EDH Optimizer
The Most Dangerous Gamer
Legendary Creature — Human Gamer Guest · 2BG
Color identity: Black · Green · Golgari
The Most Dangerous Gamer is Golgari (black and green): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Deathtouch
Whenever The Most Dangerous Gamer enters or attacks, open an Attraction.
Whenever you open an Attraction, put a +1/+1 counter on The Most Dangerous Gamer.
Whenever you claim the prize of an Attraction, destroy target permanent.
Reference price of the card: €0.27
Average lands in decks for The Most Dangerous Gamer: 35
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Build your The Most Dangerous Gamer deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for The Most Dangerous Gamer 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average The Most Dangerous Gamer 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+ (62/100)
- Consistency75
- Speed58
- Interaction36
- Resilience73
- Closing71
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 35 lands (23 nonbasic, 5 Swamp, 7 Forest)
Coming Attraction · Discourtesy Clerk · "Lifetime" Pass Holder · Deadbeat Attendant · Sol Ring · Quick Fixer · Night Shift of the Living Dead · Petting Zookeeper · Step Right Up · Line Cutter · Squirrel Squatters · Arcane Signet · Black Hole · Spinnerette, Arachnobat · Soul Swindler · Xenosquirrels · Swiftfoot Boots · Cultivate · Hardened Scales · Pair o' Dice Lost · Draconian Gate-Bot · Rampant Growth · Corpsejack Menace · Winding Constrictor · Six-Sided Die · Strength-Testing Hammer · Inspiring Statuary · Atomwheel Acrobats · Attempted Murder · Forgotten Ancient · Assassin's Trophy · Mirrorworks · Beast Within · Teething Wurmlet · Celebr-8000 · Centaur of Attention · Golgari Signet · Duskshell Crawler · Putrefy · Sarinth Steelseeker · Saw in Half · Nature's Lore · Sculpting Steel · Vexing Puzzlebox · Heroic Intervention · Kami of Whispered Hopes · Talisman of Resilience · Kodama's Reach · Resolute Veggiesaur · Cranial Plating · Clown Car · Llanowar Elves · Sign in Blood · Eternal Witness · Hydra's Growth · Phyrexian Arena · Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove · Hollowmurk Siege · High Score · Lightning Greaves · Level Up · Panharmonicon · Sakura-Tribe Elder · Three Visits · Command Tower · Woodland Cemetery · Rogue's Passage · Tainted Wood · Golgari Rot Farm · Llanowar Wastes · Temple of Malady · Overgrown Tomb · Bojuka Bog · Necroblossom Snarl · Exotic Orchard · Undergrowth Stadium · Twilight Mire · Evolving Wilds · Deathcap Glade · Reliquary Tower · Jungle Hollow · Viridescent Bog · Tree of Tales · Myriad Landscape · Terramorphic Expanse · Vault of Whispers · Verdant Catacombs
🃏 Recommended cards for The Most Dangerous Gamer
The highest-synergy cards in decks for The Most Dangerous Gamer, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Coming Attraction | 93% | +92% |
| Discourtesy Clerk | 91% | +91% |
| "Lifetime" Pass Holder | 90% | +89% |
| Deadbeat Attendant | 89% | +89% |
| Quick Fixer | 87% | +86% |
| Night Shift of the Living Dead | 85% | +85% |
| Step Right Up | 85% | +84% |
| Petting Zookeeper | 85% | +84% |
| Line Cutter | 82% | +82% |
| Squirrel Squatters | 81% | +81% |
| Black Hole | 80% | +80% |
| Spinnerette, Arachnobat | 80% | +79% |
| Soul Swindler | 77% | +77% |
| Xenosquirrels | 72% | +71% |
| Pair o' Dice Lost | 59% | +59% |
| Draconian Gate-Bot | 57% | +57% |
| Six-Sided Die | 53% | +53% |
| Strength-Testing Hammer | 53% | +53% |
| Hardened Scales | 62% | +53% |
| Atomwheel Acrobats | 51% | +51% |
| Attempted Murder | 51% | +51% |
| Inspiring Statuary | 52% | +50% |
| Corpsejack Menace | 56% | +49% |
| Winding Constrictor | 54% | +47% |
💰 The best cards for your The Most Dangerous Gamer 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.
- Coming Attraction
- Discourtesy Clerk
- "Lifetime" Pass Holder
- Deadbeat Attendant
- Quick Fixer
- Night Shift of the Living Dead
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Strength-Testing Hammer
- Vexing Puzzlebox
- Saw in Half
- Kami of Whispered Hopes
- Panharmonicon
- Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Clown Car
- Atomize
- Kodama of the West Tree
- Terrasymbiosis
- The Ozolith
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
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Frequently asked questions
What is The Most Dangerous Gamer's color identity?
The Most Dangerous Gamer is Golgari (black and green): 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 Most Dangerous Gamer come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average The Most Dangerous Gamer 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 31 % of the time and floods 12 %. Deck health: C+ (62/100).
How many lands should a The Most Dangerous Gamer deck run?
Real The Most Dangerous Gamer 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 Most Dangerous Gamer?
The three highest-synergy cards are Coming Attraction, Discourtesy Clerk, "Lifetime" Pass Holder. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in The Most Dangerous Gamer decks.
What combos does The Most Dangerous Gamer have?
We have no known combos catalogued for The Most Dangerous Gamer. That does not mean there are none — just that they do not show up in the public combo databases.
How much does a The Most Dangerous Gamer deck cost?
You can start cheap: Coming Attraction, Discourtesy Clerk, "Lifetime" Pass Holder 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.