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The Everforger

Card: The Everforger

Legendary Artifact Creature — Construct · 6

Color identity: Colorless

The Everforger is colorless: its deck can only run colorless cards (artifacts, Eldrazi and colorless lands).

Rules text:
Rulebreaker — A deck with this commander can have artifact creature and Equipment cards of any color identity and any basic land cards.
Whenever you cast an artifact creature or Equipment spell, you may copy that spell. Do this only once each turn. (The copy becomes a token.)

Average lands in decks for The Everforger: 36

ArtifactsEquipmentTokensClonesAffinity+1/+1 CountersModified CreaturesCombo

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🎲 How the average The Everforger deck starts over 4,000 games

The list people actually play (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.

4.6average turn the commander comes down
96 %of games have it on the battlefield before turn 7
11 %of games miss at least one land drop in the first six turns (mana screw)
7 %of games flood (three or more turns with nothing to cast)
99 %of games close out the table before turn 12
9median closing turn
14 %of games assemble a combo

Deck health of the average list: B (69/100)

See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 36 lands (26 nonbasic, 10 Wastes)

Sol Ring · Foundry Inspector · Ornithopter of Paradise · Chromatic Lantern · Mystic Forge · Solemn Simulacrum · Palladium Myr · Shimmer Myr · Cloud Key · Cryptothrall · Ultron, Artificial Malevolence · Unwinding Clock · Mycosynth Golem · Nettlecyst · Commander's Plate · Krang, Utrom Warlord · Null Elemental Blast · Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter · Steel Overseer · Sculpting Steel · Thran Dynamo · Jhoira's Familiar · Alloy Myr · Fellwar Stone · Adaptive Omnitool · Darksteel Forge · Chromatic Orrery · Lightning Greaves · Myr Retriever · Scrap Trawler · Eldritch Immunity · All Is Dust · Echoes of Eternity · Forsaken Monument · Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus · Crystalline Entity · Cybermen Squadron · Sword of the Animist · Mox Opal · Blightsteel Colossus · Memnarch, the Warden · Swiftfoot Boots · Wurmcoil Engine · Thought Vessel · Warping Wail · Buster Sword · Canoptek Spyder · Karn, Legacy Reforged · The Ten Rings · Tezzeret, Cruel Captain · The Eternity Elevator · Kuldotha Forgemaster · Metalworker · Meteor Golem · Chimil, the Inner Sun · The One Ring · Environmental Sciences · Iron Spider, Stark Upgrade · Sensei's Divining Top · Brass Squire · Helm of the Host · Kaldra Compleat · Myr Battlesphere · Exotic Orchard · Inventors' Fair · Urza's Mine · Urza's Power Plant · Urza's Tower · Darksteel Citadel · Buried Ruin · Urza's Saga · Spire of Industry · Castle Doom · Reliquary Tower · Power Depot · War Room · Fabled Passage · Urza's Cave · Urza's Workshop · City of Brass · Glimmervoid · The Mycosynth Gardens · Evolving Wilds · Mishra's Workshop · Ancient Tomb · Mana Confluence · Reflecting Pool · Terramorphic Expanse · Prismatic Vista

🃏 Recommended cards for The Everforger

The highest-synergy cards in decks for The Everforger, with their inclusion rate.

CardInclusionSynergy
Island 89% +88%
Plains 88% +87%
Mountain 86% +86%
Swamp 76% +75%
Etherium Sculptor 74% +73%
Chromatic Lantern 63% +62%
Enthusiastic Mechanaut 59% +58%
Forest 58% +57%
Thought Monitor 55% +55%
Exotic Orchard 56% +54%
Voyager Quickwelder 52% +52%
Bronze Guardian 51% +51%
Phyrexian Metamorph 51% +50%
Iron Man, Bleeding Edge 47% +45%
Esper Sentinel 44% +44%
Mendicant Core, Guidelight 41% +41%
Spire of Industry 43% +41%
Ultron, Artificial Malevolence 51% +41%
Alloy Myr 42% +39%
Silver Myr 39% +39%
Alibou, Ancient Witness 39% +38%
Castle Doom 42% +38%
Gold Myr 38% +38%
Kappa Cannoneer 38% +38%

💰 The best cards for your The Everforger 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.

  • Island€0.03 · 89% inclusion
  • Plains€0.02 · 88% inclusion
  • Mountain€0.02 · 86% inclusion
  • Swamp€0.03 · 76% inclusion
  • Etherium Sculptor€0.46 · 74% inclusion
  • Chromatic Lantern€0.36 · 63% inclusion
🛠️ Optimize my deck · up to €2/card

Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card

The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.

  • Phyrexian Metamorph€2.43 · 51% inclusion
  • Iron Man, Bleeding Edge€3.88 · 47% inclusion
  • Ultron, Artificial Malevolence€8.97 · 51% inclusion
  • Baleful Strix€7.04 · 38% inclusion
  • Cyberdrive Awakener€2.09 · 37% inclusion
  • Craterclaw Colossus€7.98 · 38% inclusion
🛠️ Optimize my deck · up to €10/card

Tier 3 · No cap no cap

The cards your price cap was hiding from you.

  • Esper Sentinel€39.44 · 44% inclusion
  • Cryptothrall€16.44 · 53% inclusion
  • Mycosynth Golem€22.33 · 49% inclusion
  • Krang, Utrom Warlord€15.52 · 47% inclusion
  • Crystalline Entity€31.21 · 32% inclusion
  • Chromatic Orrery€18.80 · 36% inclusion
🛠️ Optimize my deck · no cap

Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.

♾️ Known combos with The Everforger

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Frequently asked questions

What is The Everforger's color identity?

The Everforger 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 Everforger come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?

In the average The Everforger deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 36 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 4.6 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 96 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 11 % of the time and floods 7 %. Deck health: B (69/100).

How many lands should a The Everforger deck run?

Real The Everforger 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 Everforger?

The three highest-synergy cards are Island, Plains, Mountain. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in The Everforger decks.

What combos does The Everforger have?

The Everforger 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 Everforger deck cost?

You can start cheap: Island, Plains, Mountain 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.

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