Art: Javier Charro · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast
The Master, Transcendent
UBGLegendary Artifact Creature — Mutant · from $0.95
When The Master enters, target player gets two rad counters.
{T}: Put target creature card in a graveyard that was milled this turn onto the battlefield under your control. It's a green Mutant with base power and toughness 3/3. (It loses its other colors and creature types.)
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 · 40 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 | Farseek | Sorcery | 2 | $0.42 |
| 16 | Bojuka Bog | Land | 0 | $1.12 |
| 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 | Myriad Landscape | Land | 0 | $0.25 |
| 23 | Mind Stone | Artifact | 2 | $0.21 |
| 24 | Dark Ritual | Instant | 1 | $0.44 |
| 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 | Watery Grave | Land | 0 | $9.86 |
| 42 | Marsh Flats | Land | 0 | $32.04 |
| 43 | Arcane Denial | Instant | 2 | $1.88 |
| 44 | Commander's Sphere | Artifact | 3 | $0.19 |
| 45 | Reanimate | Sorcery | 1 | $6.56 |
| 46 | Negate | Instant | 2 | $0.12 |
| 47 | Arid Mesa | Land | 0 | $31.40 |
| 48 | Cyclonic Rift | Instant | 2 | $29.75 |
| 49 | Llanowar Elves | Creature | 1 | $0.24 |
| 50 | Breeding Pool | Land | 0 | $9.15 |
| 51 | Demonic Tutor | Sorcery | 2 | $62.80 |
| 52 | Toxic Deluge | Sorcery | 3 | $5.04 |
| 53 | Swan Song | Instant | 1 | $10.72 |
| 54 | Ancient Tomb | Land | 0 | $56.94 |
| 55 | Overgrown Tomb | Land | 0 | $8.00 |
| 56 | Brainstorm | Instant | 1 | $0.56 |
| 57 | Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth | Land | 0 | $56.13 |
| 58 | Boseiju, Who Endures | Land | 0 | $50.48 |
| 59 | Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth | Land | 0 | $16.76 |
| 60 | Fierce Guardianship | Instant | 3 | $59.21 |
| 61 | Temple of the False God | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 62 | Chromatic Lantern | Artifact | 3 | $0.38 |
| 63 | Sunken Hollow | Land | 0 | $0.29 |
| 64 | Otawara, Soaring City | Land | 0 | $26.57 |
| 65 | Garruk's Uprising | Enchantment | 3 | $0.39 |
| 66 | Feed the Swarm | Sorcery | 2 | $0.19 |
| 67 | Talisman of Dominance | Artifact | 2 | $0.49 |
| 68 | City of Brass | Land | 0 | $9.17 |
| 69 | The One Ring | Artifact | 4 | $109.88 |
| 70 | Hinterland Harbor | Land | 0 | $0.28 |
| 71 | Frantic Search | Instant | 3 | $0.82 |
| 72 | Mystic Remora | Enchantment | 1 | $10.97 |
| 73 | Elvish Mystic | Creature | 1 | $0.35 |
| 74 | Phyrexian Arena | Enchantment | 3 | $1.92 |
| 75 | Drowned Catacomb | Land | 0 | $0.50 |
| 76 | Deadly Rollick | Instant | 4 | $26.52 |
| 77 | Cavern of Souls | Land | 0 | $47.72 |
| 78 | Woodland Cemetery | Land | 0 | $0.62 |
| 79 | Propaganda | Enchantment | 3 | $1.84 |
| 80 | Sakura-Tribe Elder | Creature | 2 | $0.30 |
| 81 | Vampiric Tutor | Instant | 1 | $48.13 |
| 82 | Mana Confluence | Land | 0 | $34.75 |
| 83 | Urza's Saga | Enchantment | 0 | $34.67 |
| 84 | Mana Drain | Instant | 2 | $50.65 |
| 85 | Lotus Petal | Artifact | 0 | $35.11 |
| 86 | Eternal Witness | Creature | 3 | $1.10 |
| 87 | Assassin's Trophy | Instant | 2 | $1.01 |
| 88 | Wayfarer's Bauble | Artifact | 1 | $0.31 |
| 89 | Black Market Connections | Enchantment | 3 | $10.78 |
| 90 | Victimize | Sorcery | 3 | $0.57 |
| 91 | Deadly Dispute | Instant | 2 | $0.29 |
| 92 | Roaming Throne | Creature | 4 | $47.06 |
| 93 | Ashnod's Altar | Artifact | 3 | $8.15 |
| 94 | Yavimaya Coast | Land | 0 | $0.31 |
| 95 | Llanowar Wastes | Land | 0 | $0.59 |
| 96 | War Room | Land | 0 | $0.79 |
| 97 | Blood Artist | Creature | 2 | $2.78 |
| 98 | Underground River | Land | 0 | $0.51 |
| 99 | Ponder | Sorcery | 1 | $1.82 |
| 100 | Rejuvenating Springs | Land | 0 | $4.12 |
Curve of these staples
2
0
14
1
23
2
16
3
4
4
5
6
7+
Combos with The Master, Transcendent
7 combos using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.
Altar of Dementia + Golgari Thug + Intruder Alarm + The Master, Transcendent
Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite self-mill · Infinite untap of creatures
Altar of Dementia + Intruder Alarm + Mortuary + The Master, Transcendent
Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite self-mill · Infinite untap of creatures
Altar of Dementia + Hua Tuo, Honored Physician + Intruder Alarm + The Master, Transcendent
Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite self-mill · Infinite untap of creatures
Altar of Dementia + Mortuary + The Master, Transcendent + Thornbite Staff
Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite self-mill
Altar of Dementia + Aphetto Vulture + Intruder Alarm + The Master, Transcendent
Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite self-mill · Infinite untap of creatures
Altar of Dementia + Aphetto Vulture + The Master, Transcendent + Thornbite Staff
Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite self-mill
Altar of Dementia + Golgari Thug + The Master, Transcendent + Thornbite Staff
Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite self-mill
Top finishes
2 finishes placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.
- 15th of 35 — 4. Onslaught - Invasion 2026 Event Series on Topdeck.ggAug 8, 2026 · 1–2–1 · by Maximilian Eikmeier
- 1st of 18 — TGL April Bracket 4 Tournament on Topdeck.ggApr 25, 2026 · 3–2–0 · by Kolin Miller
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.