Art: Oriana Menendez · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast
Mona Lisa, Science Geek
GLegendary Creature — Lizard Mutant · from $0.22
Reach
{T}: Add X mana of any one color, where X is Mona Lisa's power.
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
58 of 100 at $5 or less · 36 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 | Cultivate | Sorcery | 3 | $0.38 |
| 13 | Thought Vessel | Artifact | 2 | $2.23 |
| 14 | Farseek | Sorcery | 2 | $0.42 |
| 15 | Beast Within | Instant | 3 | $0.49 |
| 16 | Nature's Lore | Sorcery | 2 | $2.15 |
| 17 | Rampant Growth | Sorcery | 2 | $0.39 |
| 18 | Heroic Intervention | Instant | 2 | $9.28 |
| 19 | Terramorphic Expanse | Land | 0 | $0.10 |
| 20 | Myriad Landscape | Land | 0 | $0.25 |
| 21 | Mind Stone | Artifact | 2 | $0.21 |
| 22 | Birds of Paradise | Creature | 1 | $4.98 |
| 23 | Polluted Delta | Land | 0 | $19.85 |
| 24 | Kodama's Reach | Sorcery | 3 | $1.55 |
| 25 | Flooded Strand | Land | 0 | $12.78 |
| 26 | Three Visits | Sorcery | 2 | $5.55 |
| 27 | Skullclamp | Artifact | 1 | $4.85 |
| 28 | Solemn Simulacrum | Creature | 4 | $0.27 |
| 29 | Misty Rainforest | Land | 0 | $35.98 |
| 30 | Bloodstained Mire | Land | 0 | $14.54 |
| 31 | Fabled Passage | Land | 0 | $0.65 |
| 32 | Windswept Heath | Land | 0 | $11.19 |
| 33 | Wooded Foothills | Land | 0 | $17.96 |
| 34 | Verdant Catacombs | Land | 0 | $29.16 |
| 35 | Scalding Tarn | Land | 0 | $36.86 |
| 36 | Marsh Flats | Land | 0 | $32.04 |
| 37 | Commander's Sphere | Artifact | 3 | $0.19 |
| 38 | Arid Mesa | Land | 0 | $31.40 |
| 39 | Llanowar Elves | Creature | 1 | $0.24 |
| 40 | Ancient Tomb | Land | 0 | $56.94 |
| 41 | Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth | Land | 0 | $56.13 |
| 42 | Boseiju, Who Endures | Land | 0 | $50.48 |
| 43 | Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth | Land | 0 | $16.76 |
| 44 | Temple of the False God | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 45 | Chromatic Lantern | Artifact | 3 | $0.38 |
| 46 | Garruk's Uprising | Enchantment | 3 | $0.39 |
| 47 | City of Brass | Land | 0 | $9.17 |
| 48 | The One Ring | Artifact | 4 | $109.88 |
| 49 | Elvish Mystic | Creature | 1 | $0.35 |
| 50 | Cavern of Souls | Land | 0 | $47.72 |
| 51 | Sakura-Tribe Elder | Creature | 2 | $0.30 |
| 52 | Mana Confluence | Land | 0 | $34.75 |
| 53 | Urza's Saga | Enchantment | 0 | $34.67 |
| 54 | Lotus Petal | Artifact | 0 | $35.11 |
| 55 | Eternal Witness | Creature | 3 | $1.10 |
| 56 | Wayfarer's Bauble | Artifact | 1 | $0.31 |
| 57 | Roaming Throne | Creature | 4 | $47.06 |
| 58 | Ashnod's Altar | Artifact | 3 | $8.15 |
| 59 | War Room | Land | 0 | $0.79 |
| 60 | Delighted Halfling | Creature | 1 | $25.91 |
| 61 | Herald's Horn | Artifact | 3 | $2.88 |
| 62 | Mana Vault | Artifact | 1 | $91.59 |
| 63 | Chrome Mox | Artifact | 0 | $51.19 |
| 64 | Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx | Land | 0 | $45.68 |
| 65 | Reflecting Pool | Land | 0 | $5.50 |
| 66 | Worldly Tutor | Instant | 1 | $26.58 |
| 67 | Three Tree City | Land | 0 | $29.09 |
| 68 | Return of the Wildspeaker | Instant | 5 | $1.51 |
| 69 | Gemstone Caverns | Land | 0 | $62.05 |
| 70 | Command Beacon | Land | 0 | $7.99 |
| 71 | Hardened Scales | Enchantment | 1 | $1.85 |
| 72 | Tireless Provisioner | Creature | 3 | $2.33 |
| 73 | Doubling Season | Enchantment | 5 | $29.62 |
| 74 | Idol of Oblivion | Artifact | 2 | $2.40 |
| 75 | Prismatic Vista | Land | 0 | $28.10 |
| 76 | Buried Ruin | Land | 0 | $0.38 |
| 77 | Thran Dynamo | Artifact | 4 | $1.94 |
| 78 | Mosswort Bridge | Land | 0 | $0.21 |
| 79 | Patchwork Banner | Artifact | 3 | $1.52 |
| 80 | Mox Amber | Artifact | 0 | $86.45 |
| 81 | Karn's Bastion | Land | 0 | $2.51 |
| 82 | Ash Barrens | Land | 0 | $0.15 |
| 83 | Beast Whisperer | Creature | 4 | $4.27 |
| 84 | Wild Growth | Enchantment | 1 | $0.40 |
| 85 | Crop Rotation | Instant | 1 | $3.60 |
| 86 | Fyndhorn Elves | Creature | 1 | $0.96 |
| 87 | Secluded Courtyard | Land | 0 | $0.31 |
| 88 | Ornithopter of Paradise | Creature | 2 | $0.35 |
| 89 | The Great Henge | Artifact | 9 | $63.38 |
| 90 | Sensei's Divining Top | Artifact | 1 | $36.48 |
| 91 | Sword of the Animist | Artifact | 2 | $2.79 |
| 92 | Explore | Sorcery | 2 | $0.15 |
| 93 | Mithril Coat | Artifact | 3 | $27.09 |
| 94 | Scute Swarm | Creature | 3 | $8.51 |
| 95 | Rishkar's Expertise | Sorcery | 6 | $1.72 |
| 96 | Mox Opal | Artifact | 0 | $229.58 |
| 97 | Unclaimed Territory | Land | 0 | $0.30 |
| 98 | Mox Diamond | Artifact | 0 | $1108.66 |
| 99 | Harrow | Instant | 3 | $0.33 |
| 100 | Foundry Inspector | Creature | 3 | $0.28 |
Curve of these staples
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Combos with Mona Lisa, Science Geek
The 10 most popular of 12 combos (by EDHREC decklist count) using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.
Mona Lisa, Science Geek + Staff of Domination
Infinite card draw · Infinite colored mana · Infinite draw triggers · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite untap of creatures you control
Mona Lisa, Science Geek + Umbral Mantle
Infinite colored mana · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite untap of creatures you control · Infinitely large creature until end of turn
Mona Lisa, Science Geek + Sword of the Paruns
Infinite colored mana · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite untap of creatures you control
Hyrax Tower Scout + Mona Lisa, Science Geek + Temur Sabertooth
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite storm count · Infinite untap of creatures you control · Infinite blinking · Infinite colored mana
Marvin, Murderous Mimic + Mona Lisa, Science Geek + Pili-Pala
Infinite colored mana
Ashaya, Soul of the Wild + Mona Lisa, Science Geek + Scryb Ranger
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite colored mana · Infinite landfall triggers · Infinite storm count
Hyrax Tower Scout + Kogla, the Titan Ape + Mona Lisa, Science Geek
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite colored mana · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite storm count · Infinite untap of creatures you control
Farmstead Gleaner + Marvin, Murderous Mimic + Mona Lisa, Science Geek
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature · Infinite colored mana
Ashaya, Soul of the Wild + Magus of the Candelabra + Mona Lisa, Science Geek
Infinite colored mana · Infinite mana lands you control can produce · Infinite mana nontoken creatures you control can produce · Infinite untap of lands you control · Infinite untap of nontoken creatures you control
Liquimetal Torque + Mona Lisa, Science Geek + Voltaic Construct
Infinite colored mana · Infinite untap of artifact creatures you control
Top finishes
One finish placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.
- 7th of 38 — Zenith VII on Topdeck.ggJul 18, 2026 · 2–2–1 · by Epitafio
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.