EDH Optimizer
The Lady of the Mountain
Legendary Creature — Giant · 4RG
Color identity: Green · Red · Gruul
The Lady of the Mountain is Gruul (green and red): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Reference price of the card: €3.45
Average lands in decks for The Lady of the Mountain: 40
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Build your The Lady of the Mountain deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for The Lady of the Mountain 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average The Lady of the Mountain 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+ (65/100)
- Consistency69
- Speed55
- Interaction37
- Resilience67
- Closing94
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 40 lands (12 nonbasic, 12 Mountain, 16 Forest)
Rampant Growth · Cultivate · Sol Ring · Arcane Signet · Kodama's Reach · Harrow · Rhythm of the Wild · Chaos Warp · Lightning Bolt · Beast Within · Blasphemous Act · Goblin Anarchomancer · Garruk's Uprising · Harmonize · Nature's Lore · Crush Underfoot · Gruul Signet · Beanstalk Giant // Fertile Footsteps · Calamity Bearer · Decimate · Talisman of Impulse · Fog · Hull Breach · Explore · Llanowar Elves · Wild Growth · Abrade · Bonecrusher Giant // Stomp · Borderland Behemoth · Faithless Looting · Giant Harbinger · Sunrise Sovereign · Three Visits · Colossal Majesty · Farseek · Return to Nature · Tannuk, Memorial Ensign · Sabotender · Basalt Ravager · Domri, Anarch of Bolas · Elemental Bond · Giant's Ire · Hamletback Goliath · Icetill Explorer · Ondu Giant · Skyshroud Claim · Tectonic Giant · Worldsoul's Rage · Loamdragger Giant · Quakebringer · Rishkar's Expertise · Squash · Swiftfoot Boots · Unnatural Growth · Axegrinder Giant · Azusa, Lost but Seeking · Elvish Mystic · Fires of Yavimaya · Gigantosaurus · Command Tower · Cinder Glade · Stomping Ground · Gruul Turf · Wooded Foothills · Rootbound Crag · Wooded Ridgeline · Highland Forest · Sheltered Thicket · Evolving Wilds · Game Trail · Kessig Wolf Run
🃏 Recommended cards for The Lady of the Mountain
The highest-synergy cards in decks for The Lady of the Mountain, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Crush Underfoot | 24% | +24% |
| Calamity Bearer | 21% | +21% |
| Harrow | 32% | +20% |
| Lightning Bolt | 28% | +19% |
| Beanstalk Giant | 21% | +18% |
| Giant Harbinger | 17% | +17% |
| Borderland Behemoth | 17% | +17% |
| Sunrise Sovereign | 17% | +17% |
| Highland Forest | 24% | +16% |
| Bonecrusher Giant | 17% | +16% |
| Giant's Ire | 14% | +14% |
| Basalt Ravager | 14% | +14% |
| Ondu Giant | 14% | +14% |
| Fog | 20% | +14% |
| Hamletback Goliath | 14% | +14% |
| Wooded Ridgeline | 26% | +14% |
| Loamdragger Giant | 13% | +13% |
| Squash | 13% | +13% |
| Quakebringer | 13% | +13% |
| Tectonic Giant | 14% | +13% |
| Axegrinder Giant | 12% | +12% |
| Gigantosaurus | 12% | +11% |
| Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle | 13% | +11% |
| Faithless Looting | 17% | +11% |
💰 The best cards for your The Lady of the Mountain 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.
- Crush Underfoot
- Calamity Bearer
- Harrow
- Lightning Bolt
- Giant Harbinger
- Borderland Behemoth
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
- Gaea's Touch
- Constant Mists
- Strip Mine
- Horizon Explorer
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Icetill Explorer
- Reshape the Earth
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with The Lady of the Mountain
- Springheart Nantuko + Lotus Cobra → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
- Springheart Nantuko + Lotus Cobra → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
- Springheart Nantuko + Nissa, Resurgent Animist → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
- Springheart Nantuko + Nissa, Resurgent Animist → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
- Ancient Copper Dragon + Aggravated Assault → Near-infinite colored mana, Near-infinite combat damage, Near-infinite Treasure tokens, Near-infinite combat phases, Near-infinite untap of creatures you control, Near-infinite mana creatures you control can produce
- Glacial Chasm + Azusa, Lost but Seeking + Ramunap Excavator → Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you, Lock
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Frequently asked questions
What is The Lady of the Mountain's color identity?
The Lady of the Mountain is Gruul (green and red): 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 Lady of the Mountain come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average The Lady of the Mountain deck (the 99 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 40 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 5.1 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 10 % of the time and floods 15 %. Deck health: C+ (65/100).
How many lands should a The Lady of the Mountain deck run?
Real The Lady of the Mountain decks run 40 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 Lady of the Mountain?
The three highest-synergy cards are Crush Underfoot, Calamity Bearer, Harrow. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in The Lady of the Mountain decks.
What combos does The Lady of the Mountain have?
The Lady of the Mountain has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Springheart Nantuko + Lotus Cobra. 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 Lady of the Mountain deck cost?
You can start cheap: Crush Underfoot, Calamity Bearer, Harrow 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.