EDH Optimizer
Vela the Night-Clad
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard · 4UB
Color identity: Black · Blue · Dimir
Vela the Night-Clad is Dimir (black and blue): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)
Other creatures you control have intimidate.
Whenever Vela or another creature you control leaves the battlefield, each opponent loses 1 life.
Reference price of the card: €0.40
Average lands in decks for Vela the Night-Clad: 35
EldraziArtifactsUnblockableBlinkNinjutsuNinjasAggroAristocrats
Build your Vela the Night-Clad deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Vela the Night-Clad 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Vela the Night-Clad 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+ (80/100)
- Consistency62
- Speed60
- Interaction100
- Resilience79
- Closing95
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 35 lands (23 nonbasic, 9 Island, 3 Swamp)
Sol Ring · Arcane Signet · Talisman of Dominance · Dimir Signet · Counterspell · Mind Stone · Bident of Thassa · Forsaken Monument · Thought Vessel · Deepfathom Skulker · Feed the Swarm · Sire of Stagnation · Solemn Simulacrum · Baleful Strix · Negate · Glaring Fleshraker · Swiftfoot Boots · Ugin, the Ineffable · All Is Dust · Fathom Feeder · Sifter of Skulls · Artisan of Kozilek · Eldrazi Skyspawner · Reconnaissance Mission · Ruination Guide · Thran Dynamo · It That Heralds the End · Emrakul's Messenger · Endbringer · Kozilek's Unsealing · Bane of Bala Ged · Bismuth Mindrender · Echoes of Eternity · Lightning Greaves · Salvage Drone · Cultivator Drone · Spawnbed Protector · Void Shatter · Drowner of Hope · Conduit of Ruin · Oblivion Sower · Rite of Replication · Idol of False Gods · Palladium Myr · Dominator Drone · Hedron Archive · Mist Intruder · Mystic Forge · Nulldrifter · Spell Shrivel · Arcane Denial · Coastal Piracy · Commander's Sphere · Dark Ritual · Sludge Crawler · Thought Harvester · Fellwar Stone · An Offer You Can't Refuse · Cyclonic Rift · Hope-Ender Coatl · Reality Shift · Ugin's Binding · Ashnod's Altar · Ulamog's Nullifier · Command Tower · Sunken Hollow · Reliquary Tower · Drowned Catacomb · Tainted Isle · Watery Grave · Underground River · Dimir Aqueduct · Temple of Deceit · Bojuka Bog · Shipwreck Marsh · Shrine of the Forsaken Gods · Choked Estuary · Temple of the False God · Morphic Pool · Rogue's Passage · Darkwater Catacombs · Eldrazi Temple · Tomb of the Spirit Dragon · Dismal Backwater · Evolving Wilds · Polluted Delta · Myriad Landscape
🃏 Recommended cards for Vela the Night-Clad
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Vela the Night-Clad, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Forsaken Monument | 38% | +37% |
| Deepfathom Skulker | 36% | +36% |
| Shrine of the Forsaken Gods | 35% | +35% |
| Glaring Fleshraker | 33% | +33% |
| Sire of Stagnation | 36% | +32% |
| Ugin, the Ineffable | 31% | +31% |
| Sifter of Skulls | 30% | +30% |
| Fathom Feeder | 30% | +30% |
| Bident of Thassa | 39% | +30% |
| All Is Dust | 30% | +29% |
| Eldrazi Skyspawner | 29% | +29% |
| Ruination Guide | 29% | +29% |
| Artisan of Kozilek | 29% | +29% |
| It That Heralds the End | 28% | +28% |
| Endbringer | 27% | +27% |
| Kozilek's Unsealing | 26% | +26% |
| Emrakul's Messenger | 27% | +25% |
| Eldrazi Temple | 25% | +25% |
| Echoes of Eternity | 25% | +25% |
| Bane of Bala Ged | 25% | +25% |
| Tomb of the Spirit Dragon | 25% | +25% |
| Salvage Drone | 25% | +24% |
| Spawnbed Protector | 24% | +24% |
| Bismuth Mindrender | 25% | +24% |
💰 The best cards for your Vela the Night-Clad 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.
- Deepfathom Skulker
- Shrine of the Forsaken Gods
- Glaring Fleshraker
- Sire of Stagnation
- Ugin, the Ineffable
- Sifter of Skulls
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Forsaken Monument
- All Is Dust
- Eldrazi Temple
- Conduit of Ruin
- Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
- Kozilek, the Broken Reality
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Eye of Ugin
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Vela the Night-Clad
- Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
- Sanguine Bond + Exquisite Blood → Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite lifegain
- Gravecrawler + Phyrexian Altar → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite storm count
- Basalt Monolith + Forsaken Monument → Infinite colorless mana
- Peregrine Drake + Deadeye Navigator → Infinite blinking, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite mana lands you control can produce
- Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Ashnod's Altar → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite death triggers
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Frequently asked questions
What is Vela the Night-Clad's color identity?
Vela the Night-Clad is Dimir (black and blue): 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 Vela the Night-Clad come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Vela the Night-Clad deck (the 99 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 35 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 4.9 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 11 % of the time and floods 17 %. Deck health: B+ (80/100).
How many lands should a Vela the Night-Clad deck run?
Real Vela the Night-Clad 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 Vela the Night-Clad?
The three highest-synergy cards are Forsaken Monument, Deepfathom Skulker, Shrine of the Forsaken Gods. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Vela the Night-Clad decks.
What combos does Vela the Night-Clad have?
Vela the Night-Clad 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 Vela the Night-Clad deck cost?
You can start cheap: Deepfathom Skulker, Shrine of the Forsaken Gods, Glaring Fleshraker 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.