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Terra, Herald of Hope
WBRLegendary Creature — Human Wizard Warrior · from $0.36
Trance — At the beginning of combat on your turn, mill two cards. Terra gains flying until end of turn.
Whenever Terra deals combat damage to a player, you may pay {2}. When you do, return target creature card with power 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
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
55 of 100 at $5 or less · 42 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 | Swords to Plowshares | Instant | 1 | $0.98 |
| 7 | Swiftfoot Boots | Artifact | 2 | $1.43 |
| 8 | Lightning Greaves | Artifact | 2 | $3.86 |
| 9 | Path of Ancestry | Land | 0 | $0.16 |
| 10 | Path to Exile | Instant | 1 | $0.71 |
| 11 | Fellwar Stone | Artifact | 2 | $0.47 |
| 12 | Rogue's Passage | Land | 0 | $0.31 |
| 13 | Evolving Wilds | Land | 0 | $0.09 |
| 14 | Thought Vessel | Artifact | 2 | $2.23 |
| 15 | Blasphemous Act | Sorcery | 9 | $0.72 |
| 16 | Bojuka Bog | Land | 0 | $1.12 |
| 17 | Terramorphic Expanse | Land | 0 | $0.10 |
| 18 | Chaos Warp | Instant | 3 | $0.32 |
| 19 | Myriad Landscape | Land | 0 | $0.25 |
| 20 | Mind Stone | Artifact | 2 | $0.21 |
| 21 | Dark Ritual | Instant | 1 | $0.44 |
| 22 | Polluted Delta | Land | 0 | $19.85 |
| 23 | Flooded Strand | Land | 0 | $12.78 |
| 24 | Skullclamp | Artifact | 1 | $4.85 |
| 25 | Solemn Simulacrum | Creature | 4 | $0.27 |
| 26 | Misty Rainforest | Land | 0 | $35.98 |
| 27 | Bloodstained Mire | Land | 0 | $14.54 |
| 28 | Fabled Passage | Land | 0 | $0.65 |
| 29 | Windswept Heath | Land | 0 | $11.19 |
| 30 | Wooded Foothills | Land | 0 | $17.96 |
| 31 | Verdant Catacombs | Land | 0 | $29.16 |
| 32 | Scalding Tarn | Land | 0 | $36.86 |
| 33 | Marsh Flats | Land | 0 | $32.04 |
| 34 | Commander's Sphere | Artifact | 3 | $0.19 |
| 35 | Reanimate | Sorcery | 1 | $6.56 |
| 36 | Arid Mesa | Land | 0 | $31.40 |
| 37 | Godless Shrine | Land | 0 | $8.47 |
| 38 | Generous Gift | Instant | 3 | $0.93 |
| 39 | Demonic Tutor | Sorcery | 2 | $62.80 |
| 40 | Smothering Tithe | Enchantment | 4 | $56.09 |
| 41 | Toxic Deluge | Sorcery | 3 | $5.04 |
| 42 | Blood Crypt | Land | 0 | $8.68 |
| 43 | Ancient Tomb | Land | 0 | $56.94 |
| 44 | Sacred Foundry | Land | 0 | $10.28 |
| 45 | Deflecting Swat | Instant | 3 | $70.85 |
| 46 | Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth | Land | 0 | $56.13 |
| 47 | Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth | Land | 0 | $16.76 |
| 48 | Clifftop Retreat | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 49 | Esper Sentinel | Creature | 1 | $58.03 |
| 50 | Temple of the False God | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 51 | Dragonskull Summit | Land | 0 | $0.45 |
| 52 | Chromatic Lantern | Artifact | 3 | $0.38 |
| 53 | Isolated Chapel | Land | 0 | $0.21 |
| 54 | Feed the Swarm | Sorcery | 2 | $0.19 |
| 55 | Smoldering Marsh | Land | 0 | $0.27 |
| 56 | City of Brass | Land | 0 | $9.17 |
| 57 | The One Ring | Artifact | 4 | $109.88 |
| 58 | Faithless Looting | Sorcery | 1 | $0.36 |
| 59 | Vandalblast | Sorcery | 1 | $1.74 |
| 60 | Phyrexian Arena | Enchantment | 3 | $1.92 |
| 61 | Jeska's Will | Sorcery | 3 | $39.58 |
| 62 | Deadly Rollick | Instant | 4 | $26.52 |
| 63 | Teferi's Protection | Instant | 3 | $34.90 |
| 64 | Cavern of Souls | Land | 0 | $47.72 |
| 65 | Vampiric Tutor | Instant | 1 | $48.13 |
| 66 | Mana Confluence | Land | 0 | $34.75 |
| 67 | Urza's Saga | Enchantment | 0 | $34.67 |
| 68 | Battlefield Forge | Land | 0 | $0.20 |
| 69 | Lotus Petal | Artifact | 0 | $35.11 |
| 70 | Enlightened Tutor | Instant | 1 | $21.99 |
| 71 | Caves of Koilos | Land | 0 | $0.30 |
| 72 | Wayfarer's Bauble | Artifact | 1 | $0.31 |
| 73 | Talisman of Indulgence | Artifact | 2 | $0.47 |
| 74 | Black Market Connections | Enchantment | 3 | $10.78 |
| 75 | Victimize | Sorcery | 3 | $0.57 |
| 76 | Deadly Dispute | Instant | 2 | $0.29 |
| 77 | Roaming Throne | Creature | 4 | $47.06 |
| 78 | Ashnod's Altar | Artifact | 3 | $8.15 |
| 79 | Talisman of Hierarchy | Artifact | 2 | $0.45 |
| 80 | Big Score | Instant | 4 | $0.41 |
| 81 | War Room | Land | 0 | $0.79 |
| 82 | Blood Artist | Creature | 2 | $2.78 |
| 83 | Sulfurous Springs | Land | 0 | $0.49 |
| 84 | Abrade | Instant | 2 | $0.17 |
| 85 | Talisman of Conviction | Artifact | 2 | $0.35 |
| 86 | Herald's Horn | Artifact | 3 | $2.88 |
| 87 | Mana Vault | Artifact | 1 | $91.59 |
| 88 | Anguished Unmaking | Instant | 3 | $1.58 |
| 89 | Chrome Mox | Artifact | 0 | $51.19 |
| 90 | Lightning Bolt | Instant | 1 | $0.75 |
| 91 | Ghostly Prison | Enchantment | 3 | $5.72 |
| 92 | Luxury Suite | Land | 0 | $8.62 |
| 93 | Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx | Land | 0 | $45.68 |
| 94 | Reflecting Pool | Land | 0 | $5.50 |
| 95 | Rakdos Signet | Artifact | 2 | $0.31 |
| 96 | Spectator Seating | Land | 0 | $5.71 |
| 97 | Vault of Champions | Land | 0 | $16.60 |
| 98 | Austere Command | Sorcery | 6 | $0.33 |
| 99 | Flawless Maneuver | Instant | 3 | $9.24 |
| 100 | Farewell | Sorcery | 6 | $4.44 |
Curve of these staples
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Most played with Terra, Herald of Hope
The 25 most-played cards in 27 settled top-16 lists running Terra, Herald of Hope at 16+ player events since Mar 6, 2026, ranked by lists played — top-4 counts shown for context. Results from Topdeck.gg.
| # | Card | Played in | Top 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Command Tower | 100% · 27 of 27 | 5 |
| 2 | Exotic Orchard | 100% · 27 of 27 | 5 |
| 3 | Sol Ring | 100% · 27 of 27 | 5 |
| 4 | Stitcher's Supplier | 100% · 27 of 27 | 5 |
| 5 | Anger | 96% · 26 of 27 | 5 |
| 6 | Arcane Signet | 96% · 26 of 27 | 5 |
| 7 | Big Score | 96% · 26 of 27 | 5 |
| 8 | Dragonskull Summit | 96% · 26 of 27 | 4 |
| 9 | Isolated Chapel | 96% · 26 of 27 | 4 |
| 10 | Mountain | 96% · 26 of 27 | 4 |
| 11 | Plains | 96% · 26 of 27 | 4 |
| 12 | Smoldering Marsh | 96% · 26 of 27 | 4 |
| 13 | Stitch Together | 96% · 26 of 27 | 5 |
| 14 | Sunlit Marsh | 96% · 26 of 27 | 4 |
| 15 | Swamp | 96% · 26 of 27 | 4 |
| 16 | Banon, the Returners' Leader | 93% · 25 of 27 | 4 |
| 17 | Clifftop Retreat | 93% · 25 of 27 | 4 |
| 18 | Crackling Doom | 93% · 25 of 27 | 4 |
| 19 | Desolate Mire | 93% · 25 of 27 | 4 |
| 20 | Fetid Heath | 93% · 25 of 27 | 4 |
| 21 | Foreboding Ruins | 93% · 25 of 27 | 4 |
| 22 | Furycalm Snarl | 93% · 25 of 27 | 4 |
| 23 | Geothermal Bog | 93% · 25 of 27 | 4 |
| 24 | Graven Cairns | 93% · 25 of 27 | 4 |
| 25 | Laughing Mad | 93% · 25 of 27 | 4 |
Combos with Terra, Herald of Hope
5 combos using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.
Ashnod's Altar + Aurelia, the Warleader + Karmic Guide + Terra, Herald of Hope
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite self-mill · Infinite combat phases · Infinite untap of creatures you control · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite combat damage · Infinite colorless mana
Aurelia, the Warleader + Karmic Guide + Phyrexian Altar + Terra, Herald of Hope
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite combat damage · Infinite combat phases · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite self-mill
Amulet of Vigor + Ashnod's Altar + Aurelia, the Warleader + Terra, Herald of Hope
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite self-mill · Infinite combat phases · Infinite untap of creatures you control · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite combat damage
Amulet of Vigor + Ashnod's Altar + Fear of Missing Out + Terra, Herald of Hope + Haste Enabler
Infinite self-discard triggers · Near-infinite creature ETB · Infinite draw triggers · Near-infinite creature LTB · Infinite rummaging · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Near-infinite combat phases · Near-infinite combat damage
Aurelia, the Warleader + Karmic Guide + Terra, Herald of Hope + Thermopod
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite combat damage · Infinite combat phases · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite self-mill
Top finishes
The 8 most recent of 32 finishes placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.
- 13th of 34 — Nocturno commander deck on Topdeck.ggOct 9, 2026 · 0–3–0 · by LordPociño
- 15th of 22 — Commander Casual - Magic Barcelona on Topdeck.ggOct 9, 2026 · 0–2–0 · by Axel
- 3rd of 21 — Commander Budget - Magic Barcelona on Topdeck.ggOct 5, 2026 · 0–2–0 · by Axel
- 7th of 21 — Commander Budget - Magic Barcelona on Topdeck.ggOct 5, 2026 · 0–2–0 · by Martí
- 12th of 25 — Commander Budget - Magic Barcelona on Topdeck.ggSep 28, 2026 · 0–2–0 · by Bastien Baudry
- 15th of 22 — Command Party Marvel N°1 - El Desafio [Preconautas] on Topdeck.ggAug 28, 2026 · 0–3–0 · by Paulo Olavarria
- 2nd of 27 — Commander Budget - Magic Barcelona on Topdeck.ggAug 24, 2026 · 0–2–0 · by Axel
- 6th of 22 — Commander Casual - Magic Barcelona on Topdeck.ggAug 21, 2026 · 0–2–0 · by Axel
Precons led by Terra, Herald of Hope
Official preconstructed decks with Terra, Herald of Hope at the helm.
- Revival Trance (FINAL FANTASY VI)
PreconCommander· Released Jun 2025
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. Precon product lists via MTGJSON. Deckwarden is unofficial Fan Content and is not endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.