Major · First Family · Marvin, Murderous Mimic · Seedborn Muse · Sway of Illusion · Llawan, Cephalid Empress · Simic Signet · Spark Double · Vizier of Tumbling Sands · Wash Out · Beast Whisperer · Civic Saber · Command Tower · Hinterland Harbor · Dreamroot Cascade · Yavimaya Coast · Breeding Pool · Flooded Grove · Rejuvenating Springs · Simic Growth Chamber · Sodden Verdure · Exotic Orchard · Reliquary Tower · Vineglimmer Snarl · Willowrush Verge · Temple of Mystery · Alchemist's Refuge · Hedge Maze · Misty Rainforest · Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth · Mistrise Village · Overflowing Basin · Minamo, School at Water's Edge · Waterlogged Grove · Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway · Boseiju, Who Endures
🃏 Recommended cards for Tam, Mindful First-Year
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Tam, Mindful First-Year, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora Awakener | 76% | +76% |
| Bloom Tender | 77% | +72% |
| Prismatic Undercurrents | 73% | +72% |
| Shinestriker | 71% | +70% |
| Case of the Shattered Pact | 63% | +62% |
| Elemental Spectacle | 62% | +62% |
| Glister Bairn | 62% | +62% |
| Conqueror's Flail | 60% | +60% |
| Prismabasher | 59% | +59% |
| Scuttlemutt | 52% | +52% |
| Wildvine Pummeler | 50% | +50% |
| Murkfiend Liege | 57% | +44% |
| Distorting Lens | 44% | +44% |
| Rime Chill | 42% | +42% |
| Painter's Servant | 42% | +42% |
| Ioreth of the Healing House | 42% | +40% |
| Scion of Draco | 41% | +40% |
| Formidable Speaker | 42% | +39% |
| Kiora's Follower | 51% | +38% |
| Blind Seer | 37% | +36% |
| Shifting Sky | 34% | +34% |
| Tidal Visionary | 34% | +34% |
| Fallaji Wayfarer | 34% | +34% |
| Dragonfire Blade | 34% | +33% |
💰 The best cards for your Tam, Mindful First-Year deck, by budget
Three tiers based on the maximum price PER CARD you are willing to pay. Paste your list and hit Optimize: you pick that cap and the AI only suggests swaps that fit under it.
Tier 1 · Budget up to €2/card
The most value for almost nothing. Coming from a precon? Start here.
- Aurora Awakener
- Prismatic Undercurrents
- Shinestriker
- Case of the Shattered Pact
- Elemental Spectacle
- Glister Bairn
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Scion of Draco
- Wistfulness
- Mistrise Village
- Birds of Paradise
- Spark Double
- Beast Whisperer
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Bloom Tender
- Painter's Servant
- Formidable Speaker
- Minamo, School at Water's Edge
- Thousand-Year Elixir
- Hedge Maze
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Tam, Mindful First-Year
- Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
- Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy + Basalt Monolith → Infinite colorless mana
- Marvin, Murderous Mimic + Ioreth of the Healing House → Infinite untap of legendary creatures you control, Infinite mana legendary creatures you control can produce
- Bloom Tender + Freed from the Real → Infinite non-blue mana of colors among permanents you control, Infinite mana of colors among permanents you control
- Ioreth of the Healing House + Vizier of Tumbling Sands → Infinite untap of legendary creatures you control, Infinite mana legendary creatures you control can produce
- Kodama of the East Tree + Simic Growth Chamber + Scute Swarm → Infinite creature tokens, Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite creature ETB
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Frequently asked questions
What is Tam, Mindful First-Year's color identity?
Tam, Mindful First-Year is Simic (green and blue): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones. Color identity comes from every mana symbol on the card, including those in the rules text, not just the casting cost.
What turn does Tam, Mindful First-Year come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Tam, Mindful First-Year deck (the 99 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 35 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 2.2 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 100 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 28 % of the time and floods 16 %. Deck health: C+ (65/100).
How many lands should a Tam, Mindful First-Year deck run?
Real Tam, Mindful First-Year decks run 35 lands on average. That is a starting point, not a rule: a lower curve can shave one or two, big-mana builds want more. The EDH Optimizer simulator tells you, over 10,000 games, how often you get mana screwed or flooded with your exact count.
What are the best cards for Tam, Mindful First-Year?
The three highest-synergy cards are Aurora Awakener, Bloom Tender, Prismatic Undercurrents. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Tam, Mindful First-Year decks.
What combos does Tam, Mindful First-Year have?
Tam, Mindful First-Year has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring. Note that two-card combos raise your deck's bracket, so it is worth knowing which ones you are running before you sit down.
How much does a Tam, Mindful First-Year deck cost?
You can start cheap: Aurora Awakener, Prismatic Undercurrents, Shinestriker are under €2 each. The "Level up" section on this page splits the best cards into three price caps PER CARD (up to €2, up to €10 and no cap), and the optimizer only suggests swaps that fit the cap you pick.