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The Lost Caverns of Ixalan

LCI

The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI) was released on the 17th of November, 2023.

It has a fast tempo, faster than 71% of other sets. Players looking to excel in this format should build low-cost, aggressive decks with efficient removal spells with intent to take quick board presence and apply early pressure.

Unique Mechanics

Sorted by the frequency they appear on each card in the set.

1.

Explore (17.11%)

2.

Discover (14.47%)

3.

Craft (12.5%)

4.

Caves (11.84%)

5.

Treasure (11.18%)

6.

Descend (10.53%)

7.

Cycling (3.95%)

8.

Fathomless descent (3.95%)

9.

Vehicles (3.95%)

10.

Typecycling (3.29%)

11.

Landcycling (3.29%)

12.

Maps (0.66%)

13.

Surveil (0.66%)

14.

Adventures (0.66%)

15.

Battle Cry (0.66%)

16.

Sagas (0.66%)

17.

Flashback (0.66%)

Colour Strength

Sorted by their aggregate strength across archetypes. Trophy counts for archetypes with less colours are weighted more heavily.

1.

Red

(R)

2.

Blue

(U)

3.

White

(W)

4.

Green

(G)

5.

Black

(B)

Archetype Strength

Sorted by their most recent trophy counts in Traditional Draft games. Splashes have been excluded.

1.

Azorius

(255)

2.

Gruul

(240)

3.

Izzet

(213)

4.

Boros

(186)

5.

Golgari

(138)

6.

Dimir

(132)

7.

Selesnya

(87)

8.

Orzhov

(78)

9.

Rakdos

(54)

10.

Simic

(30)

11.

Jeskai

(18)

12.

Sultai

(18)

13.

Naya

(12)

14.

Mono-White

(12)

15.

Bant

(9)

16.

Mono-Red

(6)

17.

Mono-Black

(3)

18.

Mono-Blue

(3)

19.

Mono-Green

(3)

20.

Jund

(3)

21.

Grixis

(3)

22.

Abzan

(3)

23.

Mardu

(3)

24.

Esper

(3)

25.

Temur

(3)

Last updated on 2nd April, 2025 and dynamically generated using data from 17Lands and Scryfall's API.