EDH Optimizer
The Blue Spirit
Legendary Creature — Human Rogue Ally · 3U
Color identity: Blue
The Blue Spirit is blue: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
You may cast the first creature spell you cast each turn as though it had flash.
Whenever a nontoken creature you control enters during combat, draw a card.
Reference price of the card: €2.33
Average lands in decks for The Blue Spirit: 36
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Build your The Blue Spirit deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for The Blue Spirit 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average The Blue Spirit 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: B+ (74/100)
- Consistency71
- Speed55
- Interaction100
- Resilience88
- Closing64
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 36 lands (7 nonbasic, 29 Island)
Sol Ring · Sapphire Medallion · Bender's Waterskin · Wavebreak Hippocamp · Arcane Signet · Geyser Drake · Kefnet's Monument · Shrieking Drake · Cloud of Faeries · Naiad of Hidden Coves · Thought Vessel · Starfield Vocalist · Counterspell · Aether Channeler · Ornithopter of Paradise · Peregrine Drake · Silver Myr · Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory · Chasm Skulker · Defiler of Dreams · Hullbreaker Horror · Venser, Shaper Savant · Scourge of Fleets · Dour Port-Mage · Floodpits Drowner · Ghostly Flicker · High Fae Trickster · Mulldrifter · Snap · The Unagi of Kyoshi Island · High Tide · Katara, Waterbending Master · Faerie Mastermind · Pongify · Psychosis Crawler · Ty Lee, Chi Blocker · An Offer You Can't Refuse · Teferi's Ageless Insight · Tempest Caller · Aetherize · Arcane Denial · Frantic Search · Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar · Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs · Brineborn Cutthroat · Essence Flux · Hydro-Man, Fluid Felon · Panharmonicon · Siren Stormtamer · Equilibrium · Phyrexian Metamorph · Rapid Hybridization · Solemn Simulacrum · Victory Chimes · Enduring Curiosity · Quickling · Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir · Fear of Impostors · Wizard Class · Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore · Glen Elendra Pranksters · Mockingbird · Negate · Reliquary Tower · Mystic Sanctuary · Agna Qel'a · Otawara, Soaring City · Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx · Myriad Landscape · Castle Vantress
🃏 Recommended cards for The Blue Spirit
The highest-synergy cards in decks for The Blue Spirit, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Geyser Drake | 64% | +62% |
| Bender's Waterskin | 74% | +62% |
| Shrieking Drake | 62% | +61% |
| Wavebreak Hippocamp | 70% | +60% |
| Naiad of Hidden Coves | 59% | +57% |
| Kefnet's Monument | 62% | +56% |
| Cloud of Faeries | 59% | +55% |
| Starfield Vocalist | 56% | +54% |
| Aether Channeler | 54% | +49% |
| Peregrine Drake | 51% | +43% |
| Ornithopter of Paradise | 52% | +41% |
| Silver Myr | 51% | +40% |
| Venser, Shaper Savant | 45% | +39% |
| Defiler of Dreams | 46% | +38% |
| Floodpits Drowner | 40% | +38% |
| Dour Port-Mage | 41% | +38% |
| Katara, Waterbending Master | 36% | +35% |
| Hydroelectric Specimen | 49% | +35% |
| Ty Lee, Chi Blocker | 35% | +34% |
| High Fae Trickster | 39% | +34% |
| Tempest Caller | 34% | +33% |
| Chasm Skulker | 47% | +33% |
| Mulldrifter | 39% | +32% |
| Brineborn Cutthroat | 32% | +31% |
💰 The best cards for your The Blue Spirit 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.
- Geyser Drake
- Bender's Waterskin
- Shrieking Drake
- Wavebreak Hippocamp
- Naiad of Hidden Coves
- Kefnet's Monument
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Dour Port-Mage
- High Fae Trickster
- Victory Chimes
- Panharmonicon
- Mockingbird
- Hullbreaker Horror
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Katara, Waterbending Master
- Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
- Faerie Mastermind
- Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
- Winding Canyons
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with The Blue Spirit
- Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
- Peregrine Drake + Deadeye Navigator → Infinite blinking, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite mana lands you control can produce
- Ghostly Flicker + Peregrine Drake + Archaeomancer → Infinite blinking, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite mana lands you control can produce, Infinite storm count, Infinite untap of lands you control
- Tidespout Tyrant + Sol Ring → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
- Cloud of Faeries + Deadeye Navigator → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
- Peregrine Drake + Panharmonicon + Venser, Shaper Savant → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite mana lands you control can produce, Infinite storm count, Infinite blue mana, Infinite untap of lands you control
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Frequently asked questions
What is The Blue Spirit's color identity?
The Blue Spirit is blue: its deck can only run cards of that color 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 The Blue Spirit come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average The Blue Spirit deck (the 99 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 36 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 3.7 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 17 % of the time and floods 0 %. Deck health: B+ (74/100).
How many lands should a The Blue Spirit deck run?
Real The Blue Spirit decks run 36 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 The Blue Spirit?
The three highest-synergy cards are Geyser Drake, Bender's Waterskin, Shrieking Drake. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in The Blue Spirit decks.
What combos does The Blue Spirit have?
The Blue Spirit 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 The Blue Spirit deck cost?
You can start cheap: Geyser Drake, Bender's Waterskin, Shrieking Drake 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.