Scions & Spellcraft (FINAL FANTASY XIV) Precon Upgrade: 30 Budget Swaps for $26.04

Upgraded Decklist

Your upgraded Scions & Spellcraft (FINAL FANTASY XIV).

100 / 100 cards · 30 new

Creatures 15$15.83

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Instants 19$19.01

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Sorceries 9$2.42

Artifacts 13$10.73

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Enchantments 6$8.58

Lands 37$12.39

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Upgrade Guide

Swap these cards.

10 swaps · All suggested swaps

Cards to swapMaximum per added card · USD

About 10% of the recorded Y'shtola, Night's Blessed decks are this precon almost unchanged.

All suggested swaps: 30 swaps. No further swaps meet the model’s play-rate, role, and price criteria.

Spells 24

$19.87

Spells to add, each with the card it replaces
#	Add	Price	Take out	Your call
1	Unwind Counterspells synergy staple fills a gap	$1.58	Tome of Legends Card Draw	Skip the new card Keep the old card
2	Curiosity Card Draw synergy staple	$0.71	Sage's Nouliths Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
3	Frantic Search Card Draw synergy staple	$0.74	Crux of Fate Board Wipes	Skip the new card Keep the old card
4	Rewind Counterspells synergy fills a gap	$0.35	Summon: Good King Mog XII Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
5	Anguished Unmaking Tgt Removal synergy staple	$1.62	Hildibrand Manderville // Gentleman's Rise Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
6	Undermine Counterspells synergy fills a gap	$1.72	Coveted Jewel Ramp	Skip the new card Keep the old card
7	Risky Shortcut Card Draw synergy	$0.27	Bastion of Remembrance Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
8	Stroke of Midnight Tgt Removal synergy staple	$0.20	Urianger Augurelt Card Draw	Skip the new card Keep the old card
9	Generous Gift Tgt Removal synergy staple	$0.91	Champions from Beyond Card Draw	Skip the new card Keep the old card
10	Disallow Counterspells synergy fills a gap	$0.35	Estinien Varlineau Card Draw	Skip the new card Keep the old card
11	Dark Ritual Ramp synergy staple	$0.44	Astrologian's Planisphere Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
12	Bender's Waterskin Ramp synergy	$1.10	Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
13	Fellwar Stone Ramp synergy staple	$0.59	Into the Story Card Draw	Skip the new card Keep the old card
14	Baleful Mastery Tgt Removal synergy	$1.94	Lingering Souls Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
15	Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive Ramp synergy	$0.48	Hraesvelgr of the First Brood Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
16	Chromatic Lantern Ramp synergy staple	$0.43	Blue Mage's Cane Recursion	Skip the new card Keep the old card
17	Swiftfoot Boots Protection synergy staple fills a gap	$1.54	Torrential Gearhulk Recursion	Skip the new card Keep the old card
18	Aetherize Board Wipes synergy	$0.28	Rite of Replication Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
19	Tandem Lookout Card Draw synergy	$0.79	Cut a Deal Card Draw	Skip the new card Keep the old card
20	Cornered by Black Mages Tgt Removal synergy	$0.20	Reaper's Scythe Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
21	Painful Quandary Protection synergy fills a gap	$1.52	Sublime Epiphany Card Draw	Skip the new card Keep the old card
22	Stormscape Familiar Ramp synergy	$1.28	White Auracite Ramp	Skip the new card Keep the old card
23	Promise of Loyalty Board Wipes synergy	$0.29	Hypnotic Sprite // Mesmeric Glare Counterspells	Skip the new card Keep the old card
24	Press the Enemy Tgt Removal synergy	$0.54	Thancred Waters Protection	Skip the new card Keep the old card

Lands 6

$6.17

Lands to add, each with the card it replaces
#	Add	Price	Take out	Your call
1	Adarkar Wastes Lands synergy staple	$0.34	Ash Barrens Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
2	Caves of Koilos Lands synergy staple	$0.30	Idyllic Beachfront Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
3	Shattered Sanctum Lands synergy staple	$1.58	Contaminated Aquifer Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
4	Shipwreck Marsh Lands synergy staple	$1.42	Sunlit Marsh Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
5	Deserted Beach Lands synergy staple	$1.35	Plains Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
6	Bojuka Bog Lands synergy staple	$1.18	Swamp Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card

To change a swap, select another addition or keep the proposed cut, then update suggestions. Open each card to read its abilities.

Lands. 37 lands, as sold and after these swaps; typical builds run 37. Change the number of basics in the deck workspace.

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Compare deck statistics

What the upgrade changes.

The deck as sold compared with the upgraded deck
Statistic	As sold	Upgraded
Singles value	$56.73	$74.08
Average mana value	3.38	3.14
Game Changers	0	0
Combos	0	0
Deck match	77%	85%

Mana curve

Mana value 0: 0 as sold, 0 upgraded
Mana value 1: 3 as sold, 5 upgraded
Mana value 2: 17 as sold, 13 upgraded
Mana value 3: 17 as sold, 23 upgraded
Mana value 4: 14 as sold, 16 upgraded
Mana value 5: 6 as sold, 4 upgraded
Mana value 6: 4 as sold, 1 upgraded
Mana value 7+: 2 as sold, 1 upgraded

Each pair of bars is the deck as sold (gray) and the upgraded deck (blue). The curve and the average cover Y'shtola, Night's Blessed and every nonland card. Game Changers are the cards on the official Commander Game Changers list. Combos are the two- to four-card combos from Commander Spellbook that the 100 cards hold every piece of. Deck match says how much of what this commander’s decks usually play the list captures.

Roles

Cards per role: as sold, typical for this commander, and upgraded
Role	As sold	Typical	Upgraded
Lands	37	37	37
Ramp	12	14	16
Card draw	16	14	13
Targeted removal	7	9	13
Board wipes	3	2	4
Counterspells	1	4	4
Protection	3	5	4
Tutors	1	1	1

Typical is the median count across this commander’s decks. Each card counts toward its main role only. A swap never takes a role below 80% of its typical count unless the new card fills the same role.