The Landless Compendium

Commander / EDH* Combo Five Color Primer

OtherWorldlyShadow

Free or Gain at a Cost (53)

• 1x Allosaurus Rider
• 1x Battle Hymn
• 1x Blazing Shoal
• 1x Burning-Tree Emissary
• 1x Cave-In
• 1x Cobra Trap
• 1x Commandeer
• 1x Contagion
• 1x Disrupting Shoal
• 1x Energy Tap
• 1x Force of Despair
• 1x Force of Negation
• 1x Force of Rage
• 1x Force of Vigor
• 1x Force of Virtue
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Fury of the Horde
• 1x Grinning Ignus
• 1x Inferno Trap
• 1x Intervention Pact
• 1x Lethargy Trap
• 1x Manamorphose
• 1x Mindbreak Trap
• 1x Misdirection
• 1x Needlebite Trap
• 1x Nemesis Trap
• 1x Nourishing Shoal
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Pact of the Titan
• 1x Permafrost Trap
• 1x Pitfall Trap
• 1x Priest of Gix
• 1x Priest of Urabrask
• 1x Pyrokinesis
• 1x Ravenous Trap
• 1x Refraction Trap
• 1x Reverent Mantra
• 1x Ricochet Trap
• 1x Runeflare Trap
• 1x Scars of the Veteran
• 1x Shining Shoal
• 1x Sickening Shoal
• 1x Slaughter Pact
• 1x Slingbow Trap
• 1x Songs of the Damned
• 1x Soul Spike
• 1x Stone Idol Trap
• 1x Summoner's Pact
• 1x Summoning Trap
• 1x Sunscour
• 1x Unmask
• 1x Vine Dryad
• 1x Whiplash Trap

Free Creatures (5)

• 1x Chancellor of the Forge
• 1x Memnite
• 1x Ornithopter
• 1x Phyrexian Walker
• 1x Shield Sphere

Charge Counters (4)

• 1x Astral Cornucopia
• 1x Coretapper
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Surge Node

Pretty Much Essential Card Draw (4)

• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Mishra's Bauble
• 1x Street Wraith
• 1x Urza's Bauble

Very Important Ramp (2 cmc) (40)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Coldsteel Heart
• 1x Desperate Ritual
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Etherium Sculptor
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Fire Diamond
• 1x Fractured Powerstone
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Gruul Signet
• 1x Guardian Idol
• 1x Helm of Awakening
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Marble Diamond
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Moss Diamond
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Pyretic Ritual
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Selesnya Signet
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Sphere of the Suns
• 1x Talisman of Conviction
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Talisman of Curiosity
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Talisman of Impulse
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Talisman of Progress
• 1x Talisman of Resilience
• 1x Talisman of Unity
• 1x Thought Vessel

Pretty Much Essential Ramp (11)

• 1x Chancellor of the Tangle
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Elvish Spirit Guide
• 1x Lion's Eye Diamond
• 1x Lotus Bloom
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Mox Tantalite
• 1x Simian Spirit Guide

Possible Commanders (8)

• 1x Alela, Artful Provocateur
• 1x Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain
• 1x K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
• 1x Kess, Dissident Mage
• 1x Kruphix, God of Horizons
• 1x Kykar, Wind's Fury
• 1x Saheeli, the Gifted
• 1x Sai, Master Thopterist

Maybe a few lands... (4)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x City of Traitors
• 1x Crystal Vein
• 1x Mishra's Workshop

Commander (1)

More Ramp to Consider (3+ cmc) (15)

• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Blinkmoth Urn
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Empowered Autogenerator
• 1x Foundry Inspector
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Inspiring Statuary
• 1x Krark-Clan Ironworks
• 1x Mana Geode
• 1x Manalith
• 1x Serum Powder
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Asymmetrical Stax n Slug (14)

• 1x Armageddon
• 1x Back to Basics
• 1x Blood Moon
• 1x Damping Sphere
• 1x Hokori, Dust Drinker
• 1x Magus of the Moon
• 1x Overburden
• 1x Pox
• 1x Price of Glory
• 1x Rising Waters
• 1x Root Maze
• 1x Ruination
• 1x Storage Matrix
• 1x Winter Orb

Very Very Important Ramp (1 cmc) (13)

• 1x Blood Pet
• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Magus of the Vineyard
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Manifold Key
• 1x Paradise Mantle
• 1x Skirk Prospector
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Springleaf Drum
• 1x Tinder Wall
• 1x Voltaic Key
• 1x Wild Cantor

Untap Your Mana (8)

• 1x Blinkmoth Infusion
• 1x Clock of Omens
• 1x Curse of Bounty
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Intellectual Offering
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Turnabout
• 1x Unwinding Clock

Ways to Win (3)

• 1x Goblin Charbelcher
• 1x Hermit Druid
• 1x Selective Memory

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What is it? Landless Commander! A wonderful and mystic type of deck.

Why should you play it? It is quite fun and funny. Tons of fun and lots of laughs.

Is it good? Depends on your match-ups. This deck is either complete hit or miss. It can get shut down by a single card like Stony Silence. It can win by storming off early or it can sit around and do nothing most of the game. It entirely depends on how lucky your draws are and how far you are willing mulligan.

The (Discovered and Theorized) Commanders

Urza, Lord High Artificer: Create an artifact on his enter the battlefield, and lets you tap your artifacts for mana. In this variation, run a lot of 0 mana artifacts for an explosive turn when you play him. This is the only commander who has had extensive testing.

K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth: The ability to make all Black mana Phyrexian mana lets you get away with a lot. Ramp him out with rock and make your spells cost less, along with no longer needing colors on mana.

Kess, Dissident Mage: Kess lets you re-use your rituals and tutors, letting you have a higher chance of popping off and doing your combos.

Kruphix, God of Horizons: Kruphix lets you build up ramp between turns, letting you compensate if you get unlucky on some of your draws after you get him out.

Kykar, Wind's Fury: Kykar gives you 1 Red mana whenever you cast a non-creature spell, which your deck should have a lot of. This can help you ramp up to victory.

Alela, Artful Provocateur: Landless decks rely heavily on artifacts, and this commander gives you a creature token whenever you cast an artifact or enchantment spell. Sounds like it could work.

Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain: Landless decks rely heavily on artifacts, and this commander draws you a card whenever you cast a historic spell. Easily could help you churn through your deck and keep your hand full. Would be similar to a cheerios deck.

Sai, Master Thopterist: Landless decks rely heavily on artifacts, and this commander gives you a creature token whenever you cast an artifact spell. It also creates artifacts, meaning Clock of Omens, any cards that check for artifacts, and even Urza, Lord High Artificer work well with him. On top of that, Sai can sacrifice artifacts to draw cards.

Saheeli, the Gifted: She creates artifact tokens and lets you reduce the cost of spells you cast.

The Premium Landless Wins

With having no lands comes different ways to win the game. These let you win with a way many players do not get to see in commander.

Goblin Charbelcher: This card was made for decks with minimal/no lands. A very quality win in any landless deck. Easily one-shots most decks.

Hermit Druid and Selective Memory: Both of these cards let you win in the same way, with Laboratory Maniac or Thassa's Oracle.

Splainin the Stax n SLug

One thing you probably notice about a lot of stax is that it usually punishes players and their lands. Well, that type of stax does nothing to us, so it can be of use with slowing down all of the land using decks without slowing us down at all.

Winter Orb is probably the strongest. It only involves lands and only costs 2 mana. Both cheap and strong.

If you have any suggestions for this primer, please comment down below. I am working on expanding it.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	16 - 0 Mythic Rares 67 - 0 Rares 60 - 0 Uncommons 40 - 0 Commons
Cards	183
Avg. CMC	2.86
Tokens	Construct 0/0 C, Construct 6/12 C, Copy Clone, Elemental 3/1 R w/ Trample, haste, Faerie 1/1 U, Giant 4/4 R, Goblin 1/1 R, Servo 1/1 C, Snake 1/1 G, Spirit 1/1 W, Thopter 1/1 C, Treasure