The Ancient One
$1.63
$1.63Legendary Creature — Spirit God
New Cards
Recent-set cards that The Ancient One players are trying out in Self-Mill decks.
Grave Researcher+10% Synergy
$1.93
The Dawning Archaic+5% Synergy
$0.86
Emeritus of Woe+2% Synergy
$12.25
Banishing Betrayal+2% Synergy
$0.22
Echocasting Symposium+1% Synergy
$3.28
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
$2.97
Terror Tide+48% Synergy
$0.36
Training Grounds+48% Synergy
$9.74
Stitch Together+46% Synergy
$1.44
Wail of the Forgotten+44% Synergy
$0.32
Likeness Looter+42% Synergy
$3.04
Dread Return+42% Synergy
$0.45
Wonder+42% Synergy
$3.79
Millikin+40% Synergy
$0.33
The Everflowing Well+39% Synergy
$0.38
Top Cards
The staple cards most The Ancient One Self-Mill decks run as their core.
Cruel Somnophage+37% Synergy
$0.90
Obsessive Stitcher+37% Synergy
$0.35
Singularity Rupture+36% Synergy
$1.79
Living Death+32% Synergy
$6.29
Victimize+28% Synergy
$1.25
Syr Konrad, the Grim+28% Synergy
$1.67
Animate Dead+28% Synergy
$7.45
Reanimate+20% Synergy
$10.10
Frantic Search+19% Synergy
$2.09
Counterspell-10% Synergy
$4.28
Game Changers
High-impact bombs that can take over a The Ancient One Self-Mill game on their own.
Thassa's Oracle+3% Synergy
$22.51
Notion Thief0% Synergy
$1.51
Demonic Tutor-10% Synergy
$69.17
Fierce Guardianship-11% Synergy
$63.43
Cyclonic Rift-15% Synergy
$39.16
Rhystic Study-16% Synergy
$69.59
Creatures
Creatures that carry the Self-Mill plan in The Ancient One decks, from early pressure to payoff.
Dreadhound+35% Synergy
$0.27
Starving Revenant+33% Synergy
$0.32
Souls of the Lost+32% Synergy
$0.36
Deranged Assistant+31% Synergy
$0.27
Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator+26% Synergy
$0.31
Shadow of Mortality+25% Synergy
$0.74
Stitcher's Supplier+25% Synergy
$0.37
Bringer of the Last Gift+25% Synergy
$0.74
Chupacabra Echo+24% Synergy
$0.19
Sheoldred, Whispering One+23% Synergy
$20.76
Kiora, the Rising Tide+23% Synergy
$0.36
Laboratory Maniac+22% Synergy
$2.21
Disciple of Bolas+22% Synergy
$0.37
Sepulchral Primordial+20% Synergy
$0.40
Gyruda, Doom of Depths+19% Synergy
$0.47
Consuming Aberration+17% Synergy
$0.35
Valgavoth, Terror Eater+17% Synergy
$18.44
Doomed Necromancer+17% Synergy
$0.39
Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake+17% Synergy
$0.18
Archon of Cruelty+16% Synergy
$1.69
Doom Whisperer+16% Synergy
$6.48
Fleet Swallower+16% Synergy
$1.22
Shadowgrange Archfiend+16% Synergy
$6.39
Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur+15% Synergy
$13.10
Nezahal, Primal Tide+14% Synergy
$9.11
Dreadwing Scavenger+14% Synergy
$0.19
Hollow Marauder+14% Synergy
$0.14
Deathcap Marionette+13% Synergy
$0.18
Stinging Cave Crawler+13% Synergy
$0.25
Screeching Scorchbeast+13% Synergy
$1.92
Ardyn, the Usurper+12% Synergy
$1.58
Abyssal Harvester+12% Synergy
$0.33
Archaeomancer+11% Synergy
$0.33
Terisian Mindbreaker+11% Synergy
$1.10
Rona, Herald of Invasion+11% Synergy
$2.14
Overlord of the Balemurk+11% Synergy
$18.90
Huskburster Swarm+11% Synergy
$0.21
Soulcoil Viper+11% Synergy
$0.21
Massacre Wurm+10% Synergy
$2.44
Nighthowler+10% Synergy
$0.33
Sire of Stagnation+10% Synergy
$1.79
Twilight Diviner+10% Synergy
$2.40
Phenax, God of Deception+10% Synergy
$11.43
Lazav, the Multifarious+10% Synergy
$0.32
Angel of Suffering+10% Synergy
$4.20
Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel+9% Synergy
$2.90
Solemn Simulacrum+5% Synergy
$0.31
Boggart Trawler+5% Synergy
$2.10
Gray Merchant of Asphodel0% Synergy
$4.20
Baleful Strix-10% Synergy
$6.67
Instants
Instant-speed interaction and tricks that keep The Ancient One's Self-Mill deck ahead.
Overwhelming Remorse+24% Synergy
$0.24
Another Chance+21% Synergy
$0.24
Songs of the Damned+19% Synergy
$2.91
Tainted Indulgence+16% Synergy
$0.28
Join the Dead+16% Synergy
$0.18
Fact or Fiction+14% Synergy
$0.30
Drown in the Loch+12% Synergy
$1.67
Circular Logic+12% Synergy
$0.30
Stubborn Denial+11% Synergy
$4.48
Confounding Riddle+11% Synergy
$0.30
Bitter Triumph+9% Synergy
$0.32
Don't Make a Sound+9% Synergy
$0.19
Corpse Churn+9% Synergy
$0.10
Entomb+8% Synergy
$18.32
Otherworldly Gaze+7% Synergy
$0.30
Dig Through Time+6% Synergy
$0.30
Visions of Beyond+5% Synergy
$4.42
Forbidden Alchemy+5% Synergy
$0.29
Counterpoint+4% Synergy
$0.37
Thought Scour+3% Synergy
$0.57
Price of Fame+3% Synergy
$0.27
Sinister Sabotage+3% Synergy
$0.27
Refute+3% Synergy
$0.21
Waterlogged Teachings+2% Synergy
$0.45
Curtains' Call+2% Synergy
$0.58
Withering Torment0% Synergy
$1.60
Consider0% Synergy
$0.33
Malakir Rebirth-1% Synergy
$13.30
Sink into Stupor-2% Synergy
$9.48
Aetherize-4% Synergy
$0.44
Fell the Profane-5% Synergy
$5.74
Rapid Hybridization-5% Synergy
$0.79
Infernal Grasp-8% Synergy
$0.32
An Offer You Can't Refuse-9% Synergy
$3.07
Deadly Rollick-9% Synergy
$28.68
Go for the Throat-9% Synergy
$0.62
Pongify-10% Synergy
$3.05
Negate-12% Synergy
$0.24
Swan Song-12% Synergy
$10.69
Mana Drain-12% Synergy
$56.44
Arcane Denial-13% Synergy
$1.72
Dark Ritual-15% Synergy
$7.28
Brainstorm-19% Synergy
$0.56
Sorceries
Sorceries that push the Self-Mill game plan forward for The Ancient One.
Persist+23% Synergy
$0.71
Treasure Cruise+22% Synergy
$0.35
Breach the Multiverse+21% Synergy
$10.03
Rise of the Dark Realms+17% Synergy
$6.73
Windfall+15% Synergy
$6.10
Extract from Darkness+14% Synergy
$0.32
Coiling Rebirth+13% Synergy
$0.24
Buried Alive+12% Synergy
$3.55
Afterlife from the Loam+11% Synergy
$1.24
Exhume+10% Synergy
$6.90
Winternight Stories+10% Synergy
$1.72
Defossilize+10% Synergy
$0.18
Deep Analysis+9% Synergy
$0.24
Glimpse the Unthinkable+8% Synergy
$3.54
From the Catacombs+8% Synergy
$0.90
Connive // Concoct+7% Synergy
$0.28
Incarnation Technique+7% Synergy
$9.35
Strategic Planning+7% Synergy
$0.18
Zombify+7% Synergy
$0.25
Ancestral Reminiscence+7% Synergy
$0.20
Unearth+6% Synergy
$0.54
Macabre Waltz+6% Synergy
$0.25
Agadeem's Awakening+5% Synergy
$29.93
Cut Your Losses+5% Synergy
$1.63
Restart Sequence+5% Synergy
$0.26
Lively Dirge+5% Synergy
$6.11
Behold the Sinister Six!+5% Synergy
$3.07
Demonic Counsel+5% Synergy
$2.18
Charnel Serenade+5% Synergy
$0.31
Chart a Course+4% Synergy
$0.13
Diresight+4% Synergy
$0.17
Will of the Abzan+4% Synergy
$4.65
Traumatize+2% Synergy
$4.05
Temporal Trespass0% Synergy
$2.89
Sea Gate Restoration-1% Synergy
$35.15
Feed the Swarm-3% Synergy
$0.24
Fractured Sanity-3% Synergy
$3.05
Toxic Deluge-9% Synergy
$5.02
Utility Artifacts
Artifacts that add consistency and utility to The Ancient One Self-Mill decks.
The Cauldron of Eternity+31% Synergy
$1.45
Altar of the Wretched+22% Synergy
$1.76
Crucible of Worlds+14% Synergy
$33.00
Perpetual Timepiece+14% Synergy
$0.34
Mesmeric Orb+13% Synergy
$17.97
The Grim Captain's Locker+11% Synergy
$0.26
The Enigma Jewel+11% Synergy
$1.20
Waterlogged Hulk+10% Synergy
$0.16
Palantír of Orthanc+8% Synergy
$18.64
Riverchurn Monument+7% Synergy
$1.55
Monument to Endurance+6% Synergy
$16.96
Inverted Iceberg+6% Synergy
$0.17
Throne of the Grim Captain+6% Synergy
$0.24
Visage of Dread+5% Synergy
$0.19
Mask of Griselbrand+5% Synergy
$0.97
Altar of Dementia+3% Synergy
$17.15
The Water Crystal+2% Synergy
$4.67
Wayfarer's Bauble+1% Synergy
$5.61
Mindcrank-4% Synergy
$13.37
Swiftfoot Boots-6% Synergy
$1.98
Lightning Greaves-9% Synergy
$4.10
Enchantments
Enchantments that reinforce the Self-Mill strategy in The Ancient One decks.
Ripples of Undeath+22% Synergy
$8.64
Oversold Cemetery+19% Synergy
$2.60
Virtue of Persistence+14% Synergy
$7.00
Cemetery Tampering+14% Synergy
$0.38
Necromancy+13% Synergy
$19.41
Search for Azcanta+12% Synergy
$2.15
Fraying Sanity+10% Synergy
$0.75
Out of the Tombs+10% Synergy
$11.70
Polluted Cistern // Dim Oubliette+9% Synergy
$0.40
Canonized in Blood+9% Synergy
$0.25
Eaten by Piranhas+8% Synergy
$0.37
Stillness in Motion+8% Synergy
$0.25
Demonic Embrace+7% Synergy
$0.34
Phyrexian Reclamation+6% Synergy
$2.84
Song of Stupefaction+6% Synergy
$0.10
Case of the Shifting Visage+5% Synergy
$0.40
One Ring to Rule Them All+5% Synergy
$2.10
Fungal Fortitude+5% Synergy
$0.26
Court of Cunning+4% Synergy
$4.10
Parker Luck+4% Synergy
$0.27
Aqueous Form-1% Synergy
$0.29
Bloodchief Ascension-1% Synergy
$21.34
Phyrexian Arena-4% Synergy
$4.16
Planeswalkers
Planeswalkers that back up The Ancient One's Self-Mill game plan.
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries+16% Synergy
$10.72
Ashiok, Dream Render+7% Synergy
$1.36
Liliana, Death's Majesty+4% Synergy
$0.41
Jace, the Perfected Mind+4% Synergy
$2.90
Battles
Battles worth siding into a The Ancient One Self-Mill build for the payoff on the back face.
Invasion of Amonkhet+9% Synergy
$0.25
Utility Lands
Non-basic lands that pull extra weight in The Ancient One Self-Mill decks.
Restless Reef+26% Synergy
$1.78
Drownyard Temple+21% Synergy
$0.29
Dakmor Salvage+17% Synergy
$0.29
Nephalia Drownyard+16% Synergy
$0.32
Susur Secundi, Void Altar+16% Synergy
$5.46
Echoing Deeps+16% Synergy
$0.77
Cephalid Coliseum+11% Synergy
$0.32
Rogue's Passage+10% Synergy
$0.77
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire+10% Synergy
$10.64
Witch's Cottage+10% Synergy
$0.82
Agna Qel'a+10% Synergy
$0.93
Hidden Necropolis+10% Synergy
$0.16
Mortuary Mire+9% Synergy
$0.44
Barren Moor+9% Synergy
$0.66
Lonely Sandbar+9% Synergy
$0.24
Hidden Cataract+8% Synergy
$0.18
Tyrite Sanctum+8% Synergy
$2.92
Geier Reach Sanitarium+7% Synergy
$2.39
Crypt of Agadeem+7% Synergy
$3.78
Mystic Sanctuary+6% Synergy
$1.34
Buried Ruin+6% Synergy
$0.37
Tomb Fortress+6% Synergy
$5.04
Sunken Palace+5% Synergy
$1.20
Pit of Offerings+5% Synergy
$0.36
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital+3% Synergy
$1.24
Bojuka Bog+2% Synergy
$1.40
Academy Ruins+2% Synergy
$9.06
Cabal Coffers-1% Synergy
$28.81
Shizo, Death's Storehouse-1% Synergy
$34.19
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth-2% Synergy
$55.48
Temple of the False God-3% Synergy
$0.32
Creeping Tar Pit-3% Synergy
$0.34
Otawara, Soaring City-4% Synergy
$26.55
Reliquary Tower-15% Synergy
$4.23
Mana Artifacts
Mana rocks and fixing to power out The Ancient One's Self-Mill strategy.
The Eternity Elevator+7% Synergy
$3.22
Mind Stone+6% Synergy
$0.34
Commander's Sphere0% Synergy
$0.31
Dimir Signet-2% Synergy
$0.29
Charcoal Diamond-2% Synergy
$0.35
Sky Diamond-2% Synergy
$0.25
Talisman of Dominance-8% Synergy
$0.45
Fellwar Stone-9% Synergy
$1.04
Arcane Signet-11% Synergy
$0.49
Sol Ring-16% Synergy
$1.34
Thought Vessel-20% Synergy
$2.35
Lands
The mana base behind The Ancient One's Self-Mill decks.
Port of Karfell+23% Synergy
$0.22
Fetid Pools+16% Synergy
$0.29
Undercity Sewers+14% Synergy
$14.33
Darkwater Catacombs+11% Synergy
$0.34
Dimir Aqueduct+10% Synergy
$0.37
Evolving Wilds+9% Synergy
$0.29
Terramorphic Expanse+9% Synergy
$0.26
Ash Barrens+9% Synergy
$0.31
Shipwreck Marsh+8% Synergy
$1.25
Promising Vein+8% Synergy
$0.32
Drowned Catacomb+6% Synergy
$0.45
Boggart Trawler+5% Synergy
$2.10
Agadeem's Awakening+5% Synergy
$29.93
Hidden Grotto+4% Synergy
$0.23
Sunken Ruins+3% Synergy
$0.49
Soured Springs+3% Synergy
$0.32
Underground River+2% Synergy
$0.59
Polluted Delta+2% Synergy
$19.87
Myriad Landscape+2% Synergy
$0.34
Waterlogged Teachings+2% Synergy
$0.45
River of Tears+2% Synergy
$0.33
Fabled Passage+2% Synergy
$0.64
Verdant Catacombs+2% Synergy
$29.04
Scalding Tarn+2% Synergy
$37.51
Bloodstained Mire+2% Synergy
$18.38
Contaminated Aquifer+2% Synergy
$0.39
Swamp+1% Synergy
$0.10
Tainted Isle+1% Synergy
$2.08
Morphic Pool+1% Synergy
$28.05
Island0% Synergy
$0.07
Sunken Hollow0% Synergy
$0.37
Marsh Flats0% Synergy
$32.33
Dimir Guildgate0% Synergy
$0.14
Prismatic Vista0% Synergy
$30.56
Watery Grave-1% Synergy
$10.08
Malakir Rebirth-1% Synergy
$13.30
Flooded Strand-1% Synergy
$15.74
Misty Rainforest-1% Synergy
$35.75
Hydroelectric Specimen-1% Synergy
$1.82
Clearwater Pathway-2% Synergy
$4.98
Gloomlake Verge-2% Synergy
$10.72
Dismal Backwater-2% Synergy
$0.17
Sink into Stupor-2% Synergy
$9.48
Darkslick Shores-3% Synergy
$2.48
Command Tower-4% Synergy
$0.25
Underground Sea-4% Synergy
Choked Estuary-5% Synergy
$0.37
Fell the Profane-5% Synergy
$5.74
Temple of Deceit-8% Synergy
$0.19
Exotic Orchard-13% Synergy
$0.30
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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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Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Haunted One
Phenax, God of Deception
Brinelin, the Moon Kraken // Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar
Captain N'ghathrod
Taigam, Sidisi's Hand
Araumi of the Dead Tide
Gyruda, Doom of Depths
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Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Candlekeep Sage
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Dungeon Delver
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Feywild Visitor
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Shameless Charlatan
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Cloudhoof Kirin
Esior, Wardwing Familiar // Ghost of Ramirez DePietro
Ludevic, Necrogenius
Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy // Criminal Past
Tasha, the Witch Queen
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Zareth San, the Trickster
Anowon, the Ruin Thief
Volo, Itinerant Scholar // Scion of Halaster
Geth, Lord of the Vault
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Ambassador Laquatus
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The Mindskinner