Volo, Itinerant Scholar // Master Chef
$0.65
$0.65Legendary Creature — Human Wizard Enchantment Background
New Cards
Recent-set cards that Volo, Itinerant Scholar // Master Chef players are trying out in Zoo decks.
Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu+38% Synergy
$10.84
Sauron, Dino Devotee+19% Synergy
$20.57
Pet Avengers+19% Synergy
$0.20
Undercover Skrull+19% Synergy
$0.15
High Synergy Cards
The highest-synergy picks for Volo, Itinerant Scholar // Master Chef's Zoo builds — cards that lean hardest into the Zoo theme.
Chasm Skulker+63% Synergy
$0.48
Proft's Eidetic Memory+52% Synergy
$1.70
Omen Hawker+48% Synergy
$0.34
Birds of Paradise+47% Synergy
$7.76
Cryptic Trilobite+44% Synergy
$1.88
Siren Stormtamer+43% Synergy
$0.35
Kiora's Follower+41% Synergy
$0.33
Psychosis Crawler+41% Synergy
$1.80
Studious First-Year+39% Synergy
$0.31
Wizard Class+39% Synergy
$2.47
Top Cards
The staple cards most Volo, Itinerant Scholar // Master Chef Zoo decks run as their core.
Silverback Elder+37% Synergy
$7.24
Cankerbloom+37% Synergy
$0.77
Wave Goodbye+33% Synergy
$1.00
Xolatoyac, the Smiling Flood+33% Synergy
$0.41
Hardened Scales+32% Synergy
$2.09
Murkfiend Liege+26% Synergy
$3.81
Inspiring Call+26% Synergy
$0.37
Sakura-Tribe Elder+21% Synergy
$0.34
Llanowar Elves+12% Synergy
$0.38
Beast Within-8% Synergy
$0.46
Game Changers
High-impact bombs that can take over a Volo, Itinerant Scholar // Master Chef Zoo game on their own.
Seedborn Muse+19% Synergy
$14.50
Thassa's Oracle+0% Synergy
$23.44
Worldly Tutor-8% Synergy
$26.56
Fierce Guardianship-10% Synergy
$54.33
Creatures
Creatures that carry the Zoo plan in Volo, Itinerant Scholar // Master Chef decks, from early pressure to payoff.
Volo, Guide to Monsters+39% Synergy
$0.40
Duskshell Crawler+37% Synergy
$0.32
Sharktocrab+34% Synergy
$0.17
Radagast the Brown+33% Synergy
$1.00
Poison Dart Frog+33% Synergy
$0.31
Inga and Esika+32% Synergy
$2.14
Frilled Mystic+32% Synergy
$0.27
Evolution Witness+30% Synergy
$0.27
Ornithopter of Paradise+29% Synergy
$0.99
Tender Wildguide+29% Synergy
$0.41
Master Biomancer+28% Synergy
$0.75
Renata, Called to the Hunt+28% Synergy
$0.22
Incubation Druid+27% Synergy
$2.41
Amphin Mutineer+27% Synergy
$0.20
Mystic Snake+26% Synergy
$1.27
Twenty-Toed Toad+26% Synergy
$4.86
Kami of Whispered Hopes+26% Synergy
$2.44
End-Raze Forerunners+25% Synergy
$0.42
Thrummingbird+25% Synergy
$0.29
Forgotten Ancient+25% Synergy
$0.39
Hydroid Krasis+24% Synergy
$0.90
Skatewing Spy+24% Synergy
$0.18
Experiment Kraj+24% Synergy
$0.37
Defiler of Vigor+23% Synergy
$3.26
Scavenging Ooze+22% Synergy
$0.34
Marvin, Murderous Mimic+20% Synergy
$3.28
Champion of Lambholt+20% Synergy
$3.97
Noxious Newt+19% Synergy
$0.27
Quirion Beastcaller+19% Synergy
$0.32
Kelpie Guide+18% Synergy
$0.36
Laboratory Maniac+18% Synergy
$1.74
Elusive Otter+17% Synergy
$0.23
Deepglow Skate+17% Synergy
$0.33
Toski, Bearer of Secrets+16% Synergy
$7.98
Vnwxt, Verbose Host+16% Synergy
$0.38
Herald of Secret Streams+15% Synergy
$9.09
Rishkar, Peema Renegade+15% Synergy
$0.17
Maraleaf Pixie+14% Synergy
$0.27
Enduring Vitality+14% Synergy
$12.33
Hydroelectric Specimen+13% Synergy
$0.68
Gyre Sage+13% Synergy
$4.75
Solemn Simulacrum+13% Synergy
$0.34
Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle+11% Synergy
$0.50
Beast Whisperer+11% Synergy
$7.69
Eternal Witness+11% Synergy
$2.17
Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath+10% Synergy
$3.11
Craterhoof Behemoth+9% Synergy
$21.37
Delighted Halfling+9% Synergy
$27.18
Coiling Oracle+7% Synergy
$0.24
Koma, Cosmos Serpent+5% Synergy
$6.60
Instants
Instant-speed interaction and tricks that keep Volo, Itinerant Scholar // Master Chef's Zoo deck ahead.
Repulsive Mutation+13% Synergy
$0.67
Snakeskin Veil+13% Synergy
$0.21
Gaea's Gift+13% Synergy
$0.77
Silkguard+11% Synergy
$0.47
Ripples of Potential+9% Synergy
$2.53
Mizzium Skin+9% Synergy
$0.20
Jwari Disruption+8% Synergy
$0.38
Shore Up+7% Synergy
$0.22
Glen Elendra's Answer+7% Synergy
$1.18
Collective Resistance+6% Synergy
$0.89
Strength of Will+5% Synergy
$1.40
Origin of Metalbending+5% Synergy
$0.25
Negate+5% Synergy
$0.24
Mutational Advantage+4% Synergy
$7.71
Setessan Tactics+4% Synergy
$0.46
Bar the Gate+4% Synergy
$0.17
Disrupt+4% Synergy
$0.98
Cache Grab+4% Synergy
$0.23
Savage Summoning+4% Synergy
$1.49
Defend the Rider+4% Synergy
$0.56
Signature Slam+4% Synergy
$0.22
Magic Damper+4% Synergy
$0.21
Solidarity of Heroes+4% Synergy
$1.33
Quandrix Command+3% Synergy
$0.24
Decisive Denial+3% Synergy
$0.27
Heritage Reclamation+3% Synergy
$0.29
Disdainful Stroke+3% Synergy
$0.18
Khalni Ambush+3% Synergy
$0.45
Filter Out+3% Synergy
$0.27
Rapid Hybridization+2% Synergy
$0.96
Aetherize+2% Synergy
$0.38
Flare of Denial+2% Synergy
$3.19
Slip Out the Back+1% Synergy
$4.28
Snap+1% Synergy
$3.46
Reality Shift+0% Synergy
$0.40
Resculpt+0% Synergy
$0.38
Veil of Summer0% Synergy
$4.24
Frantic Search-1% Synergy
$1.55
Sink into Stupor-2% Synergy
$5.19
Opt-2% Synergy
$0.26
Chord of Calling-2% Synergy
$6.58
Pongify-4% Synergy
$1.54
Return of the Wildspeaker-5% Synergy
$1.00
Harrow-6% Synergy
$0.30
Arcane Denial-7% Synergy
$1.92
Mana Drain-10% Synergy
$56.81
Heroic Intervention-10% Synergy
$14.29
An Offer You Can't Refuse-18% Synergy
$2.39
Counterspell-18% Synergy
$3.77
Growth Spiral-34% Synergy
$0.32
Sorceries
Sorceries that push the Zoo game plan forward for Volo, Itinerant Scholar // Master Chef.
Neoform+11% Synergy
$0.80
Bridgeworks Battle+10% Synergy
$0.56
Thirsting Roots+8% Synergy
$0.69
Season of Gathering+7% Synergy
$6.86
Bushwhack+7% Synergy
$0.34
Turntimber Symbiosis+7% Synergy
$3.35
Spry and Mighty+7% Synergy
$0.29
Germination Practicum+5% Synergy
$8.78
Oversimplify+5% Synergy
$0.21
Shamanic Revelation+5% Synergy
$1.00
You Meet in a Tavern+4% Synergy
$0.16
Borrowing 100,000 Arrows+4% Synergy
$0.35
Uncage the Menagerie+4% Synergy
$1.00
You Find a Cursed Idol+4% Synergy
$0.23
Primal Surge+4% Synergy
$5.69
Explore the Underdark+4% Synergy
$0.22
Baral's Expertise+4% Synergy
$0.32
Primal Growth+4% Synergy
$1.17
Far Wanderings+4% Synergy
$0.50
Wash Out+4% Synergy
$0.43
Praetor's Counsel+4% Synergy
$2.01
Vastwood Surge+3% Synergy
$0.35
Wear Down+3% Synergy
$0.24
Flare of Cultivation+3% Synergy
$0.53
Aether Gale+3% Synergy
$0.31
Fangs of Kalonia+2% Synergy
$0.30
Overwhelming Stampede+2% Synergy
$0.59
Unnatural Restoration+2% Synergy
$1.51
Scapeshift+2% Synergy
$46.22
Devastation Tide+2% Synergy
$0.51
River's Rebuke+2% Synergy
$0.28
Eldritch Evolution+2% Synergy
$3.84
Season of Weaving+2% Synergy
$3.88
Last March of the Ents+1% Synergy
$27.74
Migration Path+1% Synergy
$0.36
Tezzeret's Gambit+1% Synergy
$0.29
Nature's Rhythm0% Synergy
$5.28
Fabricate0% Synergy
$9.41
Curse of the Swine-1% Synergy
$0.26
Doppelgang-1% Synergy
$1.62
Ezuri's Predation-2% Synergy
$2.14
Nature's Lore-2% Synergy
$1.96
Rishkar's Expertise-4% Synergy
$3.82
Bala Ged Recovery-4% Synergy
$5.68
Three Visits-5% Synergy
$4.60
Cultivate-15% Synergy
$0.34
Kodama's Reach-19% Synergy
$1.54
Rampant Growth-24% Synergy
$0.47
Utility Artifacts
Artifacts that add consistency and utility to Volo, Itinerant Scholar // Master Chef Zoo decks.
Ozolith, the Shattered Spire+26% Synergy
$5.02
Lightning Greaves+14% Synergy
$3.66
Monster Manual+13% Synergy
$8.87
Agatha's Soul Cauldron+8% Synergy
$39.14
Maskwood Nexus+7% Synergy
$2.26
Peter Parker's Camera+6% Synergy
$1.47
Blasting Station+4% Synergy
$10.06
The Enigma Jewel+4% Synergy
$1.23
Robe of the Archmagi+4% Synergy
$0.39
Sting, the Glinting Dagger+4% Synergy
$3.35
Soul-Guide Lantern+4% Synergy
$0.24
Crystal Shard+4% Synergy
$2.46
Sword of the Animist+4% Synergy
$7.55
Akroma's Memorial+3% Synergy
$35.18
Illusionist's Bracers+3% Synergy
$5.40
The Ozolith+3% Synergy
$65.54
Emerald Medallion+1% Synergy
$2.87
Lifecrafter's Bestiary+1% Synergy
$0.37
Swiftfoot Boots+0% Synergy
$2.46
Enchantments
Enchantments that reinforce the Zoo strategy in Volo, Itinerant Scholar // Master Chef decks.
Innkeeper's Talent+24% Synergy
$7.95
Simic Ascendancy+21% Synergy
$0.52
Branching Evolution+17% Synergy
$6.18
Intruder Alarm+16% Synergy
$4.63
Wild Growth+11% Synergy
$0.47
Long List of the Ents+9% Synergy
$0.20
Song of Freyalise+9% Synergy
$0.43
Growing Rites of Itlimoc+9% Synergy
$8.73
Communal Brewing+9% Synergy
$0.54
Utopia Sprawl+8% Synergy
$1.81
Concordant Crossroads+6% Synergy
$26.91
Honest Work+6% Synergy
$0.26
Hadana's Climb+6% Synergy
$3.03
Ominous Seas+6% Synergy
$1.16
Presence of Gond+4% Synergy
$0.31
Bred for the Hunt+4% Synergy
$0.50
Dissipation Field+4% Synergy
$2.85
Awakening+4% Synergy
$6.53
Instill Energy+4% Synergy
$1.37
Gossip's Talent+3% Synergy
$0.25
Quest for Renewal+3% Synergy
$5.20
Path of Discovery+3% Synergy
$0.31
Court of Garenbrig+2% Synergy
$15.55
Pemmin's Aura+2% Synergy
$12.30
Beastmaster Ascension+1% Synergy
$5.61
Inexorable Tide+1% Synergy
$4.31
Unnatural Growth+1% Synergy
$3.65
Kenrith's Transformation+1% Synergy
$1.06
Teferi's Ageless Insight+1% Synergy
$4.99
Leyline of Anticipation+1% Synergy
$7.91
Imprisoned in the Moon+0% Synergy
$0.24
Freed from the Real+0% Synergy
$9.83
Amphibian Downpour0% Synergy
$1.41
Tribute to the World Tree0% Synergy
$12.72
Guardian Project-1% Synergy
$12.11
Mystic Remora-4% Synergy
$12.67
Doubling Season-5% Synergy
$32.23
Garruk's Uprising-7% Synergy
$0.55
Exploration-7% Synergy
$34.14
Planeswalkers
Planeswalkers that back up Volo, Itinerant Scholar // Master Chef's Zoo game plan.
Jiang Yanggu, Wildcrafter+8% Synergy
$0.21
Ellywick Tumblestrum+4% Synergy
$0.36
Vivien, Monsters' Advocate+4% Synergy
$3.04
Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner+4% Synergy
$1.01
Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim+3% Synergy
$4.88
Vivien Reid+3% Synergy
$0.42
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries+0% Synergy
$8.52
Utility Lands
Non-basic lands that pull extra weight in Volo, Itinerant Scholar // Master Chef Zoo decks.
Oran-Rief, the Vastwood+23% Synergy
$0.35
Reliquary Tower+19% Synergy
$3.36
Karn's Bastion+18% Synergy
$2.27
Novijen, Heart of Progress+11% Synergy
$0.39
Scavenger Grounds+10% Synergy
$0.31
Riptide Laboratory+8% Synergy
$0.51
Mosswort Bridge+7% Synergy
$0.33
Evendo, Waking Haven+7% Synergy
$13.43
Agna Qel'a+6% Synergy
$0.97
Castle Garenbrig+5% Synergy
$7.01
Dungeon Descent+4% Synergy
$0.29
Diamond City+4% Synergy
$3.51
Forge of Heroes+4% Synergy
$0.36
Drannith Ruins+4% Synergy
$0.39
Lumbering Falls+4% Synergy
$0.19
Temple of the False God+4% Synergy
$0.29
Tyrite Sanctum+3% Synergy
$3.03
Hall of Storm Giants+3% Synergy
$0.44
Boseiju, Who Endures+2% Synergy
$49.11
Hidden Cataract+2% Synergy
$0.27
Hidden Nursery+2% Synergy
$0.22
Darksteel Citadel+2% Synergy
$3.55
Halimar Depths+2% Synergy
$0.33
Command Beacon+1% Synergy
$7.41
Nesting Grounds+1% Synergy
$0.31
Alchemist's Refuge+1% Synergy
$0.63
Restless Vinestalk+0% Synergy
$0.36
Llanowar Reborn+0% Synergy
$0.26
Rivendell0% Synergy
$1.96
Minamo, School at Water's Edge0% Synergy
$62.31
Thespian's Stage-1% Synergy
$0.48
Mystic Sanctuary-7% Synergy
$1.09
Otawara, Soaring City-8% Synergy
$27.39
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth-10% Synergy
$14.92
Rogue's Passage-13% Synergy
$0.40
Mana Artifacts
Mana rocks and fixing to power out Volo, Itinerant Scholar // Master Chef's Zoo strategy.
Decanter of Endless Water+20% Synergy
$4.13
Thought Vessel+15% Synergy
$1.92
Patriar's Seal+9% Synergy
$5.06
The Aetherspark+5% Synergy
$19.56
Sarevok's Tome+4% Synergy
$3.24
Star Compass+4% Synergy
$0.59
Herd Heirloom+2% Synergy
$4.44
Talisman of Curiosity-1% Synergy
$0.44
Arcane Signet-8% Synergy
$0.69
Simic Signet-19% Synergy
$0.35
Sol Ring-20% Synergy
$1.84
Lands
The mana base behind Volo, Itinerant Scholar // Master Chef's Zoo decks.
Flooded Grove+31% Synergy
$0.30
Overflowing Basin+23% Synergy
$0.25
Yavimaya Coast+22% Synergy
$0.36
Dreamroot Cascade+19% Synergy
$0.87
Simic Growth Chamber+19% Synergy
$0.34
Hinterland Harbor+18% Synergy
$0.32
Waterlogged Grove+15% Synergy
$1.57
Barkchannel Pathway+15% Synergy
$4.97
Exotic Orchard+14% Synergy
$0.24
Command Tower+14% Synergy
$0.34
Hydroelectric Specimen+13% Synergy
$0.68
Tangled Florahedron+13% Synergy
$0.39
Glasspool Mimic+10% Synergy
$6.83
Vineglimmer Snarl+10% Synergy
$0.27
Bridgeworks Battle+10% Synergy
$0.56
Ancient Ziggurat+9% Synergy
$0.35
Willowrush Verge+9% Synergy
$6.46
Jwari Disruption+8% Synergy
$0.38
Turntimber Symbiosis+7% Synergy
$3.35
Temple of Mystery+7% Synergy
$0.28
Rejuvenating Springs+7% Synergy
$3.68
Rimewood Falls+7% Synergy
$0.47
Abundant Countryside+7% Synergy
$3.03
Mutant Town+6% Synergy
$0.24
Littjara Mirrorlake+6% Synergy
$0.29
Opal Palace+6% Synergy
$0.26
Ash Barrens+6% Synergy
$0.35
Grixis Panorama+4% Synergy
$0.71
Forest+4% Synergy
$0.17
Island+4% Synergy
$0.21
Lakeside Shack+4% Synergy
$0.20
Bant Panorama+3% Synergy
$0.37
Thornwood Falls+3% Synergy
$0.14
Khalni Ambush+3% Synergy
$0.45
Botanical Sanctum+2% Synergy
$1.45
Urza's Cave+0% Synergy
$0.89
Tanglepool Bridge+0% Synergy
$0.19
Blighted Woodland-1% Synergy
$0.38
Sink into Stupor-2% Synergy
$5.19
Wooded Foothills-4% Synergy
$17.02
Windswept Heath-4% Synergy
$10.13
Myriad Landscape-5% Synergy
$0.31
Tangled Islet-5% Synergy
$0.29
Sodden Verdure-6% Synergy
$0.42
Breeding Pool-7% Synergy
$9.06
Path of Ancestry-7% Synergy
$0.31
Hedge Maze-9% Synergy
$11.09
Terramorphic Expanse-10% Synergy
$0.29
Misty Rainforest-10% Synergy
$35.70
Fabled Passage-12% Synergy
$1.05
Similar Commanders
The following Commanders share a similar playing style, strategy, or theme like Volo, Itinerant Scholar // Master Chef: Zoo.
Esior, Wardwing Familiar // Numa, Joraga Chieftain
Pir, Imaginative Rascal // Toothy, Imaginary Friend
Siani, Eye of the Storm // Slurrk, All-Ingesting
The Thirteenth Doctor // Adric, Mathematical Genius
The Thirteenth Doctor // K-9, Mark I
Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker // Reyhan, Last of the Abzan
Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker // Slurrk, All-Ingesting
Slurrk, All-Ingesting // Thrasios, Triton Hero
The Fifth Doctor // Leela, Sevateem Warrior
Kamahl, Heart of Krosa // Slurrk, All-Ingesting
Esior, Wardwing Familiar // Reyhan, Last of the Abzan
Esior, Wardwing Familiar // Slurrk, All-Ingesting
Ludevic, Necro-Alchemist // Numa, Joraga Chieftain
The Thirteenth Doctor // Susan Foreman
Reyhan, Last of the Abzan // Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
Reyhan, Last of the Abzan // Silas Renn, Seeker Adept
The Fifth Doctor // Susan Foreman
Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood // Slurrk, All-Ingesting
Durnan of the Yawning Portal // Master Chef
Tanazir Quandrix
Vorel of the Hull Clade
Zimone, Paradox Sculptor
Zegana, Utopian Speaker
Marcus, Mutant Mayor
Anara, Wolvid Familiar // Slurrk, All-Ingesting
Wilson, Refined Grizzly // Master Chef
Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix // Slurrk, All-Ingesting
Sab-Sunen, Luxa Embodied
Sin, Unending Cataclysm
Lonis, Genetics Expert
Kodama of the East Tree // Slurrk, All-Ingesting
Reyhan, Last of the Abzan // Thrasios, Triton Hero
The Thirteenth Doctor // Nardole, Resourceful Cyborg
Volo, Itinerant Scholar // Flaming Fist
Sengir, the Dark Baron // Slurrk, All-Ingesting
Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar // Numa, Joraga Chieftain
Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar // Slurrk, All-Ingesting
Lulu, Loyal Hollyphant // Acolyte of Bahamut
Yorvo, Lord of Garenbrig
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward // Hardy OutlanderOther Available Backgrounds
Volo, Itinerant Scholar can also choose from these 29 other backgrounds:
Master Chef
Folk Hero
Haunted One
Acolyte of Bahamut
Popular Entertainer
Scion of Halaster
Noble Heritage
Far Traveler
Guild Artisan
Shameless Charlatan
Feywild Visitor
Passionate Archaeologist
Candlekeep Sage
Agent of the Iron Throne
Raised by Giants
Cloakwood Hermit
Agent of the Shadow Thieves
Clan Crafter
Criminal Past
Cultist of the Absolute
Dragon Cultist
Dungeon Delver
Faceless One
Flaming Fist
Hardy Outlander
Inspiring Leader
Street Urchin
Sword Coast Sailor
Tavern Brawler
Veteran Soldier