Mavinda, Students' Advocate
Flying {0}: You may cast target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard this turn. If that spell doesn't target a creature you control, it costs {8} more to cast this way. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. Activate only once each turn. (You still pay the spell's costs. Timing rules for the spell still apply.)
How Mavinda decks play in EDH
Mavinda, Students' Advocate is a mono-white commander costing 2W, and its legendary creature - bird advisor line shapes the whole deck around it. It works out of the graveyard, so self-mill and cheap recursion effectively become extra card advantage. Built-in evasion means damage gets through reliably, so effects that scale that damage are worth more than extra bodies. The cards below are the ones Mavinda, Students' Advocate decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $40.95Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (1)
Card draw (6)
Creatures (5)
Synergy & payoffs (7)
Lands (1)
Build the full 100
Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Mavinda, Students' Advocate decklist with a written strategy, a full mana base and live prices — from the whole card pool, or only from cards you already own.
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What colours can I use in a Mavinda, Students' Advocate deck?
Mavinda, Students' Advocate has a mono-white colour identity, so every card in the deck must be white or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Mavinda, Students' Advocate?
The cards played most often in Mavinda, Students' Advocate decks include Danitha, Sword of Hope, Moment of Glory, Bilbo's Gambit. The full list of staples above is grouped by the job each card does, so you can see the deck's skeleton rather than just a pile of names.
How much does a Mavinda, Students' Advocate deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $40.95 at current market prices. A complete 100-card build costs more, and Grimoire can generate a budget version instead if you set a price ceiling.
Can I build a Mavinda, Students' Advocate deck from cards I already own?
Yes. Import your collection into Grimoire and choose "my cards" when you build. The generator will only use cards you actually own, and the Missing Cards page shows what you would need to buy to finish any list.