How many lands, ramp and draw do Volo, Guide to Monsters decks run?
We counted 10 public Volo, Guide to Monsters decks on Moxfield, using the same code EDHTuner runs on your deck. The decks were collected in July 2026. 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, Volo, Guide to Monsters decks run less mass disruption (0.5 against 2) and more ramp (14.5 against 11).
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 10,794 decks we counted.
| This commander | All decks | |
|---|---|---|
| Lands | 32.5 (30-36) | 34 |
| Ramp | 14.5 (13-16) | 11 |
| Card advantage | 8.5 (7-10) | 9 |
| Targeted disruption | 13.5 (9-15) | 10 |
| Mass disruption | 0.5 (0-1) | 2 |
| Protection | 2 (1-3) | 2 |
| Decks counted | 10 | 10,794 |
On Moxfield, their owners filed these decks under bracket 1 (1 deck), bracket 2 (2), bracket 3 (1), bracket 4 (5) and bracket 5 (1).
Cards Volo, Guide to Monsters decks run most
These are the nonland cards these 10 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sol Ring | 7 of 10 | 88% |
| Ornithopter of Paradise | 6 of 10 | 4% |
| Twinning Staff | 6 of 10 | under 1% |
| Arcane Signet | 5 of 10 | 68% |
| Birds of Paradise | 5 of 10 | 50% |
| End-Raze Forerunners | 5 of 10 | 2% |
| Ilysian Caryatid | 5 of 10 | 2% |
| Kiora's Follower | 5 of 10 | 6% |
| Loyal Guardian | 5 of 10 | under 1% |
| Maraleaf Pixie | 5 of 10 | under 1% |
| Wild Growth | 5 of 10 | 22% |
| Worldly Tutor | 5 of 10 | 29% |
| Cyclonic Rift | 4 of 10 | 37% |
| Fierce Guardianship | 4 of 10 | 41% |
| Heroic Intervention | 4 of 10 | 24% |
| Keruga, the Macrosage | 4 of 10 | under 1% |
| Mana Drain | 4 of 10 | 23% |
| Managorger Hydra | 4 of 10 | 2% |
| Nature's Lore | 4 of 10 | 28% |
| Ohran Frostfang | 4 of 10 | 7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Peregrine Drake | 4 of 10 | 2% |
| Silverback Elder | 4 of 10 | 2% |
| Spark Double | 4 of 10 | 6% |
| Temur Sabertooth | 4 of 10 | 5% |
| Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath | 4 of 10 | 5% |
| God-Eternal Rhonas | 3 of 10 | under 1% |
| Loyal Drake | 3 of 10 | under 1% |
| Man-o'-War | 3 of 10 | under 1% |
| Overgrown Battlement | 3 of 10 | under 1% |
| Vanguard Suppressor | 3 of 10 | 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 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Spell copying | 8 of 10 |
| Clone | 6 of 10 |
| Combat damage | 3 of 10 |
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.
- Krark, the Thumbless and Sakashima of a Thousand Faces Spell copying, Clone
- Omo, Queen of Vesuva same colors, Clone, Combat damage
- Magus Lucea Kane Spell copying, Combat damage
- Etali, Primal Conqueror Spell copying, Combat damage
- Roxanne, Starfall Savant Spell copying, Combat damage
- Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy same colors, Clone
The Commander deck numbers page shows the same rows for each bracket and says what each row counts.
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.