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: 11/08/2026, 09:19.
| Letter | Insane | Strict | Relaxed | Name Only |
|---|
| a | 0 cards | 0 cards | 10 cards, r=15645 | 7378 cards👤, r=209 |
| b | 4650 cards👤, r=142 | 5504 cards👤, r=138 | 5861 cards👤, r=137 | 24701 cards👤, r=65 |
| c | 88 cards, r=6038 | 106 cards, r=5060 | 436 cards👤, r=769 | 19322 cards👤, r=89 |
| d | 240 cards👤, r=5596 | 342 cards👤, r=4252 | 433 cards👤, r=3298 | 18080 cards👤, r=91 |
| e | 9 cards, r=276 | 13 cards, r=946 | 25 cards, r=6999 | 5146 cards👤, r=203 |
| f | 1185 cards👤, r=404 | 1288 cards👤, r=391 | 1546 cards👤, r=271 | 23064 cards👤, r=73 |
| g | 1157 cards, r=164 | 1393 cards, r=155 | 1582 cards👤, r=147 | 19866 cards👤, r=78 |
| h | 324 cards👤, r=458 | 416 cards👤, r=373 | 506 cards👤, r=364 | 18476 cards👤, r=82 |
| i | 44 cards👤, r=10609 | 83 cards👤, r=9878 | 144 cards👤, r=4578 | 10180 cards👤, r=143 |
| j | 25292 cards👤, r=56 | 29097 cards👤, r=56 | 29245 cards👤, r=56 | 30900 cards👤, r=56 |
| k | 8330 cards👤, r=67 | 10426 cards👤, r=67 | 10996 cards👤, r=67 | 25663 cards👤, r=60 |
| l | 114 cards👤, r=11071 | 170 cards👤, r=6682 | 234 cards👤, r=3072 | 14188 cards👤, r=107 |
| m | 1195 cards👤, r=396 | 1689 cards👤, r=320 | 2600 cards👤, r=245 | 20763 cards👤, r=80 |
| n | 7 cards, r=10257 | 24 cards, r=11304 | 64 cards👤, r=8771 | 10826 cards👤, r=136 |
| o | 30 cards, r=6513 | 49 cards👤, r=8536 | 64 cards👤, r=9490 | 11028 cards👤, r=164 |
| p | 2202 cards👤, r=345 | 2666 cards👤, r=313 | 2821 cards👤, r=290 | 23158 cards👤, r=76 |
| q | 27594 cards👤, r=59 | 27801 cards👤, r=59 | 27819 cards👤, r=59 | 31231 cards👤, r=56 |
| r | 6 cards, r=612 | 7 cards, r=8695 | 23 cards👤, r=10536 | 6489 cards👤, r=209 |
| s | 31 cards👤, r=10740 | 51 cards👤, r=11350 | 78 cards👤, r=10747 | 11854 cards👤, r=151 |
| t | 7 cards, r=5371 | 9 cards, r=9461 | 25 cards👤, r=15171 | 10853 cards👤, r=164 |
| u | 185 cards, r=2512 | 217 cards, r=1853 | 468 cards👤, r=928 | 20254 cards👤, r=76 |
| v | 7018 cards👤, r=79 | 8249 cards👤, r=79 | 8427 cards👤, r=79 | 26120 cards👤, r=64 |
| w | 2887 cards👤, r=148 | 3305 cards👤, r=144 | 3541 cards👤, r=139 | 26052 cards👤, r=71 |
| x | 21950 cards👤, r=64 | 22705 cards👤, r=64 | 22976 cards👤, r=64 | 30535 cards👤, r=58 |
| y | 1199 cards👤, r=602 | 1461 cards👤, r=501 | 1687 cards👤, r=466 | 26311 cards👤, r=64 |
| z | 24356 cards👤, r=57 | 26536 cards👤, r=57 | 28224 cards👤, r=57 | 30371 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.