Captain Howler, Sea Scourge (Commander) - Budget Core

Captain Howler, Sea Scourge
Rank #201
121decks
Background image for Examining Aetherdrift, One Year Later
Josh Nelson
Feb 10, 2026
Examining Aetherdrift, One Year Later
Oh, Aetherdrift. How do we begin to talk about you, even a full year after you've come out? As it turns out, not terribly well.
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13%synergy
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13%synergy
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11%synergy
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12%synergy
Censor
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7%synergy
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4%synergy
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5%synergy
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30%synergy
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22%synergy
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18%synergy
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21%synergy
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17%synergy
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18%synergy
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14%synergy
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11%synergy
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16%synergy
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8%synergy
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5%synergy
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8%synergy
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-32%synergy
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Bag of Holding
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25%synergy
Clamorous Ironclad
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23%synergy
Pirate Hat
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22%synergy
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5%synergy
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10%synergy
Racers' Scoreboard
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13%synergy
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-17%synergy
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6%synergy
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12%synergy
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9%synergy
Monument to Endurance
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7%synergy
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9%synergy
The Indomitable
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7%synergy
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8%synergy
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8%synergy
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7%synergy
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8%synergy
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6%synergy
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7%synergy
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6%synergy
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6%synergy
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6%synergy
Hulldrifter
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6%synergy
Aether Syphon
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5%synergy
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3%synergy
Guidelight Matrix
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5%synergy
Enchantments
Drake Haven
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19%synergy
Footfall Crater
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18%synergy
Shark Typhoon
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11%synergy
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17%synergy
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17%synergy
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15%synergy
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12%synergy
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12%synergy
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7%synergy
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10%synergy
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9%synergy
Ominous Seas
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7%synergy
Aqueous Form
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7%synergy
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8%synergy
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8%synergy
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7%synergy
Curiosity
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-18%synergy
Lightning Rift
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7%synergy
New Perspectives
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6%synergy
Teferi's Ageless Insight
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-2%synergy
Unpredictable Cyclone
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6%synergy
Land's Edge
5.8%inclusion7 decks121 decks
6%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
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3%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Kaldheim
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7%synergy
Planeswalkers
The Royal Scions
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18%synergy
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Remote Isle
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33%synergy
Desert of the Mindful
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32%synergy
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31%synergy
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27%synergy
Desolate Lighthouse
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18%synergy
Rogue's Passage
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12%synergy
Avishkar Raceway
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22%synergy
Cephalid Coliseum
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15%synergy
Reliquary Tower
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-33%synergy
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13%synergy
Agna Qel'a
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10%synergy
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9%synergy
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7%synergy
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7%synergy
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1%synergy
Reef Roads
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6%synergy
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Arcane Signet
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-15%synergy
Sol Ring
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-35%synergy
Izzet Signet
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-8%synergy
Mind Stone
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1%synergy
Talisman of Creativity
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-32%synergy
Sky Diamond
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12%synergy
Fire Diamond
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8%synergy
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-21%synergy
Commander's Sphere
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Midnight Clock
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4%synergy
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-18%synergy
Starting Column
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12%synergy
Prismatic Lens
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5%synergy
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-3%synergy
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0%synergy
Lands
Mountain
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3%synergy
Island
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2%synergy
Command Tower
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-24%synergy
Ash Barrens
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47%synergy
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24%synergy
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-2%synergy
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-2%synergy
Shivan Reef
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-24%synergy
Sulfur Falls
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-34%synergy
Evolving Wilds
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10%synergy
Izzet Boilerworks
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-13%synergy
Exotic Orchard
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-9%synergy
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9%synergy
Izzet Guildgate
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10%synergy
Night Market
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17%synergy
Path of Ancestry
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4%synergy
Ferrous Lake
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Myriad Landscape
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-2%synergy
Cascade Bluffs
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-29%synergy
Fiery Islet
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-13%synergy
Kazuul's Fury
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10%synergy
Molten Tributary
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3%synergy
Eroded Canyon
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3%synergy
Rush of Inspiration
8.3%inclusion10 decks121 decks
5%synergy
Pinnacle Monk
8.3%inclusion10 decks121 decks
-4%synergy
Prismari Campus
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3%synergy
Highland Lake
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2%synergy
Escape Tunnel
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6%synergy
Volatile Fjord
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2%synergy
Peculiar Lighthouse
6.6%inclusion8 decks121 decks
4%synergy
Capital City
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5%synergy
Airship Engine Room
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3%synergy