Mana Bases


Sample Mana Bases by color combination.
I offer a "Normal" and a "Budget" version. For "Budget", I cut any card worth more than around $3 TCG mid, and replace with something else.
Of course these builds are just a suggestion, without any information about your deck. The color balance and basic lands can be adjusted; I give an "Other Ideas" section at the bottom of each page.
 
Below are some peculiarities in my mana bases. I will say up front that these are not great for "CEDH"; I'm not trying to show super-fast mana bases here.
• I don't mind if some of my lands come into play tapped. This means I run tri-lands and Triomes. Also, as an experiment, I am currently running a lot of the Zendikar Rising double-faced "Spell lands".
• I don't normally run fetches. (I dislike extra shuffling.)
• I don't care if my ramp costs 4 or more mana. (Some people insist on running only 2 CMC mana ramp, like Signets, Rampant Growth, Farseek, etc.)
• I tend to run Unstable Obelisk, Midnight Clock, and Lockets a lot in my mana bases. (I like to hide card draw / destruction in my mana ramp if possible.)
 
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Pick your color combination:

Group Normal Budget
0 Color Colorless Colorless
1 Color B (Mono-Black) B (Mono-Black)
U (Mono-Blue) U (Mono-Blue)
G (Mono-Green) G (Mono-Green)
R (Mono-Red) R (Mono-Red)
W (Mono-White) W (Mono-White)
2 Color Adjacent BU (Dimir) BU (Dimir)
BR (Rakdos) BR (Rakdos)
UW (Azorius) UW (Azorius)
GR (Gruul) GR (Gruul)
GW (Selesnya) GW (Selesnya)
2 Color Opposite BG (Golgari) BG (Golgari)
BW (Orzhov) BW (Orzhov)
UG (Simic) UG (Simic)
UR (Izzet) UR (Izzet)
RW (Boros) RW (Boros)
3 Color Shard BUR (Grixis) BUR (Grixis)
BUW (Esper) BUW (Esper)
BGR (Jund) BGR (Jund)
UGW (Bant) UGW (Bant)
GRW (Naya) GRW (Naya)
3 Color Wedge BUG (Sultai) BUG (Sultai)
BGW (Abzan) BGW (Abzan)
BRW (Mardu) BRW (Mardu)
UGR (Temur) UGR (Temur)
URW (Jeskai) URW (Jeskai)
4 Color BUGR (Glint-Eye) BUGR (Glint-Eye)
BUGW (Witch-Maw) BUGW (Witch-Maw)
BURW (Yore-Tiller) BURW (Yore-Tiller)
BGRW (Dune-Brood) BGRW (Dune-Brood)
UGRW (Ink-Treader) UGRW (Ink-Treader)
5 Color BUGRW BUGRW