EDH Optimizer
The Celestial Toymaker
Legendary Creature — Rogue Artificer · WUB
Color identity: Black · Blue · White · Esper
The Celestial Toymaker is Esper (black, blue and white): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Whenever The Celestial Toymaker attacks, look at the top three cards of your library. Exile any number of them in a face-down pile and the rest in a face-up pile. Defending player chooses one of those piles. Put that pile into your hand.
At the beginning of each end step, each opponent loses 2 life for each spell or ability that caused one or more players to guess or to group cards or permanents into a pile this turn.
Reference price of the card: €30.41
Average lands in decks for The Celestial Toymaker: 35
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Build your The Celestial Toymaker deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for The Celestial Toymaker 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average The Celestial Toymaker 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+ (60/100)
- Consistency76
- Speed49
- Interaction67
- Resilience81
- Closing42
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 35 lands (25 nonbasic, 2 Plains, 6 Island, 2 Swamp)
Fact or Fiction · Arcane Signet · Gollum, Scheming Guide · Fight or Flight · Make an Example · Sauron's Ransom · Sol Ring · Truth or Tale · Hostile Negotiations · Epiphany at the Drownyard · The Toymaker's Trap · Atris, Oracle of Half-Truths · Do or Die · Fortune's Favor · Master of Predicaments · Liar's Pendulum · The Seventh Doctor · Brilliant Ultimatum · Sphinx of Clear Skies · Intrude on the Mind · Boneyard Parley · Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign · Swords to Plowshares · Death or Glory · Curator of Destinies · Sphinx of Uthuun · Talisman of Dominance · Talisman of Progress · Path to Exile · Jace, Architect of Thought · Delney, Streetwise Lookout · Spark Double · Lightning Greaves · Talisman of Hierarchy · MacCready, Lamplight Mayor · Propaganda · Counterspell · Reconnaissance · Void Rend · Abstract Performance · Quantum Misalignment · Dimir Signet · Swiftfoot Boots · Azorius Signet · Thought Vessel · Irenicus's Vile Duplication · Parallel Thoughts · Phyrexian Portal · Auton Soldier · Triumph of Saint Katherine · Become Anonymous · Ghostly Prison · Orzhov Signet · Sphinx Ambassador · Fellwar Stone · Ghastly Conscription · Roaming Throne · Anguished Unmaking · Dovin's Veto · Sakashima of a Thousand Faces · Strionic Resonator · Wound Reflection · An Offer You Can't Refuse · Sadistic Shell Game · Command Tower · Exotic Orchard · Reliquary Tower · Arcane Sanctum · Raffine's Tower · Watery Grave · Godless Shrine · Hallowed Fountain · Glacial Fortress · Drowned Catacomb · Morphic Pool · Sea of Clouds · Isolated Chapel · Vault of Champions · Deserted Beach · Shipwreck Marsh · Rogue's Passage · Prairie Stream · Flooded Strand · Polluted Delta · Sunken Hollow · Access Tunnel · Marsh Flats · Shattered Sanctum · Bojuka Bog
🃏 Recommended cards for The Celestial Toymaker
The highest-synergy cards in decks for The Celestial Toymaker, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Fact or Fiction | 96% | +92% |
| Gollum, Scheming Guide | 91% | +90% |
| Fight or Flight | 90% | +89% |
| Make an Example | 89% | +89% |
| Sauron's Ransom | 89% | +88% |
| Truth or Tale | 89% | +88% |
| Hostile Negotiations | 87% | +86% |
| Epiphany at the Drownyard | 86% | +85% |
| The Toymaker's Trap | 86% | +85% |
| Atris, Oracle of Half-Truths | 85% | +85% |
| Do or Die | 84% | +84% |
| Fortune's Favor | 84% | +83% |
| Master of Predicaments | 82% | +81% |
| Liar's Pendulum | 81% | +80% |
| The Seventh Doctor | 75% | +75% |
| Sphinx of Clear Skies | 73% | +72% |
| Intrude on the Mind | 72% | +72% |
| Brilliant Ultimatum | 73% | +71% |
| Boneyard Parley | 71% | +70% |
| Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign | 70% | +70% |
| Death or Glory | 65% | +64% |
| Curator of Destinies | 64% | +63% |
| Sphinx of Uthuun | 63% | +62% |
| Jace, Architect of Thought | 56% | +56% |
💰 The best cards for your The Celestial Toymaker 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.
- Fact or Fiction
- Gollum, Scheming Guide
- Fight or Flight
- Sauron's Ransom
- Truth or Tale
- Hostile Negotiations
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Do or Die
- Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
- MacCready, Lamplight Mayor
- Spark Double
- Reconnaissance
- Quantum Misalignment
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Make an Example
- Delney, Streetwise Lookout
- Sphinx Ambassador
- Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
- Roaming Throne
- Sakashima the Impostor
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with The Celestial Toymaker
- Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
- Demonic Consultation + Thassa's Oracle → Exile your library, Win the game
- Sanguine Bond + Exquisite Blood → Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite lifegain
- Tainted Pact + Thassa's Oracle → Win the game
- Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter → Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite mana nonland permanents you control can produce, Infinite storm count, Infinite untap of nonland permanents you control
- Sanguine Bond + Bloodthirsty Conqueror → Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite lifegain
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Frequently asked questions
What is The Celestial Toymaker's color identity?
The Celestial Toymaker is Esper (black, blue and white): 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 The Celestial Toymaker come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average The Celestial Toymaker deck (the 99 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 35 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 3.3 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 98 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 26 % of the time and floods 9 %. Deck health: C+ (60/100).
How many lands should a The Celestial Toymaker deck run?
Real The Celestial Toymaker 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 The Celestial Toymaker?
The three highest-synergy cards are Fact or Fiction, Gollum, Scheming Guide, Fight or Flight. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in The Celestial Toymaker decks.
What combos does The Celestial Toymaker have?
The Celestial Toymaker 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 Celestial Toymaker deck cost?
You can start cheap: Fact or Fiction, Gollum, Scheming Guide, Fight or Flight 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.