Both 2007's Lorwyn and 2026's Lorwyn Eclipsed sets lives and dies by its tribes, which differ depending on the colors of mana. But, one of the glues that keeps things together are the colorless cards: yes, artifacts and lands. If your deck is trying to go wide, go tall, or go strange then these are the cards that can make your engine hum.

Let's dive in!

Chronicle of Victory

Chronicle of Victory is a typal or kindred deck's dream: it buffs your entire board and nets you a card every time you cast a spell of a chosen creature type.

+2/+2, first strike, and trample is a serious combination. It turns small creatures into real threats and large creatures into problems that must be answered immediately. The draw trigger pushes it over the top.

This card fits best in decks that commit hard to a tribe and want their top-end to feel inevitable rather than explosive.

Key cards that pair well:

• Kindred Discovery - Doubling down on card draw ensures that once Chronicle of Victory resolves, you do not run out of gas.
• Vanquisher's Banner - Stacking tribal anthems compounds pressure and turns every creature spell into value.
• Morophon, the Boundless - Not sure what creature type to run? Morophon is unsure, too!

Mirrormind Crown

Mirrormind Crown is one of those Equipment designs that gets Commander players to immediately start crafting. Experienced players know that token shenanigans can get pretty insane and the Crown is definitely one more piece to play with that makes things go crazy.

Key cards that pair well:

• Bitterblossom - A classic from Lorwyn that gives you a token each turn which can steadily supply Mirrormind Crown.
• Nesting Dovehawk - Populate on a 2/2 flyer that grows whenever a token enters your side of the battlefield? Yes please.
• Terror of the Peaks - Copying a creature that deals damage on entry turns combat into a burn spell.

Gathering Stone

Gathering Stone is a four mana role-player that does a lot of work in the background. Choosing a creature type on entry and reducing spell costs is already useful, but the upkeep trigger is where the card earns its slot.

Filtering the top of your library for tribe-specific cards adds consistency to decks that want to hit a critical mass of creatures. Putting non-matching cards into the graveyard also feeds recursion and graveyard synergies without costing a draw.

Key cards that pair well:

• Herald's Horn - Cost reduction plus card selection stacks cleanly and smooths out tribal curves.
• Sensei's Divining Top - Manipulating the top of your library ensures Gathering Stone hits what you want.
• Wort, Boggart Auntie - With this momma goblin's ability, you can even get back any Goblin you threw to the graveyard.

Eclipsed Realms

Eclipsed Realms is exactly the kind of land kindred decks have been waiting for. Choosing a creature type on entry and then fixing mana specifically for that type makes multicolored elf, faerie, giant, goblin, kithkin, merfolk, and treefolk decks far less painful to build.

The restriction on mana usage matters far less in decks that are already creature-centric. In those shells, Eclipsed Realms function as perfect fixing.

Key cards that pair well:

• Ashling, the Limitless - five-color elementals will be a tiny bit easier with Eclipsed Realms.
• Cavern of Souls - Naming the same creature type doubles down on protection and consistency.
• Realmwalker - Casting creatures from the top of your library keeps the pressure on and the cards flowing.

Wickersmith's Tools

Wickersmith's Tools is a build-around artifact that rewards counter manipulation and creature death. Turning -1/-1 counters into charge counters opens up lines that feel both thematic and powerful.

This is mana fixing early game and a late game army-in-a-can.

Key cards that pair well:

• Yawgmoth, Thran Physician - Placing counters becomes a resource rather than a drawback.
• High Perfect Morcant - This elf noble's ability to put counters is easy to trigger and will interact really well with Wickersmith's Tools.
• Reaper King - Possibly the only card that buffs Scarecrows specifically and positively still one of the coolest commanders around.

Abundant Countryside

Abundant Countryside does a lot in creature based strategies. As a land, it fixes mana cleanly. As a late-game mana sink, it produces changeling tokens that slot into any kindred strategy.

The ability to create a creature that counts as every creature type gives this land relevance in nearly every tribal deck in the set.

Key cards that pair well:

• Maralen, Fae Ascendant - Triggering this elf faerie's ETB and stealing spells is easy with this land.
• Risen Reef - Card draw or ramp from interacting with this elemental is absurd value.
• Kindred Discovery - This card is seriously amazing for kindred decks.

Choice Colorless Cuts

The artifacts and lands in Lorwyn Eclipsed fit very well in established strategies for Commander like kindred. These cards are not flashy finishers or one-turn blowouts but they are the pieces that make decks function better, smoother, and more consistently.

If the set's creature types are the heart of Lorwyn, these colorless cards are the connective tissue. They make everything else work. Want more color in your life? Check out my other articles on the best Lorwyn Eclipsed cards for your 99 from blue, white, red, black, and green.