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Vorel of the Hull Clade
Legendary Creature — Human Merfolk · 1GU
Color identity: Green · Blue · Simic
Vorel of the Hull Clade is Simic (green and blue): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
{G}{U}, {T}: Double the number of each kind of counter on target artifact, creature, or land.
Reference price of the card: €0.39
Comes in the precon Explorers of the Deep
Average lands in decks for Vorel of the Hull Clade: 35
+1/+1 CountersArtifactsComboProliferateRampTap / UntapCharge CountersMerfolk
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🛠️ Build a deck for Vorel of the Hull Clade 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Vorel of the Hull Clade deck starts over 4,000 games
The list people actually play (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+ (63/100)
- Consistency55
- Speed69
- Interaction47
- Resilience87
- Closing61
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 35 lands (21 nonbasic, 6 Island, 8 Forest)
Sol Ring · Kiora's Follower · Simic Ascendancy · Fathom Mage · Everflowing Chalice · Arcane Signet · Gyre Sage · Deepglow Skate · Evolution Sage · Counterspell · Forgotten Ancient · Astral Cornucopia · Cultivate · Master Biomancer · The Millennium Calendar · Thrummingbird · Doubling Season · Hardened Scales · Tezzeret's Gambit · Growth Spiral · Beast Within · Managorger Hydra · Darksteel Reactor · Herald of Secret Streams · Simic Signet · Rampant Growth · Seedborn Muse · Inexorable Tide · Incubation Druid · Inspiring Call · Kami of Whispered Hopes · Kodama's Reach · Swiftfoot Boots · Zimone, Paradox Sculptor · Flux Channeler · Ioreth of the Healing House · Magistrate's Scepter · Murkfiend Liege · Negate · Prime Speaker Zegana · Branching Evolution · Kalonian Hydra · Rishkar, Peema Renegade · Heroic Intervention · Illusionist's Bracers · Lux Cannon · Replicating Ring · Bred for the Hunt · Fertilid · Hydroid Krasis · The Ozolith · Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider · Zameck Guildmage · Contentious Plan · Fabricate · Zegana, Utopian Speaker · Bioshift · Cyclonic Rift · Dreamtide Whale · Freed from the Real · Rapid Hybridization · Ripples of Potential · Unnatural Restoration · Champion of Lambholt · Command Tower · Hinterland Harbor · Karn's Bastion · Simic Growth Chamber · Breeding Pool · Temple of Mystery · Reliquary Tower · Yavimaya Coast · Dreamroot Cascade · Flooded Grove · Rejuvenating Springs · Vineglimmer Snarl · Oran-Rief, the Vastwood · Thornwood Falls · Evolving Wilds · Simic Guildgate · Llanowar Reborn · Minamo, School at Water's Edge · Misty Rainforest · Rogue's Passage · Novijen, Heart of Progress
🃏 Recommended cards for Vorel of the Hull Clade
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Vorel of the Hull Clade, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Everflowing Chalice | 55% | +51% |
| Kiora's Follower | 63% | +50% |
| Fathom Mage | 56% | +49% |
| Deepglow Skate | 50% | +48% |
| Gyre Sage | 52% | +45% |
| Simic Ascendancy | 58% | +44% |
| The Millennium Calendar | 44% | +43% |
| Astral Cornucopia | 46% | +42% |
| Evolution Sage | 50% | +40% |
| Master Biomancer | 44% | +38% |
| Karn's Bastion | 49% | +38% |
| Forgotten Ancient | 47% | +37% |
| Thrummingbird | 41% | +37% |
| Darksteel Reactor | 36% | +36% |
| Tezzeret's Gambit | 40% | +36% |
| Managorger Hydra | 37% | +32% |
| Inexorable Tide | 34% | +30% |
| Magistrate's Scepter | 31% | +30% |
| Ioreth of the Healing House | 31% | +30% |
| Doubling Season | 40% | +29% |
| Flux Channeler | 31% | +28% |
| Lux Cannon | 28% | +28% |
| Illusionist's Bracers | 28% | +27% |
| Zimone, Paradox Sculptor | 32% | +26% |
💰 The best cards for your Vorel of the Hull Clade 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.
- Everflowing Chalice
- Kiora's Follower
- Fathom Mage
- Deepglow Skate
- Gyre Sage
- Simic Ascendancy
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Evolution Sage
- Karn's Bastion
- Magistrate's Scepter
- Illusionist's Bracers
- Zimone, Paradox Sculptor
- Kalonian Hydra
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Doubling Season
- Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
- The Ozolith
- Thousand-Year Elixir
- Minamo, School at Water's Edge
- Unwinding Clock
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Vorel of the Hull Clade
- 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
- Ioreth of the Healing House + Vizier of Tumbling Sands → Infinite untap of legendary creatures you control, Infinite mana legendary creatures you control can produce
- Marvin, Murderous Mimic + Ioreth of the Healing House → Infinite untap of legendary creatures you control, Infinite mana legendary creatures you control can produce
- Ioreth of the Healing House + Kelpie Guide → Infinite untap of legendary creatures you control, Infinite mana legendary creatures you control can produce
- Inexorable Tide + Evolution Witness → Infinite LTB, Infinite ETB, Infinite death triggers, Infinite storm count, Infinite proliferate, Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
- Ioreth of the Healing House + Kiora's Follower → Infinite untap of legendary creatures you control, Infinite mana legendary creatures you control can produce
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Frequently asked questions
What is Vorel of the Hull Clade's color identity?
Vorel of the Hull Clade is Simic (green 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 Vorel of the Hull Clade come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Vorel of the Hull Clade deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 35 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 3.0 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 27 % of the time and floods 20 %. Deck health: C+ (63/100).
How many lands should a Vorel of the Hull Clade deck run?
Real Vorel of the Hull Clade 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 Vorel of the Hull Clade?
The three highest-synergy cards are Everflowing Chalice, Kiora's Follower, Fathom Mage. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Vorel of the Hull Clade decks.
What combos does Vorel of the Hull Clade have?
Vorel of the Hull Clade has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter. 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 Vorel of the Hull Clade deck cost?
You can start cheap: Everflowing Chalice, Kiora's Follower, Fathom Mage 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.