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Zero, Incorporeal Sensate
Legendary Artifact Creature — Medusan Scientist · 1WBWB
Color identity: Black · White · Orzhov
Zero, Incorporeal Sensate is Orzhov (black and white): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Lifelink
When Zero enters, look at target opponent's hand. You may exile a nonland card from it. For as long as that card remains exiled, its owner may play it. A spell cast this way costs {2} more to cast.
Average lands in decks for Zero, Incorporeal Sensate: 35
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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 (53/100)
- Consistency71
- Speed40
- Interaction50
- Resilience84
- Closing43
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 35 lands (25 nonbasic, 6 Plains, 4 Swamp)
Arcane Signet · Cloudshift · Conjurer's Closet · Dark Ritual · Eerie Interlude · Ephemerate · Felidar Guardian · Flickering Hound · Loran of the Third Path · Preston, the Vanisher · Sol Ring · Solemn Simulacrum · Teleportation Circle · Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow · Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward · Anguished Unmaking · Aura of Silence · Charming Prince · Despark · Drannith Magistrate · Flicker of Fate · Flickerwisp · Gilraen, Dúnedain Protector · God-Pharaoh's Statue · Long Road Home · Ob Nixilis, the Ascended · Otherworldly Journey · Parting Gust · Personify · Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd · Restoration Angel · Scrollshift · Smothering Tithe · Sphere of Resistance · Vindictive Triumph · Abstruse Appropriation · Acquisitions Expert · Acrobatic Maneuver · Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt · Aim for the Head · Altar of the Brood · Ancestral Statue · Angel of the Ruins · Animate Dead · Another Round · Asylum Visitor · Avatar's Wrath · Aven Interrupter · Bandit's Talent · Black Market Connections · Blackmail · Blind Obedience · Buried Alive · Burnished Hart · Cabal Therapy · Castigate · Cerebral Confiscation · Cloudstone Curio · Cremate · Culling the Weak · Damn · Damping Sphere · Dark Deal · Daydream · Bleachbone Verge · Command Tower · Godless Shrine · Isolated Chapel · Shattered Sanctum · Vault of Champions · Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway · Exotic Orchard · Turbulent Moor · Abandoned Air Temple · Abstergo Entertainment · Abundant Countryside · Ancient Tomb · Barad-dûr · Bojuka Bog · Cabal Coffers · Castle Ardenvale · Castle Locthwain · Eclipsed Steppe · Everglades · Guildless Commons · Karoo · Marsh Flats · Rogue's Passage · Scrubland
🃏 Recommended cards for Zero, Incorporeal Sensate
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Zero, Incorporeal Sensate, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Preston, the Vanisher | 100% | +99% |
| Flickering Hound | 100% | +98% |
| Felidar Guardian | 100% | +97% |
| Conjurer's Closet | 100% | +95% |
| Eerie Interlude | 100% | +95% |
| Teleportation Circle | 100% | +95% |
| Cloudshift | 100% | +94% |
| Ephemerate | 100% | +92% |
| Loran of the Third Path | 100% | +91% |
| Witch Enchanter | 100% | +87% |
| Solemn Simulacrum | 100% | +86% |
| Bleachbone Verge | 100% | +75% |
| Dark Ritual | 100% | +73% |
| Sphere of Resistance | 67% | +67% |
| God-Pharaoh's Statue | 67% | +66% |
| Long Road Home | 67% | +66% |
| Otherworldly Journey | 67% | +66% |
| Scrollshift | 67% | +65% |
| Gilraen, Dúnedain Protector | 67% | +65% |
| Vindictive Triumph | 67% | +65% |
| Aura of Silence | 67% | +64% |
| Personify | 67% | +64% |
| Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward | 67% | +64% |
| Flickerwisp | 67% | +63% |
💰 The best cards for your Zero, Incorporeal Sensate 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.
- Felidar Guardian
- Cloudshift
- Solemn Simulacrum
- Dark Ritual
- God-Pharaoh's Statue
- Long Road Home
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Flickering Hound
- Conjurer's Closet
- Eerie Interlude
- Teleportation Circle
- Ephemerate
- Loran of the Third Path
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Preston, the Vanisher
- Vault of Champions
- Smothering Tithe
- The Ten Rings
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Zero, Incorporeal Sensate
- Restoration Angel + Felidar Guardian → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
- Preston, the Vanisher + Felidar Guardian + Ephemerate → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite blinking of permanents, Infinite mana lands you control that enter the battlefield untapped can produce, Exile all nonland permanents opponents control, Infinite mana lands you control can produce
- Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Restoration Angel + Ephemerate → Infinite creature tokens, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite blinking of nonland permanents
- Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Animate Dead → Infinite blinking, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite blinking of nonland permanents
- Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Felidar Guardian + Ephemerate → Infinite creature tokens, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite blinking of nonland permanents
- Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Restoration Angel + Cloudshift → Infinite creature tokens, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite blinking of nonland permanents
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Frequently asked questions
What is Zero, Incorporeal Sensate's color identity?
Zero, Incorporeal Sensate is Orzhov (black and white): 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 Zero, Incorporeal Sensate come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Zero, Incorporeal Sensate 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 100 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 25 % of the time and floods 47 %. Deck health: C (53/100).
How many lands should a Zero, Incorporeal Sensate deck run?
Real Zero, Incorporeal Sensate 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 Zero, Incorporeal Sensate?
The three highest-synergy cards are Preston, the Vanisher, Flickering Hound, Felidar Guardian. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Zero, Incorporeal Sensate decks.
What combos does Zero, Incorporeal Sensate have?
Zero, Incorporeal Sensate has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Restoration Angel + Felidar Guardian. 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 Zero, Incorporeal Sensate deck cost?
You can start cheap: Felidar Guardian, Cloudshift, Solemn Simulacrum 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.