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The Master, Gallifrey's End
Legendary Creature — Time Lord Rogue · 2BR
Color identity: Black · Red · Rakdos
The Master, Gallifrey's End is Rakdos (black and red): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Make Them Pay — Whenever a nontoken artifact creature you control dies, you may exile it. If you do, choose an opponent with the most life among your opponents. That player faces a villainous choice — They lose 4 life, or you create a token that's a copy of that card.
Reference price of the card: €0.19
Average lands in decks for The Master, Gallifrey's End: 35
ArtifactsAristocratsReanimatorTokensVehiclesSacrifice+1/+1 CountersAffinity
Build your The Master, Gallifrey's End deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for The Master, Gallifrey's End 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average The Master, Gallifrey's End 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)
- Consistency59
- Speed62
- Interaction48
- Resilience69
- Closing96
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 35 lands (25 nonbasic, 7 Swamp, 3 Mountain)
Solemn Simulacrum · Sol Ring · Foundry Inspector · Arcane Signet · Dalek Drone · Noxious Gearhulk · Psychomancer · Cyberman Patrol · Pia's Revolution · Combustible Gearhulk · Cybermen Squadron · Ornithopter of Paradise · Dalek Squadron · Delete · Circuit Mender · Deadly Dispute · Wurmcoil Engine · Imotekh the Stormlord · Chronomancer · Canoptek Spyder · Jhoira's Familiar · The Dalek Emperor · Burnished Hart · Scrap Trawler · Demand Answers · Rakdos Signet · Talisman of Indulgence · Blasphemous Act · Feed the Swarm · Cybermat · Illuminor Szeras · Iron Myr · Lightning Greaves · Terminate · Leaden Myr · Mishra, Tamer of Mak Fawa · Skorpekh Lord · Marionette Master · Meteor Golem · Oni-Cult Anvil · Bedevil · Shimmer Myr · Village Rites · Biotransference · Liquimetal Torque · This Is How It Ends · Chaos Warp · Trash for Treasure · Ashnod's Altar · Chaos Defiler · Cryptothrall · Exterminate! · Genesis of the Daleks · Mind Stone · Palladium Myr · Barbed Servitor · Their Name Is Death · Victimize · Ultron the Annihilator · Doomsday Confluence · Triplicate Titan · Marionette Apprentice · Necron Deathmark · Big Mother Mouser · Command Tower · Dragonskull Summit · Smoldering Marsh · Foreboding Ruins · Buried Ruin · Temple of Malice · Haunted Ridge · Blood Crypt · Castle Doom · Exotic Orchard · Great Furnace · Rakdos Carnarium · Shadowblood Ridge · Darksteel Citadel · Reliquary Tower · Sulfurous Springs · Vault of Whispers · Luxury Suite · Tainted Peak · Bloodstained Mire · Bojuka Bog · Rogue's Passage · Evolving Wilds · Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway · Drossforge Bridge
🃏 Recommended cards for The Master, Gallifrey's End
The highest-synergy cards in decks for The Master, Gallifrey's End, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Foundry Inspector | 77% | +75% |
| Dalek Drone | 67% | +66% |
| Psychomancer | 64% | +63% |
| Noxious Gearhulk | 65% | +63% |
| Solemn Simulacrum | 81% | +62% |
| Pia's Revolution | 62% | +62% |
| Cyberman Patrol | 62% | +61% |
| Cybermen Squadron | 59% | +58% |
| Ornithopter of Paradise | 59% | +56% |
| Combustible Gearhulk | 60% | +54% |
| Delete | 54% | +54% |
| Circuit Mender | 52% | +52% |
| Dalek Squadron | 54% | +51% |
| Wurmcoil Engine | 52% | +51% |
| Imotekh the Stormlord | 51% | +51% |
| Chronomancer | 50% | +49% |
| Canoptek Spyder | 49% | +49% |
| Jhoira's Familiar | 49% | +48% |
| The Dalek Emperor | 48% | +48% |
| Scrap Trawler | 46% | +45% |
| Burnished Hart | 47% | +43% |
| Cybermat | 41% | +41% |
| Skorpekh Lord | 40% | +40% |
| Illuminor Szeras | 41% | +40% |
💰 The best cards for your The Master, Gallifrey's End 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.
- Foundry Inspector
- Dalek Drone
- Psychomancer
- Noxious Gearhulk
- Solemn Simulacrum
- Pia's Revolution
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Wurmcoil Engine
- Imotekh the Stormlord
- Skorpekh Lord
- Illuminor Szeras
- Biotransference
- Chaos Defiler
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Cyberman Patrol
- Cybermen Squadron
- Canoptek Spyder
- Cryptothrall
- Ultron the Annihilator
- Unwinding Clock
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with The Master, Gallifrey's End
- Sanguine Bond + Exquisite Blood → Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite lifegain
- Dualcaster Mage + Twinflame → Infinite LTB, Infinite ETB, Infinite creature tokens with haste, Infinite magecraft triggers
- Sanguine Bond + Bloodthirsty Conqueror → Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite lifegain
- Exquisite Blood + Enduring Tenacity → Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite lifegain
- Sensei's Divining Top + Foundry Inspector + Mystic Forge → Infinite card draw, Near-infinite storm count, Infinite draw triggers
- Sensei's Divining Top + Mystic Forge + Cloud Key → Infinite card draw, Near-infinite storm count, Infinite draw triggers
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Frequently asked questions
What is The Master, Gallifrey's End's color identity?
The Master, Gallifrey's End is Rakdos (black 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 Master, Gallifrey's End come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average The Master, Gallifrey's End deck (the 99 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 35 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 3.7 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 99 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 29 % of the time and floods 12 %. Deck health: B (68/100).
How many lands should a The Master, Gallifrey's End deck run?
Real The Master, Gallifrey's End 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 Master, Gallifrey's End?
The three highest-synergy cards are Foundry Inspector, Dalek Drone, Psychomancer. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in The Master, Gallifrey's End decks.
What combos does The Master, Gallifrey's End have?
The Master, Gallifrey's End has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Sanguine Bond + Exquisite Blood. 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 Master, Gallifrey's End deck cost?
You can start cheap: Foundry Inspector, Dalek Drone, Psychomancer 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.