Glarb, Calamity's Augur

UBG

Legendary Creature — Frog Wizard Noble · from $4.02

Deathtouch You may look at the top card of your library any time. You may play lands and cast spells with mana value 4 or greater from the top of your library. {T}: Surveil 2.

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A typical Commander deck

A starting template, not a rule — counts to fill in around the commander.

Lands3736–38 for most decks; fewer with cheap curves
Ramp10mana rocks, dorks, land ramp — mostly 2–3 mana
Card draw10repeatable engines beat one-shot cantrips
Targeted removal6answers for creatures AND artifacts/enchantments
Board wipes3sweepers reset boards you've lost
Synergy & win conditions33the deck's actual plan

Staples in these colors

The 100 cards that fit this color identity in the most EDHREC decklists (EDHREC rank via Scryfall).

Budget

60 of 100 at $5 or less · 40 at $1 or less

#	Card	Type	MV	Price
1	Sol Ring	Artifact	1	$1.07
2	Command Tower	Land	0	$0.26
3	Arcane Signet	Artifact	2	$0.34
4	Exotic Orchard	Land	0	$0.19
5	Reliquary Tower	Land	0	$4.28
6	Swiftfoot Boots	Artifact	2	$1.43
7	Lightning Greaves	Artifact	2	$3.86
8	Path of Ancestry	Land	0	$0.16
9	Counterspell	Instant	2	$1.33
10	Fellwar Stone	Artifact	2	$0.47
11	Rogue's Passage	Land	0	$0.31
12	Evolving Wilds	Land	0	$0.09
13	Cultivate	Sorcery	3	$0.38
14	Thought Vessel	Artifact	2	$2.23
15	Farseek	Sorcery	2	$0.42
16	Bojuka Bog	Land	0	$1.12
17	Beast Within	Instant	3	$0.49
18	Nature's Lore	Sorcery	2	$2.15
19	Rampant Growth	Sorcery	2	$0.39
20	Heroic Intervention	Instant	2	$9.28
21	Terramorphic Expanse	Land	0	$0.10
22	Myriad Landscape	Land	0	$0.25
23	Mind Stone	Artifact	2	$0.21
24	Dark Ritual	Instant	1	$0.44
25	An Offer You Can't Refuse	Instant	1	$3.01
26	Birds of Paradise	Creature	1	$4.98
27	Polluted Delta	Land	0	$19.85
28	Kodama's Reach	Sorcery	3	$1.55
29	Flooded Strand	Land	0	$12.78
30	Three Visits	Sorcery	2	$5.55
31	Skullclamp	Artifact	1	$4.85
32	Solemn Simulacrum	Creature	4	$0.27
33	Misty Rainforest	Land	0	$35.98
34	Bloodstained Mire	Land	0	$14.54
35	Fabled Passage	Land	0	$0.65
36	Windswept Heath	Land	0	$11.19
37	Rhystic Study	Enchantment	3	$61.06
38	Wooded Foothills	Land	0	$17.96
39	Verdant Catacombs	Land	0	$29.16
40	Scalding Tarn	Land	0	$36.86
41	Watery Grave	Land	0	$9.86
42	Marsh Flats	Land	0	$32.04
43	Arcane Denial	Instant	2	$1.88
44	Commander's Sphere	Artifact	3	$0.19
45	Reanimate	Sorcery	1	$6.56
46	Negate	Instant	2	$0.12
47	Arid Mesa	Land	0	$31.40
48	Cyclonic Rift	Instant	2	$29.75
49	Llanowar Elves	Creature	1	$0.24
50	Breeding Pool	Land	0	$9.15
51	Demonic Tutor	Sorcery	2	$62.80
52	Toxic Deluge	Sorcery	3	$5.04
53	Swan Song	Instant	1	$10.72
54	Ancient Tomb	Land	0	$56.94
55	Overgrown Tomb	Land	0	$8.00
56	Brainstorm	Instant	1	$0.56
57	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	Land	0	$56.13
58	Boseiju, Who Endures	Land	0	$50.48
59	Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth	Land	0	$16.76
60	Fierce Guardianship	Instant	3	$59.21
61	Temple of the False God	Land	0	$0.19
62	Chromatic Lantern	Artifact	3	$0.38
63	Sunken Hollow	Land	0	$0.29
64	Otawara, Soaring City	Land	0	$26.57
65	Garruk's Uprising	Enchantment	3	$0.39
66	Feed the Swarm	Sorcery	2	$0.19
67	Talisman of Dominance	Artifact	2	$0.49
68	City of Brass	Land	0	$9.17
69	The One Ring	Artifact	4	$109.88
70	Hinterland Harbor	Land	0	$0.28
71	Frantic Search	Instant	3	$0.82
72	Mystic Remora	Enchantment	1	$10.97
73	Elvish Mystic	Creature	1	$0.35
74	Phyrexian Arena	Enchantment	3	$1.92
75	Drowned Catacomb	Land	0	$0.50
76	Deadly Rollick	Instant	4	$26.52
77	Cavern of Souls	Land	0	$47.72
78	Woodland Cemetery	Land	0	$0.62
79	Propaganda	Enchantment	3	$1.84
80	Sakura-Tribe Elder	Creature	2	$0.30
81	Vampiric Tutor	Instant	1	$48.13
82	Mana Confluence	Land	0	$34.75
83	Urza's Saga	Enchantment	0	$34.67
84	Mana Drain	Instant	2	$50.65
85	Lotus Petal	Artifact	0	$35.11
86	Eternal Witness	Creature	3	$1.10
87	Assassin's Trophy	Instant	2	$1.01
88	Wayfarer's Bauble	Artifact	1	$0.31
89	Black Market Connections	Enchantment	3	$10.78
90	Victimize	Sorcery	3	$0.57
91	Deadly Dispute	Instant	2	$0.29
92	Roaming Throne	Creature	4	$47.06
93	Ashnod's Altar	Artifact	3	$8.15
94	Yavimaya Coast	Land	0	$0.31
95	Llanowar Wastes	Land	0	$0.59
96	War Room	Land	0	$0.79
97	Blood Artist	Creature	2	$2.78
98	Underground River	Land	0	$0.51
99	Ponder	Sorcery	1	$1.82
100	Rejuvenating Springs	Land	0	$4.12

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Most played with Glarb, Calamity's Augur

The 25 most-played cards in 145 settled top-16 lists running Glarb, Calamity's Augur at 16+ player events since Mar 5, 2026, ranked by lists played — top-4 counts shown for context. Results from Topdeck.gg.

#	Card	Played in	Top 4
1	Command Tower	99% · 143 of 145	28
2	Sol Ring	99% · 143 of 145	28
3	Breeding Pool	98% · 142 of 145	28
4	Dark Ritual	98% · 142 of 145	28
5	Polluted Delta	98% · 142 of 145	28
6	Demonic Tutor	97% · 141 of 145	27
7	Watery Grave	97% · 141 of 145	27
8	Birds of Paradise	97% · 140 of 145	27
9	Flusterstorm	97% · 140 of 145	26
10	Thassa's Oracle	97% · 140 of 145	28
11	Vampiric Tutor	97% · 140 of 145	27
12	Chrome Mox	96% · 139 of 145	27
13	Lotus Petal	96% · 139 of 145	27
14	Bayou	95% · 138 of 145	27
15	Deathrite Shaman	95% · 138 of 145	27
16	Force of Will	95% · 138 of 145	27
17	Mox Diamond	95% · 138 of 145	26
18	Rhystic Study	95% · 138 of 145	27
19	Tropical Island	95% · 138 of 145	27
20	Fierce Guardianship	94% · 137 of 145	27
21	Mystic Remora	94% · 137 of 145	27
22	Underground Sea	94% · 137 of 145	27
23	Boseiju, Who Endures	93% · 135 of 145	28
24	Gemstone Caverns	93% · 135 of 145	27
25	Misty Rainforest	93% · 135 of 145	28

Combos with Glarb, Calamity's Augur

5 combos using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.

Aetherflux Reservoir + Eye of Duskmantle + Glarb, Calamity's Augur + Sensei's Divining Top + Valley Floodcaller
Near-infinite damage · Infinite card draw · Near-infinite lifegain · Near-infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite draw triggers · Near-infinite storm count · Near-infinite power and toughness for certain creatures until end of turn · Near-infinite surveil · Near-infinite untap of some creatures you control
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Cryptolith Rite + Disinformation Campaign + Glarb, Calamity's Augur + Valley Floodcaller
Infinite card draw · Infinite draw triggers · Near-infinite storm count · Near-infinite colored mana · Near-infinite power and toughness for certain creatures until end of turn · Near-infinite untap of some creatures you control · Near-infinite surveil
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Glarb, Calamity's Augur + Matoya, Archon Elder + Mind Over Matter
Infinite self-discard triggers · Infinite draw triggers · Infinite looting
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Glarb, Calamity's Augur + Mystic Sanctuary + Relm's Sketching + Sasaya, Orochi Ascendant // Sasaya's Essence
Infinite storm count · Infinite blue mana · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite landfall triggers · Infinite Island tokens
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Glarb, Calamity's Augur + Intruder Alarm + Matoya, Archon Elder + Nadir Kraken
Infinite self-discard triggers · Near-infinite creature ETB · Infinite draw triggers · Infinite looting · Near-infinite creature tokens · Near-infinite untap of all creatures · Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Top finishes

The 8 most recent of 152 finishes placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.

11th of 30 — October cEDH Tournament! on Topdeck.ggOct 4, 2026 · 1–2–1 · by bruth
6th of 22 — The Mox Beneath the Mountain on Topdeck.ggOct 3, 2026 · 1–2–1 · by Cayden Billings
6th of 33 — Layton Gaming Monthly cEDH! on Topdeck.ggSep 27, 2026 · 1–1–2 · by Aaron Pacheco
11th of 18 — Infiniti World Commander CEDH El anillo Único on Topdeck.ggSep 27, 2026 · 0–2–2 · by Daniel Milian
8th of 17 — Weekly Mulligans - September 20th on Topdeck.ggSep 20, 2026 · 1–2–1 · by MTGMommy
11th of 19 — cEDH Tournament — 1.25K "Green Rumble" at Dice City on Topdeck.ggSep 20, 2026 · 1–3–0 · by Tyler Duncanson
12th of 20 — AZMS CEDH Qualifier #7 on Topdeck.ggSep 20, 2026 · 0–2–2 · by bruth
7th of 22 — CEDH Major - Win Commandfest Tickets @ Grand J Games Melbourne on Topdeck.ggSep 19, 2026 · 0–2–2 · by Jordan Larkins

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Card data and images courtesy of Scryfall; popularity ranking from EDHREC decklist data included in Scryfall bulk. Combo data courtesy of Commander Spellbook. Tournament results courtesy of Topdeck.gg. Deckwarden is unofficial Fan Content and is not endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.

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