Magic: the Gathering Lipogrammatic Commander Resource
What's a Lipogram?
Wikipedia describes a lipogram as:
A lipogram (from Ancient Greek: λειπογράμματος, leipográmmatos, "leaving out a letter")
is a kind of constrained writing or word game consisting of writing paragraphs or longer works
in which a particular letter or group of letters is avoided. Extended Ancient Greek texts avoiding
the letter sigma are the earliest examples of lipograms.
Introduction
Ever wanted to build a deck without using a certain letter? This page may help!
Unfortunately, the scryfall feeds just give me the oracle text for a card not the text on the actual printed card;
so use this page as a springboard for your investigations.
Data source: Scryfall bulk data feeds generated on: 09/02/2025, 10:23.
| Letter | Insane | Strict | Relaxed | Name Only |
|---|
| a | 1 cards, r=20008 | 17 cards, r=14535 | 296 cards👤, r=11860 | 6697 cards👤, r=318 |
| b | 4455 cards👤, r=251 | 10516 cards👤, r=197 | 11354 cards👤, r=196 | 22159 cards👤, r=105 |
| c | 82 cards, r=13833 | 203 cards, r=15133 | 1900 cards👤, r=1890 | 17375 cards👤, r=139 |
| d | 286 cards, r=5045 | 1930 cards, r=1741 | 2482 cards👤, r=1349 | 16232 cards👤, r=135 |
| e | 8 cards, r=22 | 36 cards, r=11079 | 229 cards👤, r=11680 | 4685 cards👤, r=328 |
| f | 1277 cards👤, r=1164 | 4167 cards👤, r=639 | 5057 cards👤, r=432 | 20554 cards👤, r=119 |
| g | 1106 cards, r=487 | 3159 cards, r=306 | 3649 cards👤, r=290 | 17825 cards👤, r=125 |
| h | 362 cards👤, r=3144 | 2498 cards👤, r=680 | 3186 cards👤, r=614 | 16556 cards👤, r=141 |
| i | 68 cards👤, r=10859 | 601 cards👤, r=3826 | 1141 cards👤, r=1585 | 9239 cards👤, r=285 |
| j | 22598 cards👤, r=92 | 27455 cards👤, r=92 | 27538 cards👤, r=92 | 27640 cards👤, r=92 |
| k | 7396 cards👤, r=137 | 13908 cards👤, r=125 | 14671 cards👤, r=125 | 22998 cards👤, r=102 |
| l | 154 cards, r=6945 | 1009 cards, r=2079 | 1414 cards👤, r=1852 | 12715 cards👤, r=176 |
| m | 1204 cards👤, r=1233 | 4830 cards👤, r=384 | 7295 cards👤, r=277 | 18781 cards👤, r=130 |
| n | 9 cards, r=14803 | 356 cards, r=8108 | 750 cards👤, r=3986 | 9830 cards👤, r=230 |
| o | 45 cards👤, r=13391 | 629 cards👤, r=6371 | 948 cards👤, r=4413 | 10000 cards👤, r=258 |
| p | 2243 cards👤, r=589 | 6092 cards👤, r=429 | 6601 cards👤, r=417 | 20760 cards👤, r=122 |
| q | 24844 cards👤, r=102 | 25872 cards👤, r=102 | 25905 cards👤, r=102 | 27953 cards👤, r=91 |
| r | 9 cards, r=18097 | 29 cards, r=16635 | 284 cards👤, r=9361 | 5834 cards👤, r=342 |
| s | 37 cards👤, r=12313 | 594 cards👤, r=5469 | 970 cards👤, r=3238 | 10722 cards👤, r=246 |
| t | 12 cards, r=13061 | 38 cards, r=13983 | 578 cards👤, r=7213 | 9881 cards👤, r=267 |
| u | 242 cards, r=6798 | 723 cards, r=2382 | 2552 cards👤, r=1108 | 18248 cards👤, r=127 |
| v | 6312 cards👤, r=162 | 12154 cards👤, r=152 | 12469 cards👤, r=152 | 23356 cards👤, r=108 |
| w | 2596 cards👤, r=274 | 7167 cards👤, r=224 | 7811 cards👤, r=222 | 23329 cards👤, r=114 |
| x | 18997 cards👤, r=116 | 21923 cards👤, r=111 | 22253 cards👤, r=111 | 27284 cards👤, r=95 |
| y | 1304 cards, r=1312 | 5008 cards, r=710 | 5867 cards👤, r=598 | 23592 cards👤, r=106 |
| z | 21688 cards👤, r=94 | 24903 cards👤, r=94 | 26572 cards👤, r=94 | 27155 cards👤, r=92 |
Insane: letter is not in name, typeline, oracle text, reminder text, flavour text, or artist.
Strict: letter is not in name, typeline, oracle text.
Relaxed: letter is not in name or oracle text.
Name Only: letter is not in name.