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Best Ramp in Commander
Sol Ring first, then Arcane Signet, then the green land-fetch spells that fix your colors on the way. The staples worth knowing by name.
What makes a ramp card good
- How much mana it actually adds compared to what it costs to cast.
- How early it can come down, since a turn-one or turn-two ramp piece matters more than a turn-four one.
- What it's vulnerable to: an artifact rock dies to artifact removal, a land-fetch spell mostly doesn't.
Colorless ramp every deck can run
Artifacts and lands that don't care what colors your deck is, which is why they show up in nearly every decklist regardless of identity.
Sol Ring ↗
Turn one, doubles your mana instantly. The best ramp card in the format, in any deck that can cast it.
Arcane Signet ↗
Two mana, taps for any color your commander's identity includes. Close to a free include everywhere.
Command Tower ↗
A land that taps for any color in your commander's identity. Essentially a free include in any deck that isn't mono-colored.
Green land-fetch, the other main shape of ramp
Green's specialty: fetch a land straight to the battlefield, fixing color and ramping at the same time.
Rampant Growth ↗
Two mana, fetches a basic to the battlefield tapped. The standard shape of green ramp.
Nature's Lore ↗
Same effect as Rampant Growth, but the land enters untapped, which makes it strictly better in a green deck.
Farseek ↗
Fetches a nonbasic land type instead of just a Forest, which makes it real color fixing in a multicolor deck.
Ramp that keeps paying off
Slower, but worth more than a straight mana boost once they're down.
Frequently Asked Questions
What's the single best ramp card in Commander?
Sol Ring, and it isn't close. Turn-one Sol Ring effectively doubles your mana on turn two, which is a bigger tempo swing than almost anything else at any price point, and it's legal and affordable in every Commander deck that can cast it.
Is land-based ramp better than mana rocks?
They do different jobs. Land-fetch spells like Nature's Lore are safer against artifact removal since they put a nonartifact permanent on the battlefield, but they're slower to pay off since a land doesn't tap for extra mana the way a rock does. Most good decks run a mix of both.
How much ramp should a Commander deck run?
8 to 12 pieces is the target for most decks, see how much ramp to run for the full breakdown and how the number moves by archetype.
Does ramp count as part of my land count?
No, but a strong ramp package (8+ pieces) does let you safely trim a land or two. See how many lands to run for the tradeoff.
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