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Wan Shi Tong, All-Knowing
Legendary Creature — Bird Spirit · 3UU
Color identity: Blue
Wan Shi Tong, All-Knowing is blue: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Flying
When Wan Shi Tong enters, target nonland permanent's owner puts it into their library second from the top or on the bottom.
Whenever one or more cards are put into a library from anywhere, create two 1/1 colorless Spirit creature tokens with "This token can't block or be blocked by non-Spirit creatures."
Reference price of the card: €2.20
Average lands in decks for Wan Shi Tong, All-Knowing: 36
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Build your Wan Shi Tong, All-Knowing deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Wan Shi Tong, All-Knowing 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Wan Shi Tong, All-Knowing 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: B+ (79/100)
- Consistency65
- Speed56
- Interaction100
- Resilience75
- Closing95
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 36 lands (10 nonbasic, 26 Island)
Brainstorm · Sol Ring · Memory Lapse · Brainsurge · Sapphire Medallion · Spell Crumple · Essence Flux · Arcane Signet · Aetherspouts · Hinder · Dutiful Knowledge Seeker · Commit // Memory · Supreme Phantom · Midnight Clock · Curiosity Crafter · Sensei's Divining Top · Spirit Water Revival · Thought Vessel · Splash Portal · Cavalier of Gales · Expel from Orazca · Baboon Spirit · Tolarian Contempt · Harmonized Trio // Brainstorm · Patchwork Banner · Ghostly Flicker · Nebelgast Herald · Enduring Curiosity · Scroll Rack · Counterspell · Subtlety · Teferi's Puzzle Box · Temporal Cleansing · Displacer Kitten · Planar Incision · Bender's Waterskin · Patrician Geist · Skullclamp · Bident of Thassa · High Tide · See Beyond · Banner of Kinship · Kindred Discovery · Thassa, Deep-Dwelling · Shacklegeist · Deadeye Navigator · Submerge · Synchronized Eviction · Y'shtola Rhul · Conjurer's Closet · Propaganda · Mind Stone · Dream Cache · Mausoleum Wanderer · Swat Away · The Legend of Kuruk // Avatar Kuruk · Wan Shi Tong, Librarian · Blue Sun's Zenith · Spark Double · Waterbender Ascension · Blur · Rattlechains · Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs · Mystic Sanctuary · Reliquary Tower · Accursed Duneyard · Three Tree City · Academy Ruins · Myriad Landscape · Ominous Cemetery · Otawara, Soaring City · Agna Qel'a · Tomb of the Spirit Dragon
🃏 Recommended cards for Wan Shi Tong, All-Knowing
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Wan Shi Tong, All-Knowing, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Lapse | 82% | +79% |
| Spell Crumple | 75% | +75% |
| Hinder | 71% | +70% |
| Brainsurge | 76% | +67% |
| Essence Flux | 74% | +65% |
| Aetherspouts | 71% | +64% |
| Dutiful Knowledge Seeker | 64% | +63% |
| Commit // Memory | 62% | +60% |
| Supreme Phantom | 60% | +59% |
| Splash Portal | 55% | +53% |
| Curiosity Crafter | 57% | +52% |
| Cavalier of Gales | 53% | +52% |
| Spirit Water Revival | 56% | +51% |
| Expel from Orazca | 52% | +51% |
| Tolarian Contempt | 51% | +50% |
| Baboon Spirit | 51% | +50% |
| Brainstorm | 88% | +47% |
| Nebelgast Herald | 47% | +46% |
| Patchwork Banner | 48% | +44% |
| Sensei's Divining Top | 57% | +42% |
| Temporal Cleansing | 43% | +42% |
| Scroll Rack | 44% | +42% |
| Subtlety | 43% | +41% |
| Teferi's Puzzle Box | 43% | +41% |
💰 The best cards for your Wan Shi Tong, All-Knowing 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.
- Memory Lapse
- Spell Crumple
- Hinder
- Brainsurge
- Essence Flux
- Aetherspouts
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Cavalier of Gales
- Teferi's Puzzle Box
- Enduring Curiosity
- Banner of Kinship
- Skullclamp
- Submerge
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Sensei's Divining Top
- Scroll Rack
- Subtlety
- Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
- Three Tree City
- Displacer Kitten
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Wan Shi Tong, All-Knowing
- 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
- Peregrine Drake + Deadeye Navigator → Infinite blinking, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite mana lands you control can produce
- 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
- Displace + Peregrine Drake + Archaeomancer → Infinite blinking, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite mana lands you control can produce, Infinite storm count, Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite untap of lands you control
- Displacer Kitten + Sensei's Divining Top + The Reality Chip → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite storm count
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Frequently asked questions
What is Wan Shi Tong, All-Knowing's color identity?
Wan Shi Tong, All-Knowing 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 Wan Shi Tong, All-Knowing come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Wan Shi Tong, All-Knowing deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 36 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 4.8 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 97 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 27 % of the time and floods 8 %. Deck health: B+ (79/100).
How many lands should a Wan Shi Tong, All-Knowing deck run?
Real Wan Shi Tong, All-Knowing 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 Wan Shi Tong, All-Knowing?
The three highest-synergy cards are Memory Lapse, Spell Crumple, Hinder. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Wan Shi Tong, All-Knowing decks.
What combos does Wan Shi Tong, All-Knowing have?
Wan Shi Tong, All-Knowing 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 Wan Shi Tong, All-Knowing deck cost?
You can start cheap: Memory Lapse, Spell Crumple, Hinder 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.