EDH Optimizer
The Prydwen, Steel Flagship
Legendary Artifact — Vehicle · 4WW
Color identity: White
The Prydwen, Steel Flagship is white: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Flying
Whenever another nontoken artifact you control enters, create a 2/2 white Human Knight creature token with "This token gets +2/+2 as long as an artifact entered the battlefield under your control this turn."
Crew 2
Reference price of the card: €0.31
Average lands in decks for The Prydwen, Steel Flagship: 36
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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 (67/100)
- Consistency59
- Speed59
- Interaction46
- Resilience79
- Closing89
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 36 lands (15 nonbasic, 21 Plains)
Sol Ring · Arcane Signet · Foundry Inspector · Swords to Plowshares · Dispatch · Paladin Danse, Steel Maverick · Voyager Quickwelder · Panharmonicon · Solemn Simulacrum · Idol of Oblivion · Path to Exile · Mind Stone · Mystic Forge · Brotherhood Vertibird · Intangible Virtue · Archaeomancer's Map · Knight Exemplar · Securitron Squadron · Gold Myr · Ornithopter of Paradise · Wayfarer's Bauble · Hour of Reckoning · Palladium Myr · Thought Vessel · Pearl Medallion · Everflowing Chalice · Jhoira's Familiar · Cloud Key · Bronze Guardian · Thran Dynamo · Austere Command · Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light · Gandalf the White · Generous Gift · Caretaker's Talent · Open the Vaults · Shimmer Myr · Crashing Drawbridge · Marble Diamond · Thousand Moons Smithy // Barracks of the Thousand · Esper Sentinel · Scrap Trawler · Staff of the Storyteller · The Circle of Loyalty · Tocasia's Welcome · Heraldic Banner · Myr Retriever · Patchwork Banner · Salvation Engine · Stroke of Midnight · Sculpting Steel · Adaptive Automaton · Brilliant Restoration · White Auracite · Aerial Surveyor · Reprieve · The Mind Stone · Fellwar Stone · Metallic Mimic · Renewed Solidarity · Ornithopter · Oswald Fiddlebender · Akroma's Will · Ancient Den · Darksteel Citadel · Treasure Vault · Buried Ruin · War Room · Monumental Henge · Myriad Landscape · Power Depot · Scene of the Crime · Ishgard, the Holy See // Faith & Grief · Windbrisk Heights · Inventors' Fair · Reliquary Tower · Temple of the False God · Rogue's Passage
🃏 Recommended cards for The Prydwen, Steel Flagship
The highest-synergy cards in decks for The Prydwen, Steel Flagship, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Ancient Den | 75% | +68% |
| Paladin Danse, Steel Maverick | 69% | +68% |
| Foundry Inspector | 72% | +66% |
| Darksteel Citadel | 68% | +65% |
| Voyager Quickwelder | 68% | +65% |
| Dispatch | 69% | +61% |
| Mystic Forge | 59% | +57% |
| Panharmonicon | 65% | +55% |
| Idol of Oblivion | 63% | +54% |
| Brotherhood Vertibird | 55% | +54% |
| Treasure Vault | 52% | +50% |
| Securitron Squadron | 49% | +48% |
| Knight Exemplar | 49% | +47% |
| Solemn Simulacrum | 64% | +46% |
| Ornithopter of Paradise | 48% | +45% |
| Palladium Myr | 45% | +43% |
| Gold Myr | 48% | +43% |
| Intangible Virtue | 51% | +41% |
| Jhoira's Familiar | 41% | +39% |
| Hour of Reckoning | 45% | +39% |
| Buried Ruin | 47% | +38% |
| Bronze Guardian | 39% | +38% |
| Wayfarer's Bauble | 47% | +37% |
| Cloud Key | 40% | +37% |
💰 The best cards for your The Prydwen, Steel Flagship 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.
- Ancient Den
- Paladin Danse, Steel Maverick
- Foundry Inspector
- Darksteel Citadel
- Voyager Quickwelder
- Dispatch
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Panharmonicon
- Knight Exemplar
- Gandalf the White
- Caretaker's Talent
- Renewed Solidarity
- Oswald Fiddlebender
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Inventors' Fair
- Thunderhawk Gunship
- The Mind Stone
- Reaver Titan
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with The Prydwen, Steel Flagship
- 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
- Nim Deathmantle + Ashnod's Altar → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite death triggers
- Scrap Trawler + Myr Retriever + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Foundry Inspector → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite storm count
- Ashnod's Altar + Cathars' Crusade → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you control, Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Sensei's Divining Top + Glaring Fleshraker + Mystic Forge → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite storm count, Near-infinite damage, Near-infinite creature ETB, Near-infinite creature LTB, Near-infinite death triggers, Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
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Frequently asked questions
What is The Prydwen, Steel Flagship's color identity?
The Prydwen, Steel Flagship is white: its deck can only run cards of that color 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 Prydwen, Steel Flagship come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average The Prydwen, Steel Flagship deck (the 99 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 36 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 5.2 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 17 % of the time and floods 19 %. Deck health: B (67/100).
How many lands should a The Prydwen, Steel Flagship deck run?
Real The Prydwen, Steel Flagship 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 Prydwen, Steel Flagship?
The three highest-synergy cards are Ancient Den, Paladin Danse, Steel Maverick, Foundry Inspector. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in The Prydwen, Steel Flagship decks.
What combos does The Prydwen, Steel Flagship have?
The Prydwen, Steel Flagship has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Sensei's Divining Top + Foundry Inspector + Mystic Forge. 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 Prydwen, Steel Flagship deck cost?
You can start cheap: Ancient Den, Paladin Danse, Steel Maverick, Foundry Inspector 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.