Art: Yoshitaka Amano · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast

Terra, Magical Adept // Esper Terra

WUBRG

Legendary Creature — Human Wizard Warrior · from $2.13

When Terra enters, mill five cards. Put up to one enchantment card milled this way into your hand. Trance — {4}{R}{G}, {T}: Exile Terra, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery. (As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.) I, II, III — Create a token that's a copy of target nonlegendary enchantment you control. It gains haste. If it's a Saga, put up to three lore counters on it. Sacrifice it at the beginning of your next end step. IV — Add {W}{W}, {U}{U}, {B}{B}, {R}{R}, and {G}{G}. Exile Esper Terra, then return it to the battlefield (front face up). Flying

Build with this commander Start with a starter shell Card details, printings & prices

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 · 45 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	Counterspell	Instant	2	$1.33
12	Fellwar Stone	Artifact	2	$0.47
13	Rogue's Passage	Land	0	$0.31
14	Evolving Wilds	Land	0	$0.09
15	Cultivate	Sorcery	3	$0.38
16	Thought Vessel	Artifact	2	$2.23
17	Blasphemous Act	Sorcery	9	$0.72
18	Farseek	Sorcery	2	$0.42
19	Bojuka Bog	Land	0	$1.12
20	Beast Within	Instant	3	$0.49
21	Nature's Lore	Sorcery	2	$2.15
22	Rampant Growth	Sorcery	2	$0.39
23	Heroic Intervention	Instant	2	$9.28
24	Terramorphic Expanse	Land	0	$0.10
25	Chaos Warp	Instant	3	$0.32
26	Myriad Landscape	Land	0	$0.25
27	Mind Stone	Artifact	2	$0.21
28	Dark Ritual	Instant	1	$0.44
29	An Offer You Can't Refuse	Instant	1	$3.01
30	Birds of Paradise	Creature	1	$4.98
31	Polluted Delta	Land	0	$19.85
32	Kodama's Reach	Sorcery	3	$1.55
33	Flooded Strand	Land	0	$12.78
34	Three Visits	Sorcery	2	$5.55
35	Skullclamp	Artifact	1	$4.85
36	Solemn Simulacrum	Creature	4	$0.27
37	Misty Rainforest	Land	0	$35.98
38	Bloodstained Mire	Land	0	$14.54
39	Fabled Passage	Land	0	$0.65
40	Windswept Heath	Land	0	$11.19
41	Rhystic Study	Enchantment	3	$61.06
42	Wooded Foothills	Land	0	$17.96
43	Verdant Catacombs	Land	0	$29.16
44	Scalding Tarn	Land	0	$36.86
45	Watery Grave	Land	0	$9.86
46	Marsh Flats	Land	0	$32.04
47	Arcane Denial	Instant	2	$1.88
48	Commander's Sphere	Artifact	3	$0.19
49	Reanimate	Sorcery	1	$6.56
50	Negate	Instant	2	$0.12
51	Arid Mesa	Land	0	$31.40
52	Cyclonic Rift	Instant	2	$29.75
53	Llanowar Elves	Creature	1	$0.24
54	Breeding Pool	Land	0	$9.15
55	Godless Shrine	Land	0	$8.47
56	Hallowed Fountain	Land	0	$6.97
57	Generous Gift	Instant	3	$0.93
58	Steam Vents	Land	0	$9.63
59	Demonic Tutor	Sorcery	2	$62.80
60	Smothering Tithe	Enchantment	4	$56.09
61	Toxic Deluge	Sorcery	3	$5.04
62	Swan Song	Instant	1	$10.72
63	Blood Crypt	Land	0	$8.68
64	Ancient Tomb	Land	0	$56.94
65	Overgrown Tomb	Land	0	$8.00
66	Brainstorm	Instant	1	$0.56
67	Sacred Foundry	Land	0	$10.28
68	Deflecting Swat	Instant	3	$70.85
69	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	Land	0	$56.13
70	Sulfur Falls	Land	0	$0.20
71	Boseiju, Who Endures	Land	0	$50.48
72	Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth	Land	0	$16.76
73	Clifftop Retreat	Land	0	$0.19
74	Esper Sentinel	Creature	1	$58.03
75	Temple Garden	Land	0	$6.57
76	Fierce Guardianship	Instant	3	$59.21
77	Temple of the False God	Land	0	$0.19
78	Dragonskull Summit	Land	0	$0.45
79	Chromatic Lantern	Artifact	3	$0.38
80	Sunken Hollow	Land	0	$0.29
81	Cinder Glade	Land	0	$0.25
82	Otawara, Soaring City	Land	0	$26.57
83	Glacial Fortress	Land	0	$0.21
84	Isolated Chapel	Land	0	$0.21
85	Garruk's Uprising	Enchantment	3	$0.39
86	Feed the Swarm	Sorcery	2	$0.19
87	Talisman of Dominance	Artifact	2	$0.49
88	Smoldering Marsh	Land	0	$0.27
89	City of Brass	Land	0	$9.17
90	The One Ring	Artifact	4	$109.88
91	Hinterland Harbor	Land	0	$0.28
92	Faithless Looting	Sorcery	1	$0.36
93	Frantic Search	Instant	3	$0.82
94	Mystic Remora	Enchantment	1	$10.97
95	Vandalblast	Sorcery	1	$1.74
96	Elvish Mystic	Creature	1	$0.35
97	Prairie Stream	Land	0	$0.19
98	Phyrexian Arena	Enchantment	3	$1.92
99	Jeska's Will	Sorcery	3	$39.58
100	Drowned Catacomb	Land	0	$0.50

Curve of these staples

Most played with Terra, Magical Adept // Esper Terra

The 25 most-played cards in 144 settled top-16 lists running Terra, Magical Adept // Esper Terra at 16+ player events since Mar 7, 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 144	27
2	Sol Ring	99% · 142 of 144	26
3	Birds of Paradise	97% · 140 of 144	26
4	Mystic Remora	97% · 139 of 144	25
5	Underworld Breach	97% · 139 of 144	25
6	Brain Freeze	96% · 138 of 144	25
7	Chrome Mox	96% · 138 of 144	25
8	Demonic Tutor	96% · 138 of 144	25
9	Lotus Petal	96% · 138 of 144	25
10	Rhystic Study	96% · 138 of 144	25
11	Vampiric Tutor	96% · 138 of 144	25
12	City of Brass	95% · 137 of 144	26
13	Enlightened Tutor	95% · 137 of 144	25
14	Esper Sentinel	95% · 137 of 144	25
15	Gemstone Caverns	95% · 137 of 144	25
16	Mana Vault	95% · 137 of 144	25
17	Pact of Negation	95% · 137 of 144	25
18	Scalding Tarn	95% · 137 of 144	25
19	Silence	95% · 137 of 144	25
20	Lion's Eye Diamond	94% · 136 of 144	25
21	Mana Confluence	94% · 136 of 144	25
22	Mox Diamond	94% · 136 of 144	25
23	Sevinne's Reclamation	94% · 136 of 144	25
24	Bayou	94% · 135 of 144	25
25	Flusterstorm	94% · 135 of 144	24

Combos with Terra, Magical Adept // Esper Terra

The 10 most popular of 116 combos (by EDHREC decklist count) using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.

Estrid's Invocation + Terra, Magical Adept // Esper Terra
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite colored mana · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers
How it works on Commander Spellbook
Build around this combo
Clash of the Eikons + Summon: Esper Valigarmanda + Terra, Magical Adept // Esper Terra
Cast all instants and sorceries from opponents' graveyards infinite times · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature tokens with haste · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite red mana · Infinite storm count
How it works on Commander Spellbook
Build around this combo
Terra, Magical Adept // Esper Terra + The Apprentice's Folly
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite colored mana · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature tokens with haste · Infinite creature copies of nonlegendary enchantments you control
How it works on Commander Spellbook
Build around this combo
Terra, Magical Adept // Esper Terra + Yenna, Redtooth Regent
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite colored mana · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Draw the game · Infinite creature tokens with haste · Infinite creature copies of nonlegendary enchantments you control with haste
How it works on Commander Spellbook
Build around this combo
Spark Double + Terra, Magical Adept // Esper Terra
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite colored mana · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature tokens with haste
How it works on Commander Spellbook
Build around this combo
Mirrormade + Terra, Magical Adept // Esper Terra
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite colored mana · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers
How it works on Commander Spellbook
Build around this combo
Copy Enchantment + Terra, Magical Adept // Esper Terra
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite colored mana · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers
How it works on Commander Spellbook
Build around this combo
Mirror Room // Fractured Realm + Terra, Magical Adept // Esper Terra
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite death triggers
How it works on Commander Spellbook
Build around this combo
Anger + Barbara Wright + Terra, Magical Adept // Esper Terra
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite colored mana · Infinite self-mill
How it works on Commander Spellbook
Build around this combo
Barbara Wright + Temur Ascendancy + Terra, Magical Adept // Esper Terra
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite colored mana · Infinite self-mill
How it works on Commander Spellbook
Build around this combo

Top finishes

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

1st of 16 — FNM CEDH 10/9 on Topdeck.ggOct 9, 2026 · 2–0–0 · by John Satterwhite
3rd of 42 — LITTLE PARIS SIEGE III on Topdeck.ggOct 3, 2026 · 2–1–3 · by Calvin Kühn
8th of 22 — FINAL BOSS CEDH Tournament on Topdeck.ggOct 3, 2026 · 1–1–3 · by Daniel B
4th of 18 — Hotsauce Games Friday CEDH on Topdeck.ggOct 2, 2026 · 1–1–2 · by Sean Murphy
10th of 22 — TITANS OF THE UNDERGROUND FNM LAST CHANCE QUALIFIER on Topdeck.ggOct 2, 2026 · 1–3–0 · by Jake | Sparky’sGaming ⚡️
7th of 24 — Massacre at Mimics VII: Smaug's Hoard on Topdeck.ggSep 27, 2026 · 1–1–1 · by Astrid Trent
3rd of 19 — cEDH Tournament — 1.25K "Green Rumble" at Dice City on Topdeck.ggSep 20, 2026 · 2–2–1 · by Daniel B
5th of 25 — Battlegrounds cEDH Monthly September on Topdeck.ggSep 19, 2026 · 2–1–1 · by Stephen Burden

All 152 finishes →

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.

Commanders