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Akal Pakal, First Among Equals
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Akal Pakal, First Among Equals

{2}{U}

Legendary Creature — Human Advisor

At the beginning of each player's end step, if an artifact entered the battlefield under your control this turn, look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the other into your graveyard.

"These lost children of Aclazotz are misguided, but perhaps there can be reconciliation of our ideals without war."

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Set
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI #44)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
3
Released
2023-11-17
Artist
Ryan Pancoast
EDHREC rank
#12,224
Colour identity
{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 0.13
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander

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. Shimmer Myr 77 %+70.6 %
  2. Emry, Lurker of the Loch 73 %+60.8 %
  3. Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter 63 %+57.5 %
  4. Darksteel Citadel 69 %+57.3 %
  5. Seat of the Synod 75 %+56.0 %
  6. Collector's Vault 57 %+55.8 %
  7. Etherium Sculptor 68 %+50.9 %
  8. Faerie Artisans 48 %+46.7 %
  9. Thought Monitor 57 %+46.7 %
  10. Buried Ruin 59 %+46.6 %
  11. Foundry Inspector 60 %+45.9 %
  12. Deduce 47 %+44.5 %
  13. Kappa Cannoneer 53 %+44.3 %
  14. Sai, Master Thopterist 53 %+41.3 %
  15. Stern Lesson 38 %+37.1 %
  16. Cyberdrive Awakener 43 %+36.9 %
  17. Treasure Vault 40 %+36.8 %
  18. Archway of Innovation 47 %+36.4 %
  19. Noble's Purse 36 %+35.4 %
  20. Retrofitter Foundry 35 %+33.9 %
  21. Forensic Gadgeteer 44 %+33.6 %
  22. Vedalken Orrery 36 %+33.5 %
  23. Mirrodin Besieged 38 %+33.2 %
  24. Master Transmuter 37 %+33.1 %
  25. Hornswoggle 32 %+31.9 %
  26. Urza, Powerstone Prodigy 32 %+31.6 %
  27. Myr Retriever 35 %+31.5 %
  28. Scrap Trawler 35 %+31.2 %
  29. The Mechanist, Aerial Artisan 34 %+31.2 %
  30. Leyline of Anticipation 39 %+30.7 %
  31. Silver Myr 42 %+30.7 %
  32. Thoughtcast 39 %+30.5 %
  33. Rise and Shine 33 %+30.1 %
  34. Secrets of the Key 29 %+28.2 %
  35. Unwinding Clock 40 %+28.1 %
  36. Thopter Spy Network 36 %+28.1 %
  37. Desynchronization 32 %+27.5 %
  38. Academy Ruins 46 %+26.9 %
  39. Uthros, Titanic Godcore 37 %+26.8 %
  40. Urza's Command 28 %+26.7 %
  41. Hall of Tagsin 27 %+26.7 %
  42. Chrome Host Seedshark 30 %+26.5 %
  43. Spell Swindle 29 %+26.3 %
  44. Mystic Forge 36 %+26.0 %
  45. Desculpting Blast 27 %+25.6 %
  46. Urza, Lord High Artificer 33 %+25.5 %
  47. Worldwalker Helm 28 %+25.4 %
  48. Brackish Blunder 26 %+25.3 %
  49. Crystal Skull, Isu Spyglass 30 %+25.2 %
  50. Misleading Signpost 29 %+25.0 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Island 96 %+2.4 %
  2. Sol Ring 79 %-5.3 %
  3. Shimmer Myr 77 %+70.6 %
  4. Seat of the Synod 75 %+56.0 %
  5. Emry, Lurker of the Loch 73 %+60.8 %
  6. Darksteel Citadel 69 %+57.3 %
  7. Etherium Sculptor 68 %+50.9 %
  8. Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter 63 %+57.5 %
  9. Arcane Signet 62 %-2.8 %
  10. Foundry Inspector 60 %+45.9 %
  11. Buried Ruin 59 %+46.6 %
  12. Thought Monitor 57 %+46.7 %
  13. Collector's Vault 57 %+55.8 %
  14. Mind Stone 56 %+21.7 %
  15. Sai, Master Thopterist 53 %+41.3 %
  16. Kappa Cannoneer 53 %+44.3 %
  17. Counterspell 51 %-14.3 %
  18. Faerie Artisans 48 %+46.7 %
  19. Archway of Innovation 47 %+36.4 %
  20. Deduce 47 %+44.5 %
  21. Academy Ruins 46 %+26.9 %
  22. Thought Vessel 46 %-5.1 %
  23. Solemn Simulacrum 44 %+23.8 %
  24. Forensic Gadgeteer 44 %+33.6 %
  25. Cyberdrive Awakener 43 %+36.9 %
  26. Silver Myr 42 %+30.7 %
  27. Treasure Vault 40 %+36.8 %
  28. Unwinding Clock 40 %+28.1 %
  29. Leyline of Anticipation 39 %+30.7 %
  30. Thoughtcast 39 %+30.5 %
  31. Stern Lesson 38 %+37.1 %
  32. Mirrodin Besieged 38 %+33.2 %
  33. Master Transmuter 37 %+33.1 %
  34. Phyrexian Metamorph 37 %+17.8 %
  35. Uthros, Titanic Godcore 37 %+26.8 %
  36. Whir of Invention 36 %+24.5 %
  37. Vedalken Orrery 36 %+33.5 %
  38. Reliquary Tower 36 %-20.1 %
  39. Mystic Forge 36 %+26.0 %
  40. Noble's Purse 36 %+35.4 %
  41. Thopter Spy Network 36 %+28.1 %
  42. Retrofitter Foundry 35 %+33.9 %
  43. Myr Retriever 35 %+31.5 %
  44. Scrap Trawler 35 %+31.2 %
  45. The Mechanist, Aerial Artisan 34 %+31.2 %
  46. Inventors' Fair 33 %+20.3 %
  47. Urza, Lord High Artificer 33 %+25.5 %
  48. Sapphire Medallion 33 %-26.8 %
  49. Rise and Shine 33 %+30.1 %
  50. Ornithopter of Paradise 33 %+21.8 %

Format legality

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

Rulings

  • 2023-11-10

    If there is only one card in your library, you put it into your hand.

  • 2023-11-10

    The ability will trigger no matter what happened to the artifact after it entered. It may have left the battlefield, come under another player's control, or stopped being an artifact.

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