Mendicant Core, Guidelight
Mendicant Core's power is equal to the number of artifacts you control. Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.) Max speed — Whenever you cast an artifact spell, you may pay {1}. If you do, copy it. (The copy becomes a token.)
How Mendicant Core decks play in EDH
Mendicant Core, Guidelight is a Azorius commander in white and blue costing WU, and its legendary artifact creature - robot line shapes the whole deck around it. Artifacts drive the deck, so cheap mana rocks and artifact recursion do double duty. The cards below are the ones Mendicant Core, Guidelight decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $70.61Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (1)
Card draw (5)
Removal (2)
Counterspells (1)
Creatures (9)
Lands (2)
Build the full 100
Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Mendicant Core, Guidelight decklist with a written strategy, a full mana base and live prices — from the whole card pool, or only from cards you already own.
Start with Mendicant CoreMendicant Core deck questions
What colours can I use in a Mendicant Core, Guidelight deck?
Mendicant Core, Guidelight has a Azorius colour identity, so every card in the deck must be white and blue or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Mendicant Core, Guidelight?
The cards played most often in Mendicant Core, Guidelight decks include Fateful Discovery, Turbulent Shore, Gleaming Splendor. 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 Mendicant Core, Guidelight deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $70.61 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 Mendicant Core, Guidelight 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.