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: 09/04/2025, 09:59.
| Letter | Insane | Strict | Relaxed | Name Only |
|---|
| a | 0 cards | 0 cards | 12 cards, r=13774 | 6750 cards👤, r=213 |
| b | 4377 cards👤, r=158 | 5205 cards👤, r=148 | 5507 cards👤, r=148 | 22390 cards👤, r=65 |
| c | 137 cards👤, r=7171 | 162 cards👤, r=4442 | 431 cards👤, r=748 | 17565 cards👤, r=89 |
| d | 228 cards, r=5758 | 327 cards, r=4177 | 407 cards👤, r=3352 | 16387 cards👤, r=90 |
| e | 8 cards, r=263 | 12 cards, r=3217 | 23 cards, r=6765 | 4709 cards👤, r=205 |
| f | 1119 cards👤, r=400 | 1218 cards👤, r=385 | 1450 cards👤, r=286 | 20783 cards👤, r=72 |
| g | 1089 cards, r=165 | 1315 cards, r=155 | 1464 cards👤, r=147 | 17993 cards👤, r=77 |
| h | 316 cards👤, r=595 | 413 cards👤, r=416 | 475 cards👤, r=405 | 16723 cards👤, r=83 |
| i | 44 cards, r=10678 | 82 cards👤, r=9325 | 136 cards👤, r=4873 | 9336 cards👤, r=149 |
| j | 22836 cards👤, r=56 | 26389 cards👤, r=56 | 26457 cards👤, r=56 | 27934 cards👤, r=56 |
| k | 7638 cards👤, r=69 | 9575 cards👤, r=66 | 10045 cards👤, r=66 | 23232 cards👤, r=60 |
| l | 116 cards, r=10815 | 175 cards, r=7133 | 229 cards👤, r=3664 | 12863 cards👤, r=107 |
| m | 1120 cards👤, r=426 | 1576 cards👤, r=352 | 2390 cards👤, r=268 | 18973 cards👤, r=82 |
| n | 5 cards, r=12733 | 22 cards, r=11971 | 60 cards👤, r=8808 | 9922 cards👤, r=136 |
| o | 28 cards, r=5666 | 48 cards👤, r=7795 | 62 cards👤, r=8718 | 10092 cards👤, r=167 |
| p | 2073 cards👤, r=357 | 2517 cards👤, r=321 | 2657 cards👤, r=296 | 21003 cards👤, r=75 |
| q | 25100 cards👤, r=60 | 25295 cards👤, r=60 | 25311 cards👤, r=60 | 28252 cards👤, r=56 |
| r | 6 cards, r=509 | 7 cards, r=7888 | 22 cards👤, r=9963 | 5884 cards👤, r=213 |
| s | 32 cards👤, r=9444 | 50 cards👤, r=9120 | 77 cards👤, r=10037 | 10821 cards👤, r=153 |
| t | 8 cards👤, r=13383 | 10 cards👤, r=12134 | 25 cards👤, r=14562 | 9954 cards👤, r=168 |
| u | 186 cards, r=2850 | 223 cards, r=1957 | 443 cards👤, r=1043 | 18430 cards👤, r=76 |
| v | 6500 cards👤, r=84 | 7658 cards👤, r=84 | 7810 cards👤, r=84 | 23598 cards👤, r=64 |
| w | 2725 cards👤, r=160 | 3131 cards👤, r=151 | 3335 cards👤, r=145 | 23578 cards👤, r=72 |
| x | 20061 cards👤, r=65 | 20769 cards👤, r=65 | 20918 cards👤, r=65 | 27581 cards👤, r=58 |
| y | 1159 cards👤, r=644 | 1412 cards👤, r=556 | 1592 cards👤, r=508 | 23853 cards👤, r=65 |
| z | 21998 cards👤, r=57 | 23982 cards👤, r=57 | 25434 cards👤, r=57 | 27449 cards👤, r=55 |
Insane: letter is not in name, typeline, text box, or artist.
Strict: letter is not in name, typeline, text box.
Relaxed: letter is not in name or text box.
Name Only: letter is not in name.