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The Capitoline Triad
Legendary Creature — God Artificer · 10
Color identity: Colorless
The Capitoline Triad is colorless: its deck can only run colorless cards (artifacts, Eldrazi and colorless lands).
Rules text:
Those Who Came Before — This spell costs {1} less to cast for each historic card in your graveyard. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
Exile any number of historic cards from your graveyard with total mana value 30 or greater: You get an emblem with "Creatures you control have base power and toughness 9/9."
Reference price of the card: €0.57
Average lands in decks for The Capitoline Triad: 36
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🛠️ Build a deck for The Capitoline Triad 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average The Capitoline Triad 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 (68/100)
- Consistency71
- Speed60
- Interaction55
- Resilience76
- Closing81
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 36 lands (26 nonbasic, 10 Wastes)
Sol Ring · Forsaken Monument · Millikin · All Is Dust · Ugin, the Ineffable · Threefold Thunderhulk · Myr Battlesphere · Glaring Fleshraker · Metalwork Colossus · Palladium Myr · Foundry Inspector · Mind Stone · Null Elemental Blast · Perpetual Timepiece · Hedron Archive · Collector's Vault · Thran Dynamo · Mystic Forge · Sojourner's Companion · Jhoira's Familiar · Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core · Phyrexian Triniform · Solemn Simulacrum · Thopter Assembly · Ultima, Origin of Oblivion · Codex Shredder · Trading Post · The Warring Triad · Ornithopter of Paradise · Meteor Golem · Dreamstone Hedron · Mycosynth Golem · Ancient Stone Idol · Palantír of Orthanc · Warping Wail · Kozilek's Command · Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter · Triplicate Titan · Echoes of Eternity · Burnished Hart · Hedron Crawler · Eldritch Immunity · Scrap Trawler · Canoptek Scarab Swarm · Selective Obliteration · Kozilek, the Great Distortion · Mesmeric Orb · Shardless Outlander · Thought Vessel · Ugin, Eye of the Storms · Hangarback Walker · Myr Retriever · Excalibur, Sword of Eden · Expedition Map · Mind's Eye · Worn Powerstone · Wurmcoil Engine · Altar of Dementia · Everflowing Chalice · Eldrazi Confluence · Sliversmith · Unwinding Clock · Cloud Key · Urza's Mine · Urza's Power Plant · Urza's Tower · Shrine of the Forsaken Gods · Darksteel Citadel · Buried Ruin · War Room · Geier Reach Sanitarium · Urza's Cave · Tomb of the Spirit Dragon · Conduit Pylons · Rogue's Passage · Temple of the False God · Urza's Workshop · Hidden Grotto · Bonders' Enclave · Urza's Factory · Inventors' Fair · Reliquary Tower · Urza's Saga · Gallifrey Council Chamber · Thespian's Stage · Mirrex · Fomori Vault · Guildless Commons · Fountainport
🃏 Recommended cards for The Capitoline Triad
The highest-synergy cards in decks for The Capitoline Triad, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Millikin | 84% | +77% |
| Perpetual Timepiece | 72% | +68% |
| Collector's Vault | 70% | +63% |
| Threefold Thunderhulk | 78% | +62% |
| Sojourner's Companion | 68% | +61% |
| Matzalantli, the Great Door | 64% | +59% |
| Myr Battlesphere | 77% | +58% |
| Codex Shredder | 59% | +55% |
| The Warring Triad | 58% | +54% |
| Thopter Assembly | 62% | +54% |
| Phyrexian Triniform | 64% | +54% |
| Trading Post | 59% | +49% |
| Metalwork Colossus | 76% | +48% |
| Triplicate Titan | 50% | +42% |
| Conduit Pylons | 53% | +40% |
| Shardless Outlander | 42% | +40% |
| Mesmeric Orb | 42% | +40% |
| Ancient Stone Idol | 51% | +38% |
| Canoptek Scarab Swarm | 43% | +38% |
| Palantír of Orthanc | 51% | +37% |
| Hidden Grotto | 49% | +36% |
| Geier Reach Sanitarium | 63% | +35% |
| Gallifrey Council Chamber | 40% | +35% |
| Mycosynth Golem | 52% | +35% |
💰 The best cards for your The Capitoline Triad 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.
- Millikin
- Perpetual Timepiece
- Collector's Vault
- Threefold Thunderhulk
- Sojourner's Companion
- Myr Battlesphere
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Draco
- Fountainport
- Wurmcoil Engine
- Grinding Station
- Abstergo Entertainment
- Fomori Vault
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Mesmeric Orb
- Canoptek Scarab Swarm
- Palantír of Orthanc
- Mycosynth Golem
- Altar of Dementia
- Excalibur, Sword of Eden
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with The Capitoline Triad
- Basalt Monolith + Forsaken Monument → Infinite colorless mana
- Sensei's Divining Top + Foundry Inspector + Mystic Forge → Infinite card draw, Near-infinite storm count, Infinite draw triggers
- Rings of Brighthearth + Basalt Monolith → Infinite colorless mana
- Sensei's Divining Top + Mystic Forge + Cloud Key → Infinite card draw, Near-infinite storm count, Infinite draw triggers
- Scrap Trawler + Myr Retriever + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Foundry Inspector → Infinite ETB, Infinite LTB, Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite sacrifice triggers, Infinite storm count
- Sensei's Divining Top + Mystic Forge + Jhoira's Familiar → Infinite card draw, Near-infinite storm count, Infinite draw triggers
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Frequently asked questions
What is The Capitoline Triad's color identity?
The Capitoline Triad is colorless: its deck can only run colorless cards (artifacts, Eldrazi and colorless lands). 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 Capitoline Triad come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average The Capitoline Triad deck (the 99 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 36 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 7.0 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 63 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 7 % of the time and floods 19 %. Deck health: B (68/100).
How many lands should a The Capitoline Triad deck run?
Real The Capitoline Triad 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 Capitoline Triad?
The three highest-synergy cards are Millikin, Perpetual Timepiece, Collector's Vault. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in The Capitoline Triad decks.
What combos does The Capitoline Triad have?
The Capitoline Triad has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Basalt Monolith + Forsaken Monument. 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 Capitoline Triad deck cost?
You can start cheap: Millikin, Perpetual Timepiece, Collector's Vault 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.