EDH Optimizer
The Goose Mother
Legendary Creature — Bird Hydra · XGU
Color identity: Green · Blue · Simic
The Goose Mother is Simic (green and blue): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Flying
The Goose Mother enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
When The Goose Mother enters, create half X Food tokens, rounded up.
Whenever The Goose Mother attacks, you may sacrifice a Food. If you do, draw a card.
Reference price of the card: €0.26
Comes in the precon Quandrix Unlimited
Average lands in decks for The Goose Mother: 36
+1/+1 CountersTokensFoodArtifactsX SpellsRampHydrasLifegain
Build your The Goose Mother deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for The Goose Mother 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average The Goose Mother 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+ (63/100)
- Consistency91
- Speed60
- Interaction47
- Resilience75
- Closing55
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 36 lands (19 nonbasic, 4 Island, 13 Forest)
Sol Ring · Gilded Goose · Night of the Sweets' Revenge · Academy Manufactor · Peregrin Took · Tireless Provisioner · Arcane Signet · Cultivate · Doubling Season · Hydroid Krasis · Jaheira, Friend of the Forest · Many Partings · Counterspell · Elanor Gardner · Inspiring Statuary · Revive the Shire · Oko, Thief of Crowns · Growth Spiral · Rampant Growth · Adrix and Nev, Twincasters · Rise and Shine · Shimmer Dragon · Beast Within · Kodama's Reach · Tough Cookie · Junk Winder · Nuka-Cola Vending Machine · Trail of Crumbs · Troyan, Gutsy Explorer · Kappa Cannoneer · Swiftfoot Boots · Birds of Paradise · Cyberdrive Awakener · Heroic Intervention · Nature's Lore · Goldvein Hydra · Feasting Troll King · Welcome to Sweettooth · Simic Ascendancy · Spider Food · Stew the Coneys · Unbound Flourishing · Feasting Hobbit · Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender · Heaped Harvest · Kalonian Hydra · Negate · Return from the Wilds · Branching Evolution · Gargos, Vicious Watcher · Llanowar Elves · Ninja Pizza · Vorel of the Hull Clade · Garruk's Uprising · Giant Opportunity · Hardened Scales · Simic Signet · Nexos · Second Harvest · Farseek · Killer Service · Three Visits · Mechanized Production · Command Tower · Hinterland Harbor · The Shire · Dreamroot Cascade · Gingerbread Cabin · Yavimaya Coast · Reliquary Tower · Breeding Pool · Simic Growth Chamber · Rejuvenating Springs · Rogue's Passage · Flooded Grove · Temple of Mystery · Vineglimmer Snarl · Exotic Orchard · Evolving Wilds · Thornwood Falls · Archway of Innovation · Misty Rainforest
🃏 Recommended cards for The Goose Mother
The highest-synergy cards in decks for The Goose Mother, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Gilded Goose | 80% | +78% |
| Night of the Sweets' Revenge | 75% | +74% |
| Peregrin Took | 70% | +67% |
| Academy Manufactor | 70% | +67% |
| The Shire | 56% | +55% |
| Tireless Provisioner | 69% | +55% |
| Many Partings | 56% | +55% |
| Jaheira, Friend of the Forest | 56% | +53% |
| Elanor Gardner | 53% | +52% |
| Inspiring Statuary | 51% | +49% |
| Revive the Shire | 50% | +49% |
| Gingerbread Cabin | 49% | +48% |
| Doubling Season | 58% | +47% |
| Hydroid Krasis | 57% | +46% |
| Shimmer Dragon | 45% | +43% |
| Rise and Shine | 45% | +43% |
| Oko, Thief of Crowns | 49% | +43% |
| Tough Cookie | 42% | +42% |
| Nuka-Cola Vending Machine | 41% | +40% |
| Trail of Crumbs | 40% | +40% |
| Adrix and Nev, Twincasters | 47% | +38% |
| Troyan, Gutsy Explorer | 40% | +35% |
| Kappa Cannoneer | 39% | +35% |
| Junk Winder | 41% | +35% |
💰 The best cards for your The Goose Mother 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.
- Gilded Goose
- Night of the Sweets' Revenge
- Peregrin Took
- The Shire
- Many Partings
- Inspiring Statuary
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Academy Manufactor
- Tireless Provisioner
- Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
- Elanor Gardner
- Oko, Thief of Crowns
- Adrix and Nev, Twincasters
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Doubling Season
- Nuka-Cola Vending Machine
- Bilbo, Fellow Conspirator
- The Cabbage Merchant
- Urza, Lord High Artificer
- Parallel Lives
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with The Goose Mother
- Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
- 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
- Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
- Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
- Peregrin Took + Nuka-Cola Vending Machine → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite tapped Treasure tokens
- Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy + Basalt Monolith → Infinite colorless mana
Other commanders
Frequently asked questions
What is The Goose Mother's color identity?
The Goose Mother 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 The Goose Mother come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average The Goose Mother deck (the 99 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 36 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 2.3 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 9 % of the time and floods 6 %. Deck health: C+ (63/100).
How many lands should a The Goose Mother deck run?
Real The Goose Mother 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 Goose Mother?
The three highest-synergy cards are Gilded Goose, Night of the Sweets' Revenge, Peregrin Took. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in The Goose Mother decks.
What combos does The Goose Mother have?
The Goose Mother 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 Goose Mother deck cost?
You can start cheap: Gilded Goose, Night of the Sweets' Revenge, Peregrin Took 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.