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Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied

Legendary Creature — Human Mutant Wizard · from $1.69

At the beginning of your end step, create a tapped 0/1 black Wizard creature token with "Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this token deals 1 damage to each opponent." Then if you control four or more Wizards, transform Kuja. Flare Star — If a Wizard you control would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals double that damage instead.

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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

57 of 100 at $5 or less · 39 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	Fellwar Stone	Artifact	2	$0.47
10	Rogue's Passage	Land	0	$0.31
11	Evolving Wilds	Land	0	$0.09
12	Thought Vessel	Artifact	2	$2.23
13	Blasphemous Act	Sorcery	9	$0.72
14	Bojuka Bog	Land	0	$1.12
15	Terramorphic Expanse	Land	0	$0.10
16	Chaos Warp	Instant	3	$0.32
17	Myriad Landscape	Land	0	$0.25
18	Mind Stone	Artifact	2	$0.21
19	Dark Ritual	Instant	1	$0.44
20	Polluted Delta	Land	0	$19.85
21	Flooded Strand	Land	0	$12.78
22	Skullclamp	Artifact	1	$4.85
23	Solemn Simulacrum	Creature	4	$0.27
24	Misty Rainforest	Land	0	$35.98
25	Bloodstained Mire	Land	0	$14.54
26	Fabled Passage	Land	0	$0.65
27	Windswept Heath	Land	0	$11.19
28	Wooded Foothills	Land	0	$17.96
29	Verdant Catacombs	Land	0	$29.16
30	Scalding Tarn	Land	0	$36.86
31	Marsh Flats	Land	0	$32.04
32	Commander's Sphere	Artifact	3	$0.19
33	Reanimate	Sorcery	1	$6.56
34	Arid Mesa	Land	0	$31.40
35	Demonic Tutor	Sorcery	2	$62.80
36	Toxic Deluge	Sorcery	3	$5.04
37	Blood Crypt	Land	0	$8.68
38	Ancient Tomb	Land	0	$56.94
39	Deflecting Swat	Instant	3	$70.85
40	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	Land	0	$56.13
41	Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth	Land	0	$16.76
42	Temple of the False God	Land	0	$0.19
43	Dragonskull Summit	Land	0	$0.45
44	Chromatic Lantern	Artifact	3	$0.38
45	Feed the Swarm	Sorcery	2	$0.19
46	Smoldering Marsh	Land	0	$0.27
47	City of Brass	Land	0	$9.17
48	The One Ring	Artifact	4	$109.88
49	Faithless Looting	Sorcery	1	$0.36
50	Vandalblast	Sorcery	1	$1.74
51	Phyrexian Arena	Enchantment	3	$1.92
52	Jeska's Will	Sorcery	3	$39.58
53	Deadly Rollick	Instant	4	$26.52
54	Cavern of Souls	Land	0	$47.72
55	Vampiric Tutor	Instant	1	$48.13
56	Mana Confluence	Land	0	$34.75
57	Urza's Saga	Enchantment	0	$34.67
58	Lotus Petal	Artifact	0	$35.11
59	Wayfarer's Bauble	Artifact	1	$0.31
60	Talisman of Indulgence	Artifact	2	$0.47
61	Black Market Connections	Enchantment	3	$10.78
62	Victimize	Sorcery	3	$0.57
63	Deadly Dispute	Instant	2	$0.29
64	Roaming Throne	Creature	4	$47.06
65	Ashnod's Altar	Artifact	3	$8.15
66	Big Score	Instant	4	$0.41
67	War Room	Land	0	$0.79
68	Blood Artist	Creature	2	$2.78
69	Sulfurous Springs	Land	0	$0.49
70	Abrade	Instant	2	$0.17
71	Herald's Horn	Artifact	3	$2.88
72	Mana Vault	Artifact	1	$91.59
73	Chrome Mox	Artifact	0	$51.19
74	Lightning Bolt	Instant	1	$0.75
75	Luxury Suite	Land	0	$8.62
76	Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx	Land	0	$45.68
77	Reflecting Pool	Land	0	$5.50
78	Rakdos Signet	Artifact	2	$0.31
79	Three Tree City	Land	0	$29.09
80	Gemstone Caverns	Land	0	$62.05
81	Night's Whisper	Sorcery	2	$0.23
82	Command Beacon	Land	0	$7.99
83	Idol of Oblivion	Artifact	2	$2.40
84	Prismatic Vista	Land	0	$28.10
85	Buried Ruin	Land	0	$0.38
86	Phyrexian Tower	Land	0	$29.06
87	Thran Dynamo	Artifact	4	$1.94
88	Storm-Kiln Artist	Creature	4	$1.74
89	Fell the Profane // Fell Mire	Instant	4	$5.80
90	Cabal Coffers	Land	0	$20.77
91	Impact Tremors	Enchantment	2	$2.52
92	Patchwork Banner	Artifact	3	$1.52
93	Village Rites	Instant	1	$0.30
94	Mox Amber	Artifact	0	$86.45
95	Karn's Bastion	Land	0	$2.51
96	Professional Face-Breaker	Creature	3	$4.99
97	Ash Barrens	Land	0	$0.15
98	Thrill of Possibility	Instant	2	$0.17
99	Secluded Courtyard	Land	0	$0.31
100	Ornithopter of Paradise	Creature	2	$0.35

Curve of these staples

Most played with Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied

The 25 most-played cards in 12 settled top-16 lists running Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied at 16+ player events since Mar 22, 2026, ranked by lists played — top-4 counts shown for context. Results from Topdeck.gg.

#	Card	Played in	Top 4
1	Arcane Signet	100% · 12 of 12	1
2	Harmonic Prodigy	100% · 12 of 12	1
3	Mountain	100% · 12 of 12	1
4	Sol Ring	100% · 12 of 12	1
5	Swamp	100% · 12 of 12	1
6	Black Mage's Rod	92% · 11 of 12	1
7	Circle of Power	92% · 11 of 12	1
8	Dark Ritual	92% · 11 of 12	1
9	Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege	92% · 11 of 12	1
10	Command Tower	83% · 10 of 12	1
11	Cornered by Black Mages	83% · 10 of 12	1
12	Dragonskull Summit	83% · 10 of 12	1
13	Lightning Bolt	83% · 10 of 12	1
14	Vivi's Persistence	83% · 10 of 12	1
15	Coruscation Mage	75% · 9 of 12	1
16	Faithless Looting	75% · 9 of 12	1
17	Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian	75% · 9 of 12	1
18	Laughing Mad	75% · 9 of 12	1
19	Mysidian Elder	75% · 9 of 12	1
20	Night's Whisper	75% · 9 of 12	1
21	Terminate	75% · 9 of 12	1
22	Big Score	67% · 8 of 12	1
23	Blasphemous Act	67% · 8 of 12	1
24	Bojuka Bog	67% · 8 of 12	1
25	Chaos Warp	67% · 8 of 12	1

Top finishes

The 8 most recent of 12 finishes placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.

5th of 17 — Lega Commander - Bracket 3 - Tappa 8 on Topdeck.ggSep 13, 2026 · 2–1–0 · by Seretur
10th of 20 — Torneo Bracket 3 Stribog on Topdeck.ggAug 8, 2026 · 1–3–0 · by Tomas Ibañez
6th of 17 — Lega Commander - Bracket 3 - Tappa 7 on Topdeck.ggJul 26, 2026 · 1–2–0 · by Seretur
8th of 29 — Commander Budget - Magic Barcelona on Topdeck.ggJul 13, 2026 · 0–2–0 · by Sergi Díez
2nd of 16 — Lega Commander - Bracket 3 - Tappa 6 on Topdeck.ggJul 12, 2026 · 2–1–0 · by Seretur
6th of 41 — Nemesis Comics and Games CEDH Tournament on Topdeck.ggJul 12, 2026 · 1–1–3 · by Nic Perez
5th of 18 — Father's Day Bracket 2 Tournament on Topdeck.ggJun 21, 2026 · 2–2–0 · by Justin reel
5th of 19 — Lega Commander - Bracket 3 - Tappa 4 on Topdeck.ggJun 14, 2026 · 1–2–0 · by Seretur

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

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