Commander Manabase Calculator

Building a Commander deck that actually functions starts with the mana base — and it’s where most decks quietly fail.

If you’ve ever:

  • Missed land drops three turns in a row
  • Drawn the wrong colors over and over
  • Or had powerful cards stuck in hand because you couldn’t cast them

This calculator is for you.

Enter a few details about your deck below, and we’ll generate a mana base recommendation designed to match your commander, your colors, and your actual spell requirements — not generic rules of thumb.

See our guide on how to use the mana calculator.

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Skim your deck and count the colored mana symbols ("pips") across your decklist, then enter the information below.

Based on real TCGPlayer prices. Best lands always win regardless of price.
Set automatically when you enter your commander.
Optional — affects how many lands we recommend.
Common range is 35–38 for most Commander decks.

Colors in Your Deck

Select exactly the number of colors above. Colorless (C) is optional.

Colored Mana Pips

Count the colored symbols in mana costs (ignore generic numbers).

Pip Intensity

Highest number of a single color on any one spell? (e.g. "BBBB" = 4)


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