What are the best cards for Volo, Itinerant Scholar?

Across 1,421 public decks, the most-played cards with Volo, Itinerant Scholar are Command Tower (76%), Sol Ring (75%) and Arcane Signet (64%).

Which cards have the best synergy with Volo, Itinerant Scholar?

The cards played far more often with Volo, Itinerant Scholar than usual: Volo, Guide to Monsters (85× its usual rate), Mana Confluence (62× its usual rate) and Scheming Fence (59× its usual rate).

What colors is Volo, Itinerant Scholar?

Volo, Itinerant Scholar is mono-blue, so its deck can only run cards within that color identity.

How popular is Volo, Itinerant Scholar?

Volo, Itinerant Scholar leads 1,421 public decks in our corpus, #897 of 3,757 commanders.

Volo, Itinerant Scholar

UMono-blue commanders1,421 decks in the corpus

Legendary Creature — Human Wizard2U$0.41

Volo, Itinerant Scholar appears in 1,421 public decks. The most-played cards are Command Tower, Sol Ring and Arcane Signet. The strongest synergies by lift are Volo, Guide to Monsters, Mana Confluence and Scheming Fence.

Build a deck with Volo, Itinerant Scholar

Commander Brawl

Top cards

#1Island

Basic Land — Island

93.2%

1,325 decks+0.01$0.20

#2Command Tower

Land

76.5%

1,087 decks+2.97$0.27

#3Sol Ring

Artifact

75.2%

1,068 decks-0.12$1.51

#4Arcane Signet

Artifact

64.2%

912 decks-0.02$0.41

#5Reliquary Tower

Land

60.2%

855 decks+0.15$4.72

#6Thought Vessel

Artifact

48.5%

689 decks-0.01$2.94

#7Counterspell

Instant

UU2

44.6%

634 decks-0.35$4.38

#8Siren Stormtamer

Creature — Siren Pirate Wizard

38.3%

544 decks+1.76$0.41

#9Psychosis Crawler

Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror

36.5%

518 decks+0.82$2.87

#10Wizard Class

Enchantment — Class

33.0%

469 decks+0.70$2.93

#11An Offer You Can't Refuse

Instant

32.9%

467 decks-0.13$3.11

#12Forest

Basic Land — Forest

32.0%

455 decks-0.67$0.13

#13Laboratory Maniac

Creature — Human Wizard

2U3

31.5%

447 decks+0.51$2.01

#14Omen Hawker

Creature — Octopus Advisor

29.8%

424 decks+2.13$0.37

#15Exotic Orchard

Land

29.7%

422 decks+3.51$0.20

#16Swiftfoot Boots

Artifact — Equipment

28.3%

402 decks+0.11$2.84

#17Chasm Skulker

Creature — Squid Horror

2U3

28.1%

400 decks+0.71$0.93

#18Proft's Eidetic Memory

Legendary Enchantment

1U2

27.8%

395 decks+1.19$3.35

#19Lightning Greaves

Artifact — Equipment

27.3%

388 decks+0.13$4.22

#20Negate

Instant

1U2

25.5%

363 decks-0.31$0.16

#21Arcane Denial

Instant

1U2

25.3%

359 decks-0.33$2.41

#22Riptide Laboratory

Land

24.9%

354 decks+0.99$0.63

#23Plains

Basic Land — Plains

22.9%

325 decks-1.01$0.21

#24Pongify

Instant

22.6%

321 decks-0.57$2.90

#25Path of Ancestry

Land

22.3%

317 decks+1.84$0.27

#26Decanter of Endless Water

Artifact

22.2%

316 decks+0.71$4.27

#27Minamo, School at Water's Edge

Legendary Land

22.1%

314 decks+0.41$57.96

#28Otawara, Soaring City

Legendary Land

22.0%

312 decks-0.24$27.62

#29Fellwar Stone

Artifact

21.3%

303 decks-0.01$1.29

#30Twenty-Toed Toad

Creature — Frog Wizard

3U4

20.4%

290 decks+1.22$6.93

#31Misty Rainforest

Land

19.6%

279 decks+0.72$36.45

#32Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory

Creature — Weird // Land

2U3

19.0%

270 decks+0.30$1.21

#33Yavimaya Coast

Land

18.9%

269 decks+0.49$0.35

#34Swan Song

Instant

18.3%

260 decks-0.47$10.73

#35Hinterland Harbor

Land

18.2%

258 decks+0.19$0.30

#36Flooded Strand

Land

17.7%

251 decks+0.55$15.69

#37Birds of Paradise

Creature — Bird

17.7%

251 decks-0.13$15.32

#38Rapid Hybridization

Instant

17.7%

251 decks-0.69$1.30

#39Vizier of Tumbling Sands

Creature — Human Cleric

2U3

17.5%

249 decks+1.54$0.20

#40Swords to Plowshares

Instant

17.5%

249 decks-0.88$1.61

#41Cyclonic Rift

Instant

1U2

17.3%

246 decks-0.64$39.16GC

#42Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs

Instant // Land

1UU3

17.2%

244 decks-0.33$9.07

#43Universal Automaton

Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter

17.1%

243 decks+2.83$0.57

#44Mothdust Changeling

Creature — Shapeshifter

17.0%

242 decks+2.84$1.17

#45Breeding Pool

Land — Forest Island

17.0%

242 decks-0.08$9.22

#46Rejuvenating Springs

Land

16.8%

239 decks+0.44$5.78

#47Ominous Seas

Enchantment

1U2

16.7%

238 decks+0.37$1.49

#48Glacial Fortress

Land

16.3%

232 decks+0.04$0.30

#49Prairie Stream

Land — Plains Island

16.3%

232 decks+0.12$0.27

#50Llanowar Elves

Creature — Elf Druid

16.3%

232 decks+0.00$0.36

#51Fierce Guardianship

Instant

2U3

16.2%

230 decks-0.36$64.27GC

#52Dreamroot Cascade

Land

16.1%

229 decks+0.49$1.19

#53Ornithopter of Paradise

Artifact Creature — Thopter

15.8%

224 decks+0.34$1.96

#54Teferi's Ageless Insight

Legendary Enchantment

2UU4

15.5%

220 decks-0.08$5.41

#55Maskwood Nexus

Artifact

15.5%

220 decks+2.28$3.04

#56Mind Stone

Artifact

15.4%

219 decks-0.84$0.41

#57Triskaidekaphile

Creature — Human Wizard

1U2

15.4%

219 decks+0.45$0.89

#58Polluted Delta

Land

15.0%

213 decks+0.40$19.95

#59Swamp

Basic Land — Swamp

15.0%

213 decks-1.46$0.18

#60Path to Exile

Instant

14.8%

210 decks-0.80$1.29

Highest synergy

#1Volo, Guide to Monsters

Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

2GU4

127 decks+4.45

In 9% of these decks, 85× its usual rate.

#2Mana Confluence

Land

128 decks+4.13

In 9% of these decks, 62× its usual rate.

#3Scheming Fence

Creature — Human Citizen

WU2

136 decks+4.07

In 10% of these decks, 59× its usual rate.

#4City of Brass

Land

126 decks+4.03

In 9% of these decks, 56× its usual rate.

#5Knowledge Is Power

Enchantment

3WU5

171 decks+3.66

In 12% of these decks, 39× its usual rate.

#6Exotic Orchard

Land

422 decks+3.51

In 30% of these decks, 34× its usual rate.

#7Mistwalker

Creature — Shapeshifter

2U3

129 decks+3.05

In 9% of these decks, 21× its usual rate.

#8Nimbleclaw Adept

Creature — Dragon Wizard

3U4

172 decks+2.99

In 12% of these decks, 20× its usual rate.

#9Command Tower

Land

1,087 decks+2.97

In 76% of these decks, 20× its usual rate.

#10Cryptic Trilobite

Creature — Trilobite

XX0

161 decks+2.93

In 11% of these decks, 19× its usual rate.

#11Mothdust Changeling

Creature — Shapeshifter

242 decks+2.84

In 17% of these decks, 17× its usual rate.

#12Universal Automaton

Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter

243 decks+2.83

In 17% of these decks, 17× its usual rate.

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Questions about Volo, Itinerant Scholar

What are the best cards for Volo, Itinerant Scholar?: Across 1,421 public decks, the most-played cards with Volo, Itinerant Scholar are Command Tower (76%), Sol Ring (75%) and Arcane Signet (64%).
Which cards have the best synergy with Volo, Itinerant Scholar?: The cards played far more often with Volo, Itinerant Scholar than usual: Volo, Guide to Monsters (85× its usual rate), Mana Confluence (62× its usual rate) and Scheming Fence (59× its usual rate).
What colors is Volo, Itinerant Scholar?: Volo, Itinerant Scholar is mono-blue, so its deck can only run cards within that color identity.
How popular is Volo, Itinerant Scholar?: Volo, Itinerant Scholar leads 1,421 public decks in our corpus, #897 of 3,757 commanders.