The Ancient One
$2.34
$2.34Legendary Creature — Spirit God
New Cards
Recent-set cards that The Ancient One players are trying out in Self-Mill decks.
Grave Researcher+10% Synergy
$2.25
The Dawning Archaic+5% Synergy
$1.28
Emeritus of Woe+2% Synergy
$13.12
Banishing Betrayal+2% Synergy
$0.17
Echocasting Symposium+1% Synergy
$3.89
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
$2.80
Terror Tide+48% Synergy
$0.27
Training Grounds+48% Synergy
$7.99
Stitch Together+46% Synergy
$1.86
Wail of the Forgotten+44% Synergy
$0.25
Likeness Looter+42% Synergy
$2.92
Dread Return+42% Synergy
$0.42
Wonder+42% Synergy
$1.70
Millikin+40% Synergy
$0.24
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
$0.74
Obsessive Stitcher+37% Synergy
$0.37
Singularity Rupture+36% Synergy
$0.44
Living Death+32% Synergy
$2.21
Victimize+28% Synergy
$2.27
Syr Konrad, the Grim+28% Synergy
$1.12
Animate Dead+28% Synergy
$5.15
Reanimate+20% Synergy
$8.61
Frantic Search+19% Synergy
$1.55
Counterspell-10% Synergy
$3.77
Game Changers
High-impact bombs that can take over a The Ancient One Self-Mill game on their own.
Thassa's Oracle+3% Synergy
$23.44
Notion Thief0% Synergy
$1.46
Demonic Tutor-10% Synergy
$76.77
Fierce Guardianship-11% Synergy
$54.33
Cyclonic Rift-15% Synergy
$40.14
Rhystic Study-16% Synergy
$72.26
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
$0.31
Souls of the Lost+32% Synergy
$0.30
Deranged Assistant+31% Synergy
$0.22
Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator+26% Synergy
$0.13
Shadow of Mortality+25% Synergy
$0.67
Stitcher's Supplier+25% Synergy
$0.26
Bringer of the Last Gift+25% Synergy
$0.62
Chupacabra Echo+24% Synergy
$0.21
Sheoldred, Whispering One+23% Synergy
$22.59
Kiora, the Rising Tide+23% Synergy
$0.36
Laboratory Maniac+22% Synergy
$1.74
Disciple of Bolas+22% Synergy
$0.33
Sepulchral Primordial+20% Synergy
$0.42
Gyruda, Doom of Depths+19% Synergy
$0.45
Consuming Aberration+17% Synergy
$0.26
Valgavoth, Terror Eater+17% Synergy
$15.72
Doomed Necromancer+17% Synergy
$0.38
Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake+17% Synergy
$0.18
Archon of Cruelty+16% Synergy
$9.87
Doom Whisperer+16% Synergy
$5.46
Fleet Swallower+16% Synergy
$1.16
Shadowgrange Archfiend+16% Synergy
$5.66
Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur+15% Synergy
$12.22
Nezahal, Primal Tide+14% Synergy
$9.88
Dreadwing Scavenger+14% Synergy
$0.18
Hollow Marauder+14% Synergy
$0.15
Deathcap Marionette+13% Synergy
$0.23
Stinging Cave Crawler+13% Synergy
$0.26
Screeching Scorchbeast+13% Synergy
$2.14
Ardyn, the Usurper+12% Synergy
$0.97
Abyssal Harvester+12% Synergy
$0.34
Archaeomancer+11% Synergy
$0.42
Terisian Mindbreaker+11% Synergy
$1.73
Rona, Herald of Invasion+11% Synergy
$1.93
Overlord of the Balemurk+11% Synergy
$21.11
Huskburster Swarm+11% Synergy
$0.25
Soulcoil Viper+11% Synergy
$0.18
Massacre Wurm+10% Synergy
$1.26
Nighthowler+10% Synergy
$0.32
Sire of Stagnation+10% Synergy
$1.18
Twilight Diviner+10% Synergy
$2.20
Phenax, God of Deception+10% Synergy
$16.50
Lazav, the Multifarious+10% Synergy
$0.37
Angel of Suffering+10% Synergy
$3.73
Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel+9% Synergy
$2.48
Solemn Simulacrum+5% Synergy
$0.34
Boggart Trawler+5% Synergy
$0.89
Gray Merchant of Asphodel0% Synergy
$4.86
Baleful Strix-10% Synergy
$3.61
Instants
Instant-speed interaction and tricks that keep The Ancient One's Self-Mill deck ahead.
Overwhelming Remorse+24% Synergy
$0.20
Another Chance+21% Synergy
$0.24
Songs of the Damned+19% Synergy
$3.45
Tainted Indulgence+16% Synergy
$0.31
Join the Dead+16% Synergy
$0.23
Fact or Fiction+14% Synergy
$0.22
Drown in the Loch+12% Synergy
$5.84
Circular Logic+12% Synergy
$0.22
Stubborn Denial+11% Synergy
$3.04
Confounding Riddle+11% Synergy
$0.23
Bitter Triumph+9% Synergy
$0.30
Don't Make a Sound+9% Synergy
$0.14
Corpse Churn+9% Synergy
$0.11
Entomb+8% Synergy
$18.02
Otherworldly Gaze+7% Synergy
$0.33
Dig Through Time+6% Synergy
$0.23
Visions of Beyond+5% Synergy
$4.80
Forbidden Alchemy+5% Synergy
$0.24
Counterpoint+4% Synergy
$0.29
Thought Scour+3% Synergy
$1.45
Price of Fame+3% Synergy
$0.30
Sinister Sabotage+3% Synergy
$0.21
Refute+3% Synergy
$0.20
Waterlogged Teachings+2% Synergy
$0.44
Curtains' Call+2% Synergy
$0.58
Withering Torment0% Synergy
$4.15
Consider0% Synergy
$0.29
Malakir Rebirth-1% Synergy
$13.15
Sink into Stupor-2% Synergy
$5.19
Aetherize-4% Synergy
$0.38
Fell the Profane-5% Synergy
$2.42
Rapid Hybridization-5% Synergy
$0.96
Infernal Grasp-8% Synergy
$0.56
An Offer You Can't Refuse-9% Synergy
$2.39
Deadly Rollick-9% Synergy
$27.53
Go for the Throat-9% Synergy
$0.57
Pongify-10% Synergy
$1.54
Negate-12% Synergy
$0.24
Swan Song-12% Synergy
$8.50
Mana Drain-12% Synergy
$56.81
Arcane Denial-13% Synergy
$1.92
Dark Ritual-15% Synergy
$11.92
Brainstorm-19% Synergy
$1.62
Sorceries
Sorceries that push the Self-Mill game plan forward for The Ancient One.
Persist+23% Synergy
$1.27
Treasure Cruise+22% Synergy
$0.29
Breach the Multiverse+21% Synergy
$9.97
Rise of the Dark Realms+17% Synergy
$6.80
Windfall+15% Synergy
$5.08
Extract from Darkness+14% Synergy
$0.26
Coiling Rebirth+13% Synergy
$0.31
Buried Alive+12% Synergy
$0.73
Afterlife from the Loam+11% Synergy
$0.80
Exhume+10% Synergy
$5.76
Winternight Stories+10% Synergy
$1.58
Defossilize+10% Synergy
$0.20
Deep Analysis+9% Synergy
$0.35
Glimpse the Unthinkable+8% Synergy
$3.18
From the Catacombs+8% Synergy
$0.90
Connive // Concoct+7% Synergy
$0.35
Incarnation Technique+7% Synergy
$9.82
Strategic Planning+7% Synergy
$0.15
Zombify+7% Synergy
$0.24
Ancestral Reminiscence+7% Synergy
$0.14
Unearth+6% Synergy
$0.60
Macabre Waltz+6% Synergy
$0.24
Agadeem's Awakening+5% Synergy
$27.44
Cut Your Losses+5% Synergy
$1.67
Restart Sequence+5% Synergy
$0.32
Lively Dirge+5% Synergy
$2.02
Behold the Sinister Six!+5% Synergy
$3.52
Demonic Counsel+5% Synergy
$2.00
Charnel Serenade+5% Synergy
$0.27
Chart a Course+4% Synergy
$0.13
Diresight+4% Synergy
$0.16
Will of the Abzan+4% Synergy
$5.11
Traumatize+2% Synergy
$4.09
Temporal Trespass0% Synergy
$3.53
Sea Gate Restoration-1% Synergy
$38.15
Feed the Swarm-3% Synergy
$0.20
Fractured Sanity-3% Synergy
$3.44
Toxic Deluge-9% Synergy
$3.31
Utility Artifacts
Artifacts that add consistency and utility to The Ancient One Self-Mill decks.
The Cauldron of Eternity+31% Synergy
$1.43
Altar of the Wretched+22% Synergy
$1.22
Crucible of Worlds+14% Synergy
$29.95
Perpetual Timepiece+14% Synergy
$0.57
Mesmeric Orb+13% Synergy
$16.48
The Grim Captain's Locker+11% Synergy
$0.28
The Enigma Jewel+11% Synergy
$1.23
Waterlogged Hulk+10% Synergy
$0.21
Palantír of Orthanc+8% Synergy
$22.64
Riverchurn Monument+7% Synergy
$2.01
Monument to Endurance+6% Synergy
$19.09
Inverted Iceberg+6% Synergy
$0.18
Throne of the Grim Captain+6% Synergy
$0.24
Visage of Dread+5% Synergy
$0.19
Mask of Griselbrand+5% Synergy
$0.62
Altar of Dementia+3% Synergy
$16.89
The Water Crystal+2% Synergy
$3.58
Wayfarer's Bauble+1% Synergy
$0.33
Mindcrank-4% Synergy
$12.70
Swiftfoot Boots-6% Synergy
$2.46
Lightning Greaves-9% Synergy
$3.66
Enchantments
Enchantments that reinforce the Self-Mill strategy in The Ancient One decks.
Ripples of Undeath+22% Synergy
$5.49
Oversold Cemetery+19% Synergy
$2.69
Virtue of Persistence+14% Synergy
$7.45
Cemetery Tampering+14% Synergy
$0.34
Necromancy+13% Synergy
$21.49
Search for Azcanta+12% Synergy
$1.72
Fraying Sanity+10% Synergy
$0.62
Out of the Tombs+10% Synergy
$14.05
Polluted Cistern // Dim Oubliette+9% Synergy
$0.40
Canonized in Blood+9% Synergy
$0.20
Eaten by Piranhas+8% Synergy
$0.43
Stillness in Motion+8% Synergy
$0.25
Demonic Embrace+7% Synergy
$0.36
Phyrexian Reclamation+6% Synergy
$2.64
Song of Stupefaction+6% Synergy
$0.07
Case of the Shifting Visage+5% Synergy
$0.31
One Ring to Rule Them All+5% Synergy
$2.79
Fungal Fortitude+5% Synergy
$0.23
Court of Cunning+4% Synergy
$3.88
Parker Luck+4% Synergy
$0.22
Aqueous Form-1% Synergy
$0.36
Bloodchief Ascension-1% Synergy
$20.34
Phyrexian Arena-4% Synergy
$4.33
Planeswalkers
Planeswalkers that back up The Ancient One's Self-Mill game plan.
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries+16% Synergy
$8.52
Ashiok, Dream Render+7% Synergy
$1.06
Liliana, Death's Majesty+4% Synergy
$0.52
Jace, the Perfected Mind+4% Synergy
$1.81
Utility Lands
Non-basic lands that pull extra weight in The Ancient One Self-Mill decks.
Restless Reef+26% Synergy
$2.09
Drownyard Temple+21% Synergy
$0.26
Dakmor Salvage+17% Synergy
$0.27
Nephalia Drownyard+16% Synergy
$0.30
Susur Secundi, Void Altar+16% Synergy
$3.35
Echoing Deeps+16% Synergy
$0.73
Cephalid Coliseum+11% Synergy
$0.29
Rogue's Passage+10% Synergy
$0.40
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire+10% Synergy
$11.29
Witch's Cottage+10% Synergy
$0.86
Agna Qel'a+10% Synergy
$0.97
Hidden Necropolis+10% Synergy
$0.21
Mortuary Mire+9% Synergy
$0.41
Barren Moor+9% Synergy
$0.28
Lonely Sandbar+9% Synergy
$0.24
Hidden Cataract+8% Synergy
$0.27
Tyrite Sanctum+8% Synergy
$3.03
Geier Reach Sanitarium+7% Synergy
$1.64
Crypt of Agadeem+7% Synergy
$2.34
Mystic Sanctuary+6% Synergy
$1.09
Buried Ruin+6% Synergy
$0.36
Tomb Fortress+6% Synergy
$4.79
Sunken Palace+5% Synergy
$0.85
Pit of Offerings+5% Synergy
$0.37
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital+3% Synergy
$1.52
Bojuka Bog+2% Synergy
$0.95
Academy Ruins+2% Synergy
$9.00
Cabal Coffers-1% Synergy
$34.50
Shizo, Death's Storehouse-1% Synergy
$35.73
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth-2% Synergy
$63.85
Temple of the False God-3% Synergy
$0.29
Creeping Tar Pit-3% Synergy
$0.39
Otawara, Soaring City-4% Synergy
$27.39
Reliquary Tower-15% Synergy
$3.36
Mana Artifacts
Mana rocks and fixing to power out The Ancient One's Self-Mill strategy.
The Eternity Elevator+7% Synergy
$2.96
Mind Stone+6% Synergy
$0.31
Commander's Sphere0% Synergy
$0.26
Dimir Signet-2% Synergy
$1.25
Charcoal Diamond-2% Synergy
$0.32
Sky Diamond-2% Synergy
$0.26
Talisman of Dominance-8% Synergy
$0.97
Fellwar Stone-9% Synergy
$0.70
Arcane Signet-11% Synergy
$0.69
Sol Ring-16% Synergy
$1.84
Thought Vessel-20% Synergy
$1.92
Lands
The mana base behind The Ancient One's Self-Mill decks.
Port of Karfell+23% Synergy
$0.31
Fetid Pools+16% Synergy
$0.23
Undercity Sewers+14% Synergy
$14.79
Darkwater Catacombs+11% Synergy
$0.47
Dimir Aqueduct+10% Synergy
$0.36
Evolving Wilds+9% Synergy
$0.33
Terramorphic Expanse+9% Synergy
$0.29
Ash Barrens+9% Synergy
$0.35
Shipwreck Marsh+8% Synergy
$7.43
Promising Vein+8% Synergy
$0.27
Drowned Catacomb+6% Synergy
$4.23
Boggart Trawler+5% Synergy
$0.89
Agadeem's Awakening+5% Synergy
$27.44
Hidden Grotto+4% Synergy
$0.25
Sunken Ruins+3% Synergy
$8.59
Soured Springs+3% Synergy
$0.33
Underground River+2% Synergy
$1.49
Polluted Delta+2% Synergy
$19.37
Myriad Landscape+2% Synergy
$0.31
Waterlogged Teachings+2% Synergy
$0.44
River of Tears+2% Synergy
$0.32
Fabled Passage+2% Synergy
$1.05
Verdant Catacombs+2% Synergy
$28.51
Scalding Tarn+2% Synergy
$38.56
Bloodstained Mire+2% Synergy
$17.35
Contaminated Aquifer+2% Synergy
$0.32
Swamp+1% Synergy
$0.14
Tainted Isle+1% Synergy
$1.10
Morphic Pool+1% Synergy
$28.38
Island0% Synergy
$0.21
Sunken Hollow0% Synergy
$0.32
Marsh Flats0% Synergy
$31.12
Dimir Guildgate0% Synergy
$0.11
Prismatic Vista0% Synergy
$34.97
Watery Grave-1% Synergy
$9.28
Malakir Rebirth-1% Synergy
$13.15
Flooded Strand-1% Synergy
$15.03
Misty Rainforest-1% Synergy
$35.70
Hydroelectric Specimen-1% Synergy
$0.68
Clearwater Pathway-2% Synergy
$5.16
Gloomlake Verge-2% Synergy
$10.09
Dismal Backwater-2% Synergy
$0.16
Sink into Stupor-2% Synergy
$5.19
Darkslick Shores-3% Synergy
$2.27
Command Tower-4% Synergy
$0.34
Underground Sea-4% Synergy
Choked Estuary-5% Synergy
$0.41
Fell the Profane-5% Synergy
$2.42
Temple of Deceit-8% Synergy
$0.28
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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Lazav, Familiar Stranger
Sidisi, Brood Tyrant
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Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Candlekeep Sage
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Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Sword Coast Sailor
Esior, Wardwing Familiar // Ghost of Ramirez DePietro
Ludevic, Necrogenius
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Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy // Criminal Past
Emet-Selch, Unsundered
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Geth, Lord of the Vault
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