How many lands, ramp and draw do Mendicant Core, Guidelight decks run?
Mendicant Core, Guidelight decks run a median of 34 lands and 10 ramp cards, across 11 public decks on Moxfield.
Moxfield lists 1 of these 11 Mendicant Core, Guidelight decks as bracket 4. We need at least 8 decks to give a bracket its own column, so it counts only in the numbers for all of these decks.
Counted on , from decks collected in July and November 2026.
We counted these 11 decks with the same code EDHTuner runs on your deck. That is a small count, so a median here can sit a card or two away from what a bigger count would show.
Compared with all decks, Mendicant Core, Guidelight decks run more card advantage (13 against 9) and more protection (4 against 2).
The first number in each row is the median for these decks, and the range after it covers the middle half of them. The last column is the median across all 18,414 decks we counted.
| This commander | All decks | |
|---|---|---|
| Lands | 34 (28-36) | 34 |
| Ramp | 10 (9-11) | 11 |
| Card advantage | 13 (10-16) | 9 |
| Targeted disruption | 9 (6-10) | 9 |
| Mass disruption | 2 (2-3) | 2 |
| Protection | 4 (2-7) | 2 |
| Decks counted | 11 | 18,414 |
Moxfield lists these decks as bracket 2 (1 deck), bracket 3 (8), bracket 4 (1) and bracket 5 (1).
Mendicant Core, Guidelight bracket 3 decks
These are the same rows for the 8 bracket 3 decks, by the bracket Moxfield lists for each one. No other bracket holds at least 8 of these decks, so the others count only in the numbers for all of these decks. The Bracket 3 column holds 8 decks. That small count can put its medians a card or two away from what a bigger count would show.
| Bracket 3 | |
|---|---|
| Lands | 35 (34-37) |
| Ramp | 10 (9-11) |
| Card advantage | 12 (10-17) |
| Targeted disruption | 7 (6-10) |
| Mass disruption | 2 (2-4) |
| Protection | 4 (4-7) |
| Decks counted | 8 |
What Mendicant Core, Guidelight bracket 3 decks run
These are the nonland cards these 8 bracket 3 decks run most, with how many of them run each one. The last column counts the same cards in the other 3 Mendicant Core, Guidelight decks. With 8 decks this is a small count, so a few more decks could change the order.
| Card | Bracket 3 | This commander's other decks |
|---|---|---|
| Etherium Sculptor | 8 of 8 | 1 of 3 |
| Foundry Inspector | 8 of 8 | 2 of 3 |
| Thoughtcast | 8 of 8 | 1 of 3 |
| Voyage Home | 8 of 8 | 1 of 3 |
| Esper Sentinel | 7 of 8 | 3 of 3 |
| Illustrious Wanderglyph | 7 of 8 | 1 of 3 |
| Kappa Cannoneer | 7 of 8 | 1 of 3 |
| Organic Extinction | 7 of 8 | 1 of 3 |
| Phyrexian Metamorph | 7 of 8 | 3 of 3 |
| Simulacrum Synthesizer | 7 of 8 | 1 of 3 |
What bracket is a Mendicant Core, Guidelight deck?
Of the 11 Mendicant Core, Guidelight decks we counted, 8 (73%) need at least bracket 3, and 2 (18%) need at least bracket 4.
Each deck's lowest bracket here comes from Wizards' bracket rules, as EDHTuner's engine reads them from the deck's cards. The engine checks Game Changers, two-card infinite combos from Commander Spellbook, mass land denial and extra-turn cards.
| Lowest bracket | Decks | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bracket 1 | 3 | 27% |
| Bracket 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Bracket 3 | 6 | 55% |
| Bracket 4 | 2 | 18% |
One deck can meet several of these rules, and its lowest bracket is the highest one any of them asks for.
| What the deck runs | Needs at least | Decks |
|---|---|---|
| More than three Game Changers | Bracket 4 | 2 |
| Mass land denial | Bracket 4 | 0 |
| One to three Game Changers | Bracket 3 | 6 |
| A two-card infinite combo | Bracket 3 | 2 |
| An extra-turn card | Bracket 2 | 1 |
The rules also weigh how early a combo can win and whether extra turns get chained. The cards alone do not show that, so a deck can belong in a higher bracket than the one shown here. On Moxfield, none of these decks has a bracket below the lowest one the rules allow.
Cards Mendicant Core, Guidelight decks run most
These are the nonland cards these 11 decks run most, with how many of them run each one. The last column is the share of the other decks we counted that run the same card, out of those whose colors allow it.
| Card | These decks | Other decks |
|---|---|---|
| Esper Sentinel | 10 of 11 | 36% |
| Foundry Inspector | 10 of 11 | 3% |
| Phyrexian Metamorph | 10 of 11 | 12% |
| Etherium Sculptor | 9 of 11 | 5% |
| Sol Ring | 9 of 11 | 86% |
| Swords to Plowshares | 9 of 11 | 62% |
| Thoughtcast | 9 of 11 | 3% |
| Voyage Home | 9 of 11 | under 1% |
| Arcane Signet | 8 of 11 | 67% |
| Dispatch | 8 of 11 | 3% |
| Illustrious Wanderglyph | 8 of 11 | 2% |
| Kappa Cannoneer | 8 of 11 | 3% |
| Organic Extinction | 8 of 11 | 1% |
| Simulacrum Synthesizer | 8 of 11 | 2% |
| Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs | 8 of 11 | 17% |
| Thought Monitor | 8 of 11 | 4% |
| Bronze Guardian | 6 of 11 | 1% |
| Desynchronization | 6 of 11 | 1% |
| Forensic Gadgeteer | 6 of 11 | 2% |
| K-9, Mark I | 6 of 11 | under 1% |
Cards that set these decks apart
These cards are not in the table above. Each one is in at least three in ten of these decks, and the other decks whose colors allow it run it far less often.
| Card | These decks | Other decks |
|---|---|---|
| Sculpting Steel | 6 of 11 | 2% |
| Sensei's Divining Top | 6 of 11 | 9% |
| Cyberdrive Awakener | 5 of 11 | 3% |
| Emry, Lurker of the Loch | 5 of 11 | 4% |
| Gingerbrute | 5 of 11 | under 1% |
| Repurposing Bay | 5 of 11 | under 1% |
| Riptide Gearhulk | 5 of 11 | 2% |
| Thopter Spy Network | 5 of 11 | 2% |
| Vnwxt, Verbose Host | 5 of 11 | under 1% |
| Voyager Quickwelder | 5 of 11 | under 1% |
Themes EDHTuner finds in these decks
EDHTuner reads each deck's themes from the rules text on its cards, the same way it reads yours. This is how many of the 11 decks it finds each theme in, for the themes it finds in at least a quarter of them. One deck can have several.
| Theme | Decks |
|---|---|
| Artifacts | 11 of 11 |
| Legendaries matter | 8 of 11 |
| Clone | 4 of 11 |
Similar commanders
Decks for these commanders have the same colors as these decks, or EDHTuner finds some of the same themes in them. The words after each name say what they share.
- The Mighty Thor, Jane Foster same colors, Legendaries matter, Clone, Artifacts
- Brenard, Ginger Sculptor Legendaries matter, Clone, Artifacts
- Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima Legendaries matter, Clone, Artifacts
- Karn, Gilded Guardian Legendaries matter, Clone, Artifacts
- Aloy, Savior of Meridian Legendaries matter, Clone, Artifacts
- Jhoira, Ageless Innovator Legendaries matter, Clone, Artifacts
The Commander deck numbers page shows the same rows for each bracket and says what each row counts.
The bracket 3 page shows what all the decks we counted at that bracket run.
The lands page shows how many lands Commander decks run at each bracket, and the bracket checker names the lowest bracket your own deck fits.
Paste your deck into EDHTuner to see its own counts and the numbers it aims for, along with cards to add and cut. The guide to cutting cards shows how it picks them.