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The Unagi of Kyoshi Island
Legendary Creature — Serpent · 3UU
Color identity: Blue
The Unagi of Kyoshi Island is blue: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Flash
Ward—Waterbend {4}. (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {4}. They can tap their artifacts and creatures to help. Each one pays for {1}.)
Whenever an opponent draws their second card each turn, you draw two cards.
Reference price of the card: €1.83
Average lands in decks for The Unagi of Kyoshi Island: 35
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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: A (82/100)
- Consistency80
- Speed52
- Interaction100
- Resilience83
- Closing100
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 35 lands (7 nonbasic, 28 Island)
Howling Mine · Sol Ring · Thought Vessel · Dictate of Kruphix · Arcane Signet · Kami of the Crescent Moon · Arcane Denial · Homunculus Horde · Sapphire Medallion · Vision Skeins · Alandra, Sky Dreamer · Psychosis Crawler · Counterspell · Emrakul's Messenger · Faerie Mastermind · Mischievous Mystic · Chasm Skulker · Ominous Seas · Scrawling Crawler · Wizard Class · Laboratory Maniac · Minn, Wily Illusionist · The Watcher in the Water · An Offer You Can't Refuse · Aetherize · Decanter of Endless Water · Pongify · Prosperity · Windfall · PuPu UFO · Rapid Hybridization · Folio of Fancies · Teferi's Ageless Insight · Thopter Fabricator · Detective of the Month · High Tide · Bender's Waterskin · Propaganda · Twenty-Toed Toad · Long River's Pull · Proft's Eidetic Memory · Walking Atlas · Reality Shift · Jace, Wielder of Mysteries · Triskaidekaphile · Mind Stone · Temple Bell · Krang, the All-Powerful · Minds Aglow · Ethereal Investigator · Foil · Whelming Wave · Negate · Anvil of Bogardan · Font of Mythos · Frantic Search · Swan Song · Fellwar Stone · Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs · Body of Knowledge · Consecrated Sphinx · Brainstorm · Commandeer · Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory · Reliquary Tower · Geier Reach Sanitarium · Mikokoro, Center of the Sea · Mystic Sanctuary · Terrain Generator · Myriad Landscape · Otawara, Soaring City
🃏 Recommended cards for The Unagi of Kyoshi Island
The highest-synergy cards in decks for The Unagi of Kyoshi Island, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Dictate of Kruphix | 81% | +78% |
| Howling Mine | 83% | +76% |
| Kami of the Crescent Moon | 74% | +71% |
| Vision Skeins | 68% | +67% |
| Homunculus Horde | 71% | +63% |
| Emrakul's Messenger | 64% | +59% |
| Alandra, Sky Dreamer | 66% | +59% |
| Scrawling Crawler | 58% | +54% |
| Mischievous Mystic | 61% | +54% |
| The Watcher in the Water | 53% | +51% |
| Psychosis Crawler | 66% | +50% |
| Minn, Wily Illusionist | 53% | +49% |
| Geier Reach Sanitarium | 51% | +47% |
| Ominous Seas | 58% | +47% |
| Chasm Skulker | 60% | +46% |
| Mikokoro, Center of the Sea | 49% | +46% |
| Prosperity | 47% | +45% |
| Faerie Mastermind | 61% | +45% |
| PuPu UFO | 46% | +43% |
| Detective of the Month | 43% | +42% |
| Wizard Class | 58% | +41% |
| Folio of Fancies | 44% | +40% |
| Thopter Fabricator | 44% | +40% |
| Long River's Pull | 41% | +36% |
💰 The best cards for your The Unagi of Kyoshi Island 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.
- Dictate of Kruphix
- Howling Mine
- Vision Skeins
- Homunculus Horde
- Emrakul's Messenger
- Mischievous Mystic
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Kami of the Crescent Moon
- Alandra, Sky Dreamer
- Scrawling Crawler
- Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
- Decanter of Endless Water
- Twenty-Toed Toad
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Minn, Wily Illusionist
- Faerie Mastermind
- Anvil of Bogardan
- Consecrated Sphinx
- Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with The Unagi of Kyoshi Island
- 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
- Hullbreaker Horror + Mana Vault → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
- Hullbreaker Horror + Mox Amber → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite colored mana, Infinite storm count
- Ghostly Flicker + Peregrine Drake + Archaeomancer → Infinite blinking, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite mana lands you control can produce, Infinite storm count, Infinite untap of lands you control
- Tidespout Tyrant + Sol Ring → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
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Frequently asked questions
What is The Unagi of Kyoshi Island's color identity?
The Unagi of Kyoshi Island is blue: 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 Unagi of Kyoshi Island come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average The Unagi of Kyoshi Island deck (the 99 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 35 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 4.8 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 98 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 17 % of the time and floods 0 %. Deck health: A (82/100).
How many lands should a The Unagi of Kyoshi Island deck run?
Real The Unagi of Kyoshi Island 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 Unagi of Kyoshi Island?
The three highest-synergy cards are Dictate of Kruphix, Howling Mine, Kami of the Crescent Moon. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in The Unagi of Kyoshi Island decks.
What combos does The Unagi of Kyoshi Island have?
The Unagi of Kyoshi Island 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 Unagi of Kyoshi Island deck cost?
You can start cheap: Dictate of Kruphix, Howling Mine, Vision Skeins 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.