Magus Lucea Kane

URG

Legendary Creature — Human Tyranid Wizard · from $3.79

Spiritual Leader — At the beginning of combat on your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. Psychic Stimulus — {T}: Add {C}{C}. When you next cast a spell with {X} in its mana cost or activate an ability with {X} in its activation cost this turn, copy that spell or ability. You may choose new targets for the copy. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)

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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

61 of 100 at $5 or less · 41 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	Blasphemous Act	Sorcery	9	$0.72
16	Farseek	Sorcery	2	$0.42
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	Chaos Warp	Instant	3	$0.32
23	Myriad Landscape	Land	0	$0.25
24	Mind Stone	Artifact	2	$0.21
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	Marsh Flats	Land	0	$32.04
42	Arcane Denial	Instant	2	$1.88
43	Commander's Sphere	Artifact	3	$0.19
44	Negate	Instant	2	$0.12
45	Arid Mesa	Land	0	$31.40
46	Cyclonic Rift	Instant	2	$29.75
47	Llanowar Elves	Creature	1	$0.24
48	Breeding Pool	Land	0	$9.15
49	Steam Vents	Land	0	$9.63
50	Swan Song	Instant	1	$10.72
51	Ancient Tomb	Land	0	$56.94
52	Brainstorm	Instant	1	$0.56
53	Deflecting Swat	Instant	3	$70.85
54	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	Land	0	$56.13
55	Sulfur Falls	Land	0	$0.20
56	Boseiju, Who Endures	Land	0	$50.48
57	Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth	Land	0	$16.76
58	Fierce Guardianship	Instant	3	$59.21
59	Temple of the False God	Land	0	$0.19
60	Chromatic Lantern	Artifact	3	$0.38
61	Cinder Glade	Land	0	$0.25
62	Otawara, Soaring City	Land	0	$26.57
63	Garruk's Uprising	Enchantment	3	$0.39
64	City of Brass	Land	0	$9.17
65	The One Ring	Artifact	4	$109.88
66	Hinterland Harbor	Land	0	$0.28
67	Faithless Looting	Sorcery	1	$0.36
68	Frantic Search	Instant	3	$0.82
69	Mystic Remora	Enchantment	1	$10.97
70	Vandalblast	Sorcery	1	$1.74
71	Elvish Mystic	Creature	1	$0.35
72	Jeska's Will	Sorcery	3	$39.58
73	Cavern of Souls	Land	0	$47.72
74	Propaganda	Enchantment	3	$1.84
75	Sakura-Tribe Elder	Creature	2	$0.30
76	Shivan Reef	Land	0	$0.22
77	Mana Confluence	Land	0	$34.75
78	Urza's Saga	Enchantment	0	$34.67
79	Mana Drain	Instant	2	$50.65
80	Lotus Petal	Artifact	0	$35.11
81	Eternal Witness	Creature	3	$1.10
82	Talisman of Creativity	Artifact	2	$0.45
83	Wayfarer's Bauble	Artifact	1	$0.31
84	Rootbound Crag	Land	0	$0.23
85	Roaming Throne	Creature	4	$47.06
86	Ashnod's Altar	Artifact	3	$8.15
87	Yavimaya Coast	Land	0	$0.31
88	Big Score	Instant	4	$0.41
89	War Room	Land	0	$0.79
90	Abrade	Instant	2	$0.17
91	Ponder	Sorcery	1	$1.82
92	Rejuvenating Springs	Land	0	$4.12
93	Delighted Halfling	Creature	1	$25.91
94	Herald's Horn	Artifact	3	$2.88
95	Mana Vault	Artifact	1	$91.59
96	Training Center	Land	0	$17.67
97	Pongify	Instant	1	$2.21
98	Chrome Mox	Artifact	0	$51.19
99	Lightning Bolt	Instant	1	$0.75
100	Windfall	Sorcery	3	$4.78

Curve of these staples

Most played with Magus Lucea Kane

The 25 most-played cards in 8 settled top-16 lists running Magus Lucea Kane at 16+ player events since Mar 27, 2026, ranked by lists played — top-4 counts shown for context. Results from Topdeck.gg.

#	Card	Played in	Top 4
1	Arcane Signet	100% · 8 of 8	2
2	Command Tower	100% · 8 of 8	2
3	Exotic Orchard	100% · 8 of 8	2
4	Sol Ring	100% · 8 of 8	2
5	Unbound Flourishing	88% · 7 of 8	2
6	Farseek	75% · 6 of 8	2
7	Forest	75% · 6 of 8	2
8	Island	75% · 6 of 8	2
9	Mountain	75% · 6 of 8	2
10	Animist's Awakening	63% · 5 of 8	2
11	Cinder Glade	63% · 5 of 8	1
12	Crackle with Power	63% · 5 of 8	2
13	Doppelgang	63% · 5 of 8	2
14	Elementalist's Palette	63% · 5 of 8	1
15	Frontier Bivouac	63% · 5 of 8	1
16	Game Trail	63% · 5 of 8	1
17	Hydroid Krasis	63% · 5 of 8	1
18	Ingenious Prodigy	63% · 5 of 8	1
19	Kiora's Follower	63% · 5 of 8	1
20	Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner	63% · 5 of 8	1
21	Lightning Greaves	63% · 5 of 8	2
22	Mathemagics	63% · 5 of 8	2
23	Mind into Matter	63% · 5 of 8	2
24	Path of Ancestry	63% · 5 of 8	1
25	Stonecoil Serpent	63% · 5 of 8	1

Combos with Magus Lucea Kane

The 10 most popular of 22 combos (by EDHREC decklist count) using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.

Ioreth of the Healing House + Magus Lucea Kane + Saryth, the Viper's Fang
Infinite mana legendary creatures you control can produce · Infinite untap of legendary creatures you control
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Chromatic Orrery + Freed from the Real + Magus Lucea Kane
Infinite card draw · Infinite draw triggers · Infinite colored mana · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite copies of abilities with {X} in their cost · Infinite copies of spells with {X} in their cost
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Ashaya, Soul of the Wild + Magus Lucea Kane + Magus of the Candelabra
Infinite colorless mana · Infinite mana lands you control can produce · Infinite green mana · Infinite untap of nontoken creatures you control · Infinite copies of abilities with {X} in their cost · Infinite copies of spells with {X} in their cost · Infinite mana nontoken creatures you control can produce · Infinite untap of lands you control
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Chromatic Orrery + Magus Lucea Kane + Pemmin's Aura
Infinite card draw · Infinite draw triggers · Infinite colored mana · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite copies of abilities with {X} in their cost · Infinite copies of spells with {X} in their cost
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Magus Lucea Kane + Mana Reflection + Umbral Mantle
Infinite colorless mana · Infinite copies of abilities with {X} in their cost · Infinite copies of spells with {X} in their cost · Infinitely large creature until end of turn · Infinite untap of creatures you control · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Magus Lucea Kane + Nyxbloom Ancient + Umbral Mantle
Infinite colorless mana · Infinite copies of abilities with {X} in their cost · Infinite copies of spells with {X} in their cost · Infinitely large creature until end of turn · Infinite untap of creatures you control · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Energy Refractor + Freed from the Real + Magus Lucea Kane
Infinite copies of abilities with {X} in their cost · Infinite copies of spells with {X} in their cost
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Energy Refractor + Magus Lucea Kane + Pemmin's Aura
Infinite copies of abilities with {X} in their cost · Infinite copies of spells with {X} in their cost
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Agatha's Soul Cauldron + Magus Lucea Kane + Pili-Pala
Infinite colored mana · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite copies of abilities with {X} in their cost · Infinite copies of spells with {X} in their cost
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Freed from the Real + Magus Lucea Kane + Prismite
Infinite copies of abilities with {X} in their cost · Infinite copies of spells with {X} in their cost
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Top finishes

The 8 most recent of 9 finishes placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.

4th of 27 — Cedh European Championship qualifier on Topdeck.ggSep 26, 2026 · 2–2–2 · by Simon Herzog
6th of 22 — CEDH Major - Win Commandfest Tickets @ Grand J Games Melbourne on Topdeck.ggSep 19, 2026 · 2–3–0 · by Alex Paterson
13th of 59 — BATTLE BY THE BAY - 26 - Green Bay, WI USA on Topdeck.ggAug 30, 2026 · 2–4–0 · by Tony Coutley
15th of 18 — Commander Casual - Magic Barcelona on Topdeck.ggJun 26, 2026 · 0–2–0 · by iago simo
2nd of 20 — TGL June Bracket 3 on Topdeck.ggJun 13, 2026 · 3–1–0 · by Aaron
3rd of 31 — Commander Casual - Magic Barcelona on Topdeck.ggMay 22, 2026 · 1–1–0 · by iago simo
13th of 23 — Commander Casual - Magic Barcelona on Topdeck.ggMay 15, 2026 · 0–2–0 · by iago simo
8th of 25 — Commander Budget - Magic Barcelona on Topdeck.ggApr 20, 2026 · 0–2–0 · by Silvia Donda

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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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