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Xolatoyac, the Smiling Flood
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Xolatoyac, the Smiling Flood

{4}{G}{U}

Legendary Creature — Salamander Serpent

Whenever Xolatoyac enters or attacks, put a flood counter on target land. That land is an Island in addition to its other types for as long as it has a flood counter on it.

At the beginning of your end step, untap each permanent you control with a counter on it.

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Set
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC #8)
Rarity
Mythic
Mana value
6
Released
2023-11-17
Artist
Campbell White
EDHREC rank
#5,021
Colour identity
{G}{U}
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.26
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commanderIn a preconstructed deck

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Eluge, the Shoreless Sea 69 %+67.4 %
  2. The Flood of Mars 53 %+52.5 %
  3. Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle 64 %+50.8 %
  4. Cold-Eyed Selkie 61 %+50.3 %
  5. Rishkar, Peema Renegade 51 %+46.3 %
  6. Chasm Skulker 50 %+44.4 %
  7. Forgotten Ancient 53 %+42.1 %
  8. Nesting Grounds 45 %+41.3 %
  9. Everflowing Chalice 45 %+40.9 %
  10. Vivid Creek 41 %+40.0 %
  11. Vivid Grove 41 %+39.6 %
  12. Master Biomancer 45 %+39.4 %
  13. Stormtide Leviathan 44 %+38.4 %
  14. Vorel of the Hull Clade 46 %+37.8 %
  15. The Millennium Calendar 39 %+37.2 %
  16. Simic Ascendancy 48 %+34.5 %
  17. Gyre Sage 41 %+34.3 %
  18. Llanowar Reborn 37 %+32.0 %
  19. Kami of Whispered Hopes 41 %+31.8 %
  20. Incubation Druid 39 %+31.3 %
  21. Karn's Bastion 42 %+31.1 %
  22. Inspiring Call 45 %+30.9 %
  23. Fathom Mage 37 %+30.2 %
  24. Zimone, Paradox Sculptor 35 %+29.8 %
  25. Herald of Secret Streams 43 %+29.3 %
  26. Goldberry, River-Daughter 30 %+28.7 %
  27. Evolution Sage 38 %+28.6 %
  28. Carpet of Flowers 28 %+26.2 %
  29. Dreamtide Whale 29 %+26.1 %
  30. Ripples of Potential 36 %+25.9 %
  31. Leyline of Anticipation 30 %+25.9 %
  32. Mutational Advantage 30 %+25.0 %
  33. Wave Goodbye 36 %+25.0 %
  34. Murkfiend Liege 38 %+24.9 %
  35. Quicksilver Fountain 25 %+24.8 %
  36. Colossal Whale 25 %+24.0 %
  37. High Tide 25 %+23.5 %
  38. Thrummingbird 27 %+22.1 %
  39. Alchemist's Refuge 41 %+21.5 %
  40. Scourge of Fleets 29 %+21.3 %
  41. Hardened Scales 39 %+21.2 %
  42. Repulsive Mutation 27 %+21.1 %
  43. Aquitect's Will 22 %+20.8 %
  44. Sin, Unending Cataclysm 24 %+20.4 %
  45. Lux Cannon 21 %+20.0 %
  46. Merfolk Skydiver 25 %+19.8 %
  47. Midnight Clock 22 %+19.7 %
  48. Omo, Queen of Vesuva 20 %+19.4 %
  49. Innkeeper's Talent 24 %+18.0 %
  50. Astral Cornucopia 21 %+17.7 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Forest 97 %+1.5 %
  2. Island 97 %+1.1 %
  3. Command Tower 82 %-2.7 %
  4. Sol Ring 77 %-2.8 %
  5. Eluge, the Shoreless Sea 69 %+67.4 %
  6. Hinterland Harbor 68 %+6.0 %
  7. Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle 64 %+50.8 %
  8. Cold-Eyed Selkie 61 %+50.3 %
  9. Counterspell 59 %+10.8 %
  10. Cultivate 59 %+13.8 %
  11. Arcane Signet 58 %-4.9 %
  12. Simic Growth Chamber 54 %+9.3 %
  13. Dreamroot Cascade 54 %+7.7 %
  14. Growth Spiral 53 %+9.1 %
  15. The Flood of Mars 53 %+52.5 %
  16. Forgotten Ancient 53 %+42.1 %
  17. Rishkar, Peema Renegade 51 %+46.3 %
  18. Chasm Skulker 50 %+44.4 %
  19. Kodama's Reach 50 %+16.2 %
  20. Reliquary Tower 48 %-2.1 %
  21. Simic Ascendancy 48 %+34.5 %
  22. Beast Within 47 %-1.2 %
  23. Vorel of the Hull Clade 46 %+37.8 %
  24. Master Biomancer 45 %+39.4 %
  25. Nesting Grounds 45 %+41.3 %
  26. Everflowing Chalice 45 %+40.9 %
  27. Inspiring Call 45 %+30.9 %
  28. Rampant Growth 45 %+5.4 %
  29. Stormtide Leviathan 44 %+38.4 %
  30. Herald of Secret Streams 43 %+29.3 %
  31. Breeding Pool 42 %-5.7 %
  32. Karn's Bastion 42 %+31.1 %
  33. Vineglimmer Snarl 42 %+2.2 %
  34. Rejuvenating Springs 41 %-1.2 %
  35. Kami of Whispered Hopes 41 %+31.8 %
  36. Vivid Creek 41 %+40.0 %
  37. Vivid Grove 41 %+39.6 %
  38. Alchemist's Refuge 41 %+21.5 %
  39. Gyre Sage 41 %+34.3 %
  40. Yavimaya Coast 40 %-12.8 %
  41. Hardened Scales 39 %+21.2 %
  42. Incubation Druid 39 %+31.3 %
  43. The Millennium Calendar 39 %+37.2 %
  44. Evolution Sage 38 %+28.6 %
  45. Murkfiend Liege 38 %+24.9 %
  46. Flooded Grove 37 %-6.5 %
  47. Fathom Mage 37 %+30.2 %
  48. Negate 37 %+12.2 %
  49. Llanowar Reborn 37 %+32.0 %
  50. Ripples of Potential 36 %+25.9 %

Format legality

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Not legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Not legal
Premodern Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Not legal
Gladiator Legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Gatherer ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

  • 2023-11-10

    The land retains any land types and abilities it already had. An Island has the ability "{T}: Add {U}."

  • 2023-11-10

    The land stays an Island until the flood counter is removed, even if Xolatoyac, the Smiling Flood leaves the battlefield.

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