EDH Optimizer
The Unspeakable
Legendary Creature — Spirit · 6UUU
Color identity: Blue
The Unspeakable is blue: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Flying, trample
Whenever The Unspeakable deals combat damage to a player, you may return target Arcane card from your graveyard to your hand.
Reference price of the card: €0.11
Average lands in decks for The Unspeakable: 35
SpiritsArcaneSpellslingerCard DrawVoltronComboAggroControl
Build your The Unspeakable deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for The Unspeakable 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average The Unspeakable 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 (66/100)
- Consistency69
- Speed44
- Interaction79
- Resilience82
- Closing66
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 35 lands (7 nonbasic, 28 Island)
Eerie Procession · Consuming Vortex · Eye of Nowhere · Peer Through Depths · Veil of Secrecy · Psychic Puppetry · Reach Through Mists · Evermind · Ideas Unbound · Stream of Consciousness · Toils of Night and Day · Reweave · Ribbons of the Reikai · Sire of the Storm · Petals of Insight · Sol Ring · Long-Forgotten Gohei · Sift Through Sands · Teller of Tales · Arcane Signet · Cut the Earthly Bond · Disrupting Shoal · Heed the Mists · Murmurs from Beyond · Shifting Borders · Supreme Phantom · High Tide · Kira, Great Glass-Spinner · Rattlechains · Cloudhoof Kirin · Sapphire Medallion · Dampen Thought · Kairi, the Swirling Sky · Behold the Unspeakable // Vision of the Unspeakable · Dreamcatcher · Patrician Geist · Baku Altar · Part the Veil · Quillmane Baku · Callow Jushi // Jaraku the Interloper · Gilded Lotus · Mind Stone · Sky Diamond · Tomorrow, Azami's Familiar · Guardian of Solitude · Lifted by Clouds · Aqueous Form · Nebelgast Herald · Fireshrieker · Mausoleum Wanderer · Swiftfoot Boots · Counterspell · Spectral Arcanist · Kami of the Crescent Moon · Niblis of Frost · Thought Vessel · Kiri-Onna · Myojin of Cryptic Dreams · Ghostly Pilferer · Keiga, the Tide Star · Midnight Clock · Preordain · Thran Dynamo · Mirrorhall Mimic // Ghastly Mimicry · Mystic Sanctuary · Rogue's Passage · Reliquary Tower · Myriad Landscape · Halimar Depths · Path of Ancestry · Temple of the False God
🃏 Recommended cards for The Unspeakable
The highest-synergy cards in decks for The Unspeakable, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Eerie Procession | 91% | +90% |
| Consuming Vortex | 88% | +88% |
| Veil of Secrecy | 86% | +86% |
| Eye of Nowhere | 86% | +86% |
| Peer Through Depths | 86% | +86% |
| Psychic Puppetry | 85% | +85% |
| Reach Through Mists | 85% | +85% |
| Evermind | 84% | +84% |
| Stream of Consciousness | 82% | +82% |
| Toils of Night and Day | 82% | +82% |
| Ideas Unbound | 82% | +82% |
| Sire of the Storm | 80% | +80% |
| Ribbons of the Reikai | 80% | +80% |
| Reweave | 80% | +80% |
| Petals of Insight | 76% | +76% |
| Teller of Tales | 72% | +72% |
| Long-Forgotten Gohei | 72% | +71% |
| Sift Through Sands | 72% | +71% |
| Cut the Earthly Bond | 68% | +68% |
| Heed the Mists | 68% | +67% |
| Murmurs from Beyond | 68% | +67% |
| Shifting Borders | 68% | +67% |
| Supreme Phantom | 68% | +67% |
| Disrupting Shoal | 68% | +67% |
💰 The best cards for your The Unspeakable 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.
- Eerie Procession
- Consuming Vortex
- Veil of Secrecy
- Eye of Nowhere
- Peer Through Depths
- Psychic Puppetry
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Disrupting Shoal
- Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
- Kami of the Crescent Moon
- The Magic Mirror
- Command Beacon
- Solve the Equation
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with The Unspeakable
- Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
- Tidespout Tyrant + Sol Ring → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
- Archetype of Imagination + Stormtide Leviathan → Opponents can't attack with most creatures, Lock
- Jace, Wielder of Mysteries + Enter the Infinite → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Win the game
- Enter the Infinite + Thassa's Oracle → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Win the game
- Leveler + Thassa's Oracle → Exile your library, Win the game
Other commanders
Frequently asked questions
What is The Unspeakable's color identity?
The Unspeakable 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 Unspeakable come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average The Unspeakable deck (the 99 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 35 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 8.2 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 33 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 24 % of the time and floods 9 %. Deck health: B (66/100).
How many lands should a The Unspeakable deck run?
Real The Unspeakable 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 Unspeakable?
The three highest-synergy cards are Eerie Procession, Consuming Vortex, Veil of Secrecy. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in The Unspeakable decks.
What combos does The Unspeakable have?
The Unspeakable 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 Unspeakable deck cost?
You can start cheap: Eerie Procession, Consuming Vortex, Veil of Secrecy 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.