EDH Optimizer
Yasmin Khan
Legendary Creature — Human Detective · 3R
Color identity: Red
Yasmin Khan is red: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
{T}: Exile the top card of your library. Until your next end step, you may play it.
Doctor's companion (You can have two commanders if the other is the Doctor.)
Reference price of the card: €0.09
Average lands in decks for Yasmin Khan: 38
Build your Yasmin Khan deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Yasmin Khan 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Yasmin Khan 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: C+ (61/100)
- Consistency73
- Speed58
- Interaction45
- Resilience63
- Closing70
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 38 lands (17 nonbasic, 21 Mountain)
Embermouth Sentinel · God-Pharaoh's Gift · Mazemind Tome · Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak · The Flux · Aftershock · Burning Sun's Avatar · Chain Reaction · Chaos Maw · Chaos Warp · Combustible Gearhulk · Cursed Mirror · Etali, Primal Storm · Everflowing Chalice · Fire Diamond · Fires of Invention · Glorybringer · Hoarding Dragon · Inferno Titan · Liquimetal Torque · Magmatic Force · Markov Enforcer · Mind Stone · Nesting Dragon · Planar Atlas · Prismatic Lens · Solar Transformer · Song-Mad Treachery // Song-Mad Ruins · The Irencrag · Arcane Signet · Calamity, Galloping Inferno · Dissection Tools · Exocrine · Eye of Vecna · Fellwar Stone · Fiery Confluence · Fractured Powerstone · Guardian Idol · Inspired Tinkering · Lightning Axe · Loxodon Warhammer · Mirage Phalanx · Moonveil Regent · Myojin of Roaring Blades · Pyreswipe Hawk · Screamer-Killer · Skarrgan Hellkite · Star Compass · Stolen Strategy · Tectonic Giant · Thunder Dragon · Visions of Phyrexia · Volatile Arsonist // Dire-Strain Anarchist · Hazoret, Godseeker · Territorial Aetherkite · Cavalier of Flame · Clay Golem · Dollhouse of Horrors · Endless Atlas · Plargg and Nassari · Reckoner Bankbuster · Cori Mountain Monastery · Endless Sands · Junktown · Roadside Reliquary · Bonders' Enclave · Drannith Ruins · Flamekin Village · Haunted Fengraf · Ominous Cemetery · Rogue's Passage · Sea Gate Wreckage · Cryptic Caves · Mariposa Military Base · Mirrorpool · Ramunap Ruins · Forgotten Cave · Scavenger Grounds
🃏 Recommended cards for Yasmin Khan
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Yasmin Khan, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Embermouth Sentinel | 100% | +100% |
| Cori Mountain Monastery | 100% | +99% |
| God-Pharaoh's Gift | 86% | +85% |
| Mazemind Tome | 86% | +85% |
| The Flux | 86% | +85% |
| Pinnacle Monk | 86% | +73% |
| Chaos Maw | 71% | +71% |
| Markov Enforcer | 71% | +71% |
| Burning Sun's Avatar | 71% | +71% |
| Planar Atlas | 71% | +71% |
| Magmatic Force | 71% | +71% |
| Fires of Invention | 71% | +71% |
| Roadside Reliquary | 71% | +71% |
| Aftershock | 71% | +71% |
| Endless Sands | 71% | +71% |
| Solar Transformer | 71% | +71% |
| Junktown | 71% | +71% |
| Glorybringer | 71% | +71% |
| Nesting Dragon | 71% | +70% |
| The Irencrag | 71% | +70% |
| Song-Mad Treachery | 71% | +70% |
| Hoarding Dragon | 71% | +70% |
| Prismatic Lens | 71% | +69% |
| Inferno Titan | 71% | +68% |
💰 The best cards for your Yasmin Khan 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.
- Embermouth Sentinel
- Cori Mountain Monastery
- God-Pharaoh's Gift
- Mazemind Tome
- The Flux
- Chaos Maw
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Liquimetal Torque
- Surtr, Fiery Jötun
- Cavalier of Flame
- Uba Mask
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Yasmin Khan
- Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Zealous Conscripts → Infinite creature tokens with haste, Infinite death triggers, Infinite ETB, Infinite LTB, Infinite sacrifice triggers
- Combat Celebrant + Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker → Infinite combat phases, Infinite creature tokens with haste, Infinite ETB
- Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Coercive Recruiter → Infinite creature tokens with haste, Infinite death triggers, Infinite ETB, Infinite LTB, Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Frequently asked questions
What is Yasmin Khan's color identity?
Yasmin Khan is red: 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 Yasmin Khan come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Yasmin Khan deck (the 99 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 38 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 3.5 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 100 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 17 % of the time and floods 6 %. Deck health: C+ (61/100).
How many lands should a Yasmin Khan deck run?
Real Yasmin Khan decks run 38 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 Yasmin Khan?
The three highest-synergy cards are Embermouth Sentinel, Cori Mountain Monastery, God-Pharaoh's Gift. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Yasmin Khan decks.
What combos does Yasmin Khan have?
Yasmin Khan has 3 known combos. The most popular one is Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Zealous Conscripts. 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 Yasmin Khan deck cost?
You can start cheap: Embermouth Sentinel, Cori Mountain Monastery, God-Pharaoh's Gift 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.