The Ancient One
$1.94
$1.94Legendary Creature — Spirit God
New Cards
Recent-set cards that The Ancient One players are trying out in Self-Mill decks.
Grave Researcher+10% Synergy
$1.92
The Dawning Archaic+5% Synergy
$1.22
Emeritus of Woe+2% Synergy
$12.42
Banishing Betrayal+2% Synergy
$0.15
Echocasting Symposium+1% Synergy
$3.90
High Synergy Cards
The highest-synergy picks for The Ancient One's Self-Mill builds — cards that lean hardest into the Self-Mill theme.
Matzalantli, the Great Door+50% Synergy
$2.59
Terror Tide+48% Synergy
$0.30
Training Grounds+48% Synergy
$8.85
Stitch Together+46% Synergy
$1.64
Wail of the Forgotten+44% Synergy
$0.19
Likeness Looter+42% Synergy
$3.04
Dread Return+42% Synergy
$0.44
Wonder+42% Synergy
$3.24
Millikin+40% Synergy
$0.23
The Everflowing Well+39% Synergy
$0.37
Top Cards
The staple cards most The Ancient One Self-Mill decks run as their core.
Cruel Somnophage+37% Synergy
$1.08
Obsessive Stitcher+37% Synergy
$0.35
Singularity Rupture+36% Synergy
$0.82
Living Death+32% Synergy
$3.57
Victimize+28% Synergy
$1.58
Syr Konrad, the Grim+28% Synergy
$1.14
Animate Dead+28% Synergy
$7.87
Reanimate+20% Synergy
$9.76
Frantic Search+19% Synergy
$1.94
Counterspell-10% Synergy
$3.32
Game Changers
High-impact bombs that can take over a The Ancient One Self-Mill game on their own.
Thassa's Oracle+3% Synergy
$21.94
Notion Thief0% Synergy
$1.47
Demonic Tutor-10% Synergy
$61.95
Fierce Guardianship-11% Synergy
$57.26
Cyclonic Rift-15% Synergy
$38.67
Rhystic Study-16% Synergy
$69.93
Creatures
Creatures that carry the Self-Mill plan in The Ancient One decks, from early pressure to payoff.
Dreadhound+35% Synergy
$0.24
Starving Revenant+33% Synergy
$0.29
Souls of the Lost+32% Synergy
$0.30
Deranged Assistant+31% Synergy
$0.24
Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator+26% Synergy
$0.30
Shadow of Mortality+25% Synergy
$0.71
Stitcher's Supplier+25% Synergy
$0.36
Bringer of the Last Gift+25% Synergy
$0.70
Chupacabra Echo+24% Synergy
$0.17
Sheoldred, Whispering One+23% Synergy
$21.36
Kiora, the Rising Tide+23% Synergy
$0.37
Laboratory Maniac+22% Synergy
$2.52
Disciple of Bolas+22% Synergy
$0.36
Sepulchral Primordial+20% Synergy
$0.40
Gyruda, Doom of Depths+19% Synergy
$0.47
Consuming Aberration+17% Synergy
$0.36
Valgavoth, Terror Eater+17% Synergy
$15.54
Doomed Necromancer+17% Synergy
$0.43
Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake+17% Synergy
$0.16
Archon of Cruelty+16% Synergy
$8.28
Doom Whisperer+16% Synergy
$5.57
Fleet Swallower+16% Synergy
$1.30
Shadowgrange Archfiend+16% Synergy
$6.28
Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur+15% Synergy
$12.63
Nezahal, Primal Tide+14% Synergy
$8.26
Dreadwing Scavenger+14% Synergy
$0.22
Hollow Marauder+14% Synergy
$0.12
Deathcap Marionette+13% Synergy
$0.25
Stinging Cave Crawler+13% Synergy
$0.22
Screeching Scorchbeast+13% Synergy
$2.01
Ardyn, the Usurper+12% Synergy
$0.67
Abyssal Harvester+12% Synergy
$0.36
Archaeomancer+11% Synergy
$0.35
Terisian Mindbreaker+11% Synergy
$1.67
Rona, Herald of Invasion+11% Synergy
$1.71
Overlord of the Balemurk+11% Synergy
$21.28
Huskburster Swarm+11% Synergy
$0.29
Soulcoil Viper+11% Synergy
$0.16
Massacre Wurm+10% Synergy
$1.68
Nighthowler+10% Synergy
$0.30
Sire of Stagnation+10% Synergy
$1.86
Twilight Diviner+10% Synergy
$2.39
Phenax, God of Deception+10% Synergy
$16.55
Lazav, the Multifarious+10% Synergy
$0.35
Angel of Suffering+10% Synergy
$4.67
Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel+9% Synergy
$2.44
Solemn Simulacrum+5% Synergy
$0.32
Boggart Trawler+5% Synergy
$1.44
Gray Merchant of Asphodel0% Synergy
$5.52
Baleful Strix-10% Synergy
$3.21
Instants
Instant-speed interaction and tricks that keep The Ancient One's Self-Mill deck ahead.
Overwhelming Remorse+24% Synergy
$0.21
Another Chance+21% Synergy
$0.24
Songs of the Damned+19% Synergy
$3.57
Tainted Indulgence+16% Synergy
$0.31
Join the Dead+16% Synergy
$0.18
Fact or Fiction+14% Synergy
$0.25
Drown in the Loch+12% Synergy
$3.66
Circular Logic+12% Synergy
$0.25
Stubborn Denial+11% Synergy
$3.83
Confounding Riddle+11% Synergy
$0.24
Bitter Triumph+9% Synergy
$0.32
Don't Make a Sound+9% Synergy
$0.24
Corpse Churn+9% Synergy
$0.11
Entomb+8% Synergy
$17.31
Otherworldly Gaze+7% Synergy
$0.31
Dig Through Time+6% Synergy
$0.30
Visions of Beyond+5% Synergy
$5.08
Forbidden Alchemy+5% Synergy
$0.30
Counterpoint+4% Synergy
$0.38
Thought Scour+3% Synergy
$1.01
Price of Fame+3% Synergy
$0.32
Sinister Sabotage+3% Synergy
$0.28
Refute+3% Synergy
$0.25
Waterlogged Teachings+2% Synergy
$0.36
Curtains' Call+2% Synergy
$0.52
Withering Torment0% Synergy
$0.86
Consider0% Synergy
$0.32
Malakir Rebirth-1% Synergy
$13.47
Sink into Stupor-2% Synergy
$6.91
Aetherize-4% Synergy
$0.73
Fell the Profane-5% Synergy
$3.86
Rapid Hybridization-5% Synergy
$1.20
Infernal Grasp-8% Synergy
$0.35
An Offer You Can't Refuse-9% Synergy
$3.83
Deadly Rollick-9% Synergy
$27.91
Go for the Throat-9% Synergy
$0.57
Pongify-10% Synergy
$1.91
Negate-12% Synergy
$0.31
Swan Song-12% Synergy
$11.36
Mana Drain-12% Synergy
$57.71
Arcane Denial-13% Synergy
$1.67
Dark Ritual-15% Synergy
$5.94
Brainstorm-19% Synergy
$1.41
Sorceries
Sorceries that push the Self-Mill game plan forward for The Ancient One.
Persist+23% Synergy
$1.34
Treasure Cruise+22% Synergy
$0.27
Breach the Multiverse+21% Synergy
$10.56
Rise of the Dark Realms+17% Synergy
$6.58
Windfall+15% Synergy
$5.05
Extract from Darkness+14% Synergy
$0.28
Coiling Rebirth+13% Synergy
$0.28
Buried Alive+12% Synergy
$1.35
Afterlife from the Loam+11% Synergy
$0.92
Exhume+10% Synergy
$5.53
Winternight Stories+10% Synergy
$1.24
Defossilize+10% Synergy
$0.15
Deep Analysis+9% Synergy
$0.20
Glimpse the Unthinkable+8% Synergy
$3.56
From the Catacombs+8% Synergy
$0.87
Connive // Concoct+7% Synergy
$0.32
Incarnation Technique+7% Synergy
$9.97
Strategic Planning+7% Synergy
$0.18
Zombify+7% Synergy
$0.21
Ancestral Reminiscence+7% Synergy
$0.19
Unearth+6% Synergy
$0.53
Macabre Waltz+6% Synergy
$0.20
Agadeem's Awakening+5% Synergy
$27.24
Cut Your Losses+5% Synergy
$2.26
Restart Sequence+5% Synergy
$0.29
Lively Dirge+5% Synergy
$3.62
Behold the Sinister Six!+5% Synergy
$2.72
Demonic Counsel+5% Synergy
$2.17
Charnel Serenade+5% Synergy
$0.21
Chart a Course+4% Synergy
$0.14
Diresight+4% Synergy
$0.15
Will of the Abzan+4% Synergy
$5.30
Traumatize+2% Synergy
$4.14
Temporal Trespass0% Synergy
$3.32
Sea Gate Restoration-1% Synergy
$35.68
Feed the Swarm-3% Synergy
$0.16
Fractured Sanity-3% Synergy
$3.37
Toxic Deluge-9% Synergy
$4.37
Utility Artifacts
Artifacts that add consistency and utility to The Ancient One Self-Mill decks.
The Cauldron of Eternity+31% Synergy
$1.50
Altar of the Wretched+22% Synergy
$1.51
Crucible of Worlds+14% Synergy
$34.97
Perpetual Timepiece+14% Synergy
$0.26
Mesmeric Orb+13% Synergy
$18.32
The Grim Captain's Locker+11% Synergy
$0.27
The Enigma Jewel+11% Synergy
$1.27
Waterlogged Hulk+10% Synergy
$0.13
Palantír of Orthanc+8% Synergy
$21.50
Riverchurn Monument+7% Synergy
$2.26
Monument to Endurance+6% Synergy
$20.49
Inverted Iceberg+6% Synergy
$0.20
Throne of the Grim Captain+6% Synergy
$0.18
Visage of Dread+5% Synergy
$0.20
Mask of Griselbrand+5% Synergy
$0.69
Altar of Dementia+3% Synergy
$17.24
The Water Crystal+2% Synergy
$3.63
Wayfarer's Bauble+1% Synergy
$4.67
Mindcrank-4% Synergy
$11.87
Swiftfoot Boots-6% Synergy
$2.28
Lightning Greaves-9% Synergy
$4.52
Enchantments
Enchantments that reinforce the Self-Mill strategy in The Ancient One decks.
Ripples of Undeath+22% Synergy
$6.31
Oversold Cemetery+19% Synergy
$2.64
Virtue of Persistence+14% Synergy
$6.09
Cemetery Tampering+14% Synergy
$0.38
Necromancy+13% Synergy
$20.06
Search for Azcanta+12% Synergy
$1.51
Fraying Sanity+10% Synergy
$0.92
Out of the Tombs+10% Synergy
$14.89
Polluted Cistern // Dim Oubliette+9% Synergy
$0.43
Canonized in Blood+9% Synergy
$0.22
Eaten by Piranhas+8% Synergy
$0.39
Stillness in Motion+8% Synergy
$0.17
Demonic Embrace+7% Synergy
$0.35
Phyrexian Reclamation+6% Synergy
$2.99
Song of Stupefaction+6% Synergy
$0.10
Case of the Shifting Visage+5% Synergy
$0.33
One Ring to Rule Them All+5% Synergy
$2.72
Fungal Fortitude+5% Synergy
$0.27
Court of Cunning+4% Synergy
$4.49
Parker Luck+4% Synergy
$0.32
Aqueous Form-1% Synergy
$0.31
Bloodchief Ascension-1% Synergy
$20.47
Phyrexian Arena-4% Synergy
$4.43
Planeswalkers
Planeswalkers that back up The Ancient One's Self-Mill game plan.
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries+16% Synergy
$9.36
Ashiok, Dream Render+7% Synergy
$1.51
Liliana, Death's Majesty+4% Synergy
$0.42
Jace, the Perfected Mind+4% Synergy
$1.92
Battles
Battles worth siding into a The Ancient One Self-Mill build for the payoff on the back face.
Invasion of Amonkhet+9% Synergy
$0.29
Utility Lands
Non-basic lands that pull extra weight in The Ancient One Self-Mill decks.
Restless Reef+26% Synergy
$2.05
Drownyard Temple+21% Synergy
$0.28
Dakmor Salvage+17% Synergy
$0.30
Nephalia Drownyard+16% Synergy
$0.29
Susur Secundi, Void Altar+16% Synergy
$4.36
Echoing Deeps+16% Synergy
$0.66
Cephalid Coliseum+11% Synergy
$0.31
Rogue's Passage+10% Synergy
$0.36
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire+10% Synergy
$10.89
Witch's Cottage+10% Synergy
$1.06
Agna Qel'a+10% Synergy
$1.08
Hidden Necropolis+10% Synergy
$0.21
Mortuary Mire+9% Synergy
$0.39
Barren Moor+9% Synergy
$0.26
Lonely Sandbar+9% Synergy
$0.23
Hidden Cataract+8% Synergy
$0.19
Tyrite Sanctum+8% Synergy
$2.66
Geier Reach Sanitarium+7% Synergy
$3.38
Crypt of Agadeem+7% Synergy
$4.36
Mystic Sanctuary+6% Synergy
$1.09
Buried Ruin+6% Synergy
$0.43
Tomb Fortress+6% Synergy
$4.69
Sunken Palace+5% Synergy
$0.99
Pit of Offerings+5% Synergy
$0.39
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital+3% Synergy
$1.34
Bojuka Bog+2% Synergy
$1.93
Academy Ruins+2% Synergy
$8.07
Cabal Coffers-1% Synergy
$29.97
Shizo, Death's Storehouse-1% Synergy
$33.75
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth-2% Synergy
$54.58
Temple of the False God-3% Synergy
$0.26
Creeping Tar Pit-3% Synergy
$0.37
Otawara, Soaring City-4% Synergy
$28.30
Reliquary Tower-15% Synergy
$3.52
Mana Artifacts
Mana rocks and fixing to power out The Ancient One's Self-Mill strategy.
The Eternity Elevator+7% Synergy
$2.91
Mind Stone+6% Synergy
$0.31
Commander's Sphere0% Synergy
$0.34
Dimir Signet-2% Synergy
$1.20
Charcoal Diamond-2% Synergy
$0.38
Sky Diamond-2% Synergy
$0.26
Talisman of Dominance-8% Synergy
$1.04
Fellwar Stone-9% Synergy
$0.89
Arcane Signet-11% Synergy
$0.89
Sol Ring-16% Synergy
$1.55
Thought Vessel-20% Synergy
$2.59
Lands
The mana base behind The Ancient One's Self-Mill decks.
Port of Karfell+23% Synergy
$0.22
Fetid Pools+16% Synergy
$0.26
Undercity Sewers+14% Synergy
$15.18
Darkwater Catacombs+11% Synergy
$0.38
Dimir Aqueduct+10% Synergy
$0.33
Evolving Wilds+9% Synergy
$0.25
Terramorphic Expanse+9% Synergy
$0.26
Ash Barrens+9% Synergy
$0.28
Shipwreck Marsh+8% Synergy
$7.45
Promising Vein+8% Synergy
$0.31
Drowned Catacomb+6% Synergy
$1.19
Boggart Trawler+5% Synergy
$1.44
Agadeem's Awakening+5% Synergy
$27.24
Hidden Grotto+4% Synergy
$0.21
Sunken Ruins+3% Synergy
$7.72
Soured Springs+3% Synergy
$0.27
Underground River+2% Synergy
$2.22
Polluted Delta+2% Synergy
$20.44
Myriad Landscape+2% Synergy
$0.37
Waterlogged Teachings+2% Synergy
$0.36
River of Tears+2% Synergy
$0.28
Fabled Passage+2% Synergy
$1.11
Verdant Catacombs+2% Synergy
$28.70
Scalding Tarn+2% Synergy
$37.29
Bloodstained Mire+2% Synergy
$18.20
Contaminated Aquifer+2% Synergy
$0.67
Swamp+1% Synergy
$0.08
Tainted Isle+1% Synergy
$2.91
Morphic Pool+1% Synergy
$27.14
Island0% Synergy
$0.08
Sunken Hollow0% Synergy
$0.33
Marsh Flats0% Synergy
$31.87
Dimir Guildgate0% Synergy
$0.14
Prismatic Vista0% Synergy
$32.42
Watery Grave-1% Synergy
$9.66
Malakir Rebirth-1% Synergy
$13.47
Flooded Strand-1% Synergy
$15.97
Misty Rainforest-1% Synergy
$35.90
Hydroelectric Specimen-1% Synergy
$0.88
Clearwater Pathway-2% Synergy
$4.39
Gloomlake Verge-2% Synergy
$10.54
Dismal Backwater-2% Synergy
$0.26
Sink into Stupor-2% Synergy
$6.91
Darkslick Shores-3% Synergy
$2.67
Command Tower-4% Synergy
$0.31
Underground Sea-4% Synergy
Choked Estuary-5% Synergy
$0.31
Fell the Profane-5% Synergy
$3.86
Temple of Deceit-8% Synergy
$0.22
Exotic Orchard-13% Synergy
$0.24
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The following Commanders share a similar playing style, strategy, or theme like The Ancient One: Self-Mill.
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Brinelin, the Moon Kraken // Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Haunted One
Lazav, Familiar Stranger
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Ludevic, Necrogenius
Neerdiv, Devious Diver
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Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Candlekeep Sage
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Dungeon Delver
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Feywild Visitor
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Shameless Charlatan
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Sword Coast Sailor
Esior, Wardwing Familiar // Ghost of Ramirez DePietro
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Taigam, Sidisi's Hand
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Oona, Queen of the Fae
Tasha, the Witch Queen
Zareth San, the Trickster
Ambassador Laquatus
Brinelin, the Moon Kraken // Ghost of Ramirez DePietro
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Circu, Dimir Lobotomist
Volo, Itinerant Scholar // Scion of Halaster
Geth, Lord of the Vault
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Winter, Cynical Opportunist