Jared Carthalion is a Legendary Planeswalker that costs {W}{U}{B}{R}{G}. Its +1 creates a 3/3 Kavu creature token with trample that is all colors, its -3 puts a number of +1/+1 counters on up to two target creatures equal to the number of colors each one is, and its -6 returns target multicolored card from your graveyard to your hand, and if that card was all colors you draw a card and create two Treasure tokens. It can be your commander.

The precon already has the five-color creatures and Iridian Maelstrom. Each swap below pairs a cut with an add, and every card is scored with the same numbers the Oracle uses to build decks: synergy and inclusion from the Jared Carthalion decks, plus lift, which shows how much more often a card turns up in Jared Carthalion decks than in decks that could play it.

Looking for the unmodified list first? Read the Painbow precon guide.

12
Swaps
$16.99
Cost of the adds
39→39
Lands
11→25
Avg Oracle score

What is holding the deck back

Not enough multicolored payoffs

General Ferrous Rokiric, Brokers Ascendancy, Tome of the Guildpact and Infinite Guideline Station all reward multicolored spells or permanents, and Leyline of the Guildpact makes every nonland permanent you control all colors. They are among the top-scoring cards the precon leaves out.

Too many sweepers

Time Wipe, Duneblast, Lavalanche, Radiant Flames, Iridian Maelstrom and Merciless Eviction all clear creatures. Time Wipe and Radiant Flames are each played in about one Jared Carthalion deck in ten or fewer.

Tapped lands outside the lists

Bad River is not a card Jared Carthalion, and the deck has 39 lands plus several land-fetch spells decks usually play. Lands that help cast planeswalkers do more than a land that enters tapped.

The 12 swaps

Each pair shows the numbers for the card coming out and the card going in. Click a card image to zoom.

Swap 1 of 12
Radiant Flames
Cut
Radiant Flames
Sorcery · 2R
Inclusion8%
Synergy8%
Lift8.0×+
Oracle score 8
General Ferrous Rokiric
Add
General Ferrous Rokiric
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier · 1RW
Inclusion34%
Synergy31%
Lift8.0×+
Oracle score 33

Radiant Flames is a three-mana sorcery that deals X damage to each creature, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast it. It is played in about one Jared Carthalion deck in twelve.

General Ferrous Rokiric is a 3/1 Human Soldier for {1}{R}{W} with hexproof from monocolored. Whenever you cast a multicolored spell, you create a 4/4 red and white Golem artifact creature token. A three-drop that makes a 4/4 for every multicolored spell, and the highest-scoring card the precon leaves out.

Swap 2 of 12
Echoing Truth
Cut
Echoing Truth
Instant · 1U
Inclusion9%
Synergy8%
Lift8.0×+
Oracle score 8
Omnath, Locus of All
Add
Omnath, Locus of All
Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Elemental · WUB/PRG
Inclusion31%
Synergy29%
Lift8.0×+
Oracle score 30

Echoing Truth is a two-mana instant that returns target nonland permanent and all others with the same name to their owners' hands. It is played in about one Jared Carthalion deck in eleven.

Omnath, Locus of All is a 4/4 for {W}{U}{B/P}{R}{G}. At the beginning of your first main phase you look at the top card of your library. If it has three or more colored mana symbols in its mana cost you may reveal it to add three mana in any combination of its colors, and either way it goes into your hand. A five-color creature that draws an extra card each turn.

Swap 3 of 12
Path to the World Tree
Cut
Path to the World Tree
Enchantment · 1G
Inclusion9%
Synergy9%
Lift8.0×+
Oracle score 9
Brokers Ascendancy
Add
Brokers Ascendancy
Enchantment · GWU
Inclusion30%
Synergy28%
Lift8.0×+
Oracle score 29

Path to the World Tree is a two-mana enchantment that fetches a basic land to your hand, and it can be sacrificed for {2}{W}{U}{B}{R}{G} for a pile of effects. It is played in about one Jared Carthalion deck in eleven.

Brokers Ascendancy costs {G}{W}{U}. At the beginning of your end step you put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control and a loyalty counter on each planeswalker you control. A three-mana enchantment that makes the board and Jared bigger every turn.

Swap 4 of 12
Zaxara, the Exemplary
Cut
Zaxara, the Exemplary
Legendary Creature — Nightmare Hydra · 1BGU
Inclusion10%
Synergy9%
Lift8.0×+
Oracle score 9
Ramos, Dragon Engine
Add
Ramos, Dragon Engine
Legendary Artifact Creature — Dragon · 6
Inclusion32%
Synergy26%
Lift5.6×
Oracle score 28

Zaxara, the Exemplary is a 2/3 deathtouch creature for {1}{B}{G}{U} that makes Hydra tokens when you cast spells with {X} in their cost. It is played in about one Jared Carthalion deck in ten.

Ramos, Dragon Engine is a 4/4 flying Dragon artifact creature for {6}. Whenever you cast a spell it gets a +1/+1 counter for each of that spell's colors, and removing five counters adds {W}{W}{U}{U}{B}{B}{R}{R}{G}{G} once each turn. A colorless creature that grows fastest on five-color spells and pays you back in mana.

Swap 5 of 12
Time Wipe
Cut
Time Wipe
Sorcery · 2WWU
Inclusion12%
Synergy10%
Lift7.5×
Oracle score 11
Elspeth, Sun's Champion
Add
Elspeth, Sun's Champion
Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth · 4WW
Inclusion16%
Synergy14%
Lift8.0×+
Oracle score 15

Time Wipe is a five-mana sorcery that returns a creature you control to your hand, then destroys all creatures. It is played in about one Jared Carthalion deck in eight.

Elspeth, Sun's Champion is a six-mana planeswalker. Its +1 creates three 1/1 Soldier creature tokens, its -3 destroys all creatures with power 4 or greater, and its -7 gives your creatures +2/+2 and flying. A planeswalker that makes a board and has a sweeper that spares small creatures.

Swap 6 of 12
Selvala, Explorer Returned
Cut
Selvala, Explorer Returned
Legendary Creature — Elf Scout · 1GW
Inclusion12%
Synergy11%
Lift8.0×+
Oracle score 11
Infinite Guideline Station
Add
Infinite Guideline Station
Legendary Artifact — Spacecraft · WUBRG
Inclusion27%
Synergy25%
Lift8.0×+
Oracle score 26

Selvala, Explorer Returned is a 2/4 for {1}{G}{W} that adds {G} and gains life for each nonland card revealed, and gives every player a card. It is played in about one Jared Carthalion deck in eight.

Infinite Guideline Station is a Legendary Artifact Spacecraft for {W}{U}{B}{R}{G}. When it enters it creates a tapped 2/2 colorless Robot artifact creature token for each multicolored permanent you control, and at 12 or more charge counters it becomes a 7/15 flier that draws a card for each multicolored permanent whenever it attacks. A five-color artifact that makes a team on the spot.

Swap 7 of 12
Atla Palani, Nest Tender
Cut
Atla Palani, Nest Tender
Legendary Creature — Human Shaman · 1RGW
Inclusion13%
Synergy12%
Lift8.0×+
Oracle score 12
Tome of the Guildpact
Add
Tome of the Guildpact
Artifact — Book · 5
Inclusion22%
Synergy20%
Lift8.0×+
Oracle score 21

Atla Palani, Nest Tender is a four-mana creature that makes 0/1 Eggs that put a creature onto the battlefield when they die. It is played in about one Jared Carthalion deck in eight.

Tome of the Guildpact costs {5}. Whenever you cast a multicolored spell you draw a card, and it taps for one mana of any color. A rock that draws a card for nearly every spell in the deck.

Swap 8 of 12
Abundant Growth
Cut
Abundant Growth
Enchantment — Aura · G
Inclusion16%
Synergy13%
Lift6.7×
Oracle score 14
Leyline of the Guildpact
Add
Leyline of the Guildpact
Enchantment · G/WG/UB/GR/G
Inclusion46%
Synergy32%
Lift3.4×
Oracle score 38

Abundant Growth is a one-mana Aura that draws a card and makes a land tap for any color. It is played in about one Jared Carthalion deck in six.

Leyline of the Guildpact costs {G/W}{G/U}{B/G}{R/G}, and if it is in your opening hand you may begin the game with it on the battlefield. Each nonland permanent you control is all colors, and your lands are every basic land type. It fixes your mana and makes every creature all colors, so Jared's -3 puts five counters on each.

Swap 9 of 12
Search for Tomorrow
Cut
Search for Tomorrow
Sorcery · 2G
Inclusion16%
Synergy15%
Lift8.0×+
Oracle score 15
The Kami War // O-Kagachi Made Manifest
Add
The Kami War // O-Kagachi Made Manifest
Enchantment — Saga // Enchantment Creature — Dragon Spirit · 1WUBRG
Inclusion24%
Synergy20%
Lift5.5×
Oracle score 21

Search for Tomorrow is a three-mana sorcery that puts a basic land onto the battlefield, and it has suspend. It is played in about one Jared Carthalion deck in six.

The Kami War is a Saga for {1}{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}. Chapter I exiles target nonland permanent an opponent controls, chapter II returns another nonland permanent to its owner's hand and makes each opponent discard a card, and chapter III turns it into O-Kagachi Made Manifest, an all-color flying, trample Dragon Spirit. A removal spell that becomes a threat.

Swap 10 of 12
Archelos, Lagoon Mystic
Cut
Archelos, Lagoon Mystic
Legendary Creature — Turtle Shaman · 1BGU
Inclusion16%
Synergy15%
Lift8.0×+
Oracle score 15
Aragorn, the Uniter
Add
Aragorn, the Uniter
Legendary Creature — Human Noble · RGWU
Inclusion26%
Synergy23%
Lift7.8×
Oracle score 24

Archelos, Lagoon Mystic is a 2/4 for {1}{B}{G}{U} that makes other permanents enter tapped or untapped depending on whether it is tapped. It is played in about one Jared Carthalion deck in six.

Aragorn, the Uniter is a 5/5 for {R}{G}{W}{U}. Whenever you cast a white spell you create a 1/1 Human Soldier, a blue spell scries 2, a red spell deals 3 damage to target opponent, and a green spell gives a creature +4/+4. A four-drop that pays you for every spell you cast.

Swap 11 of 12
Explosive Vegetation
Cut
Explosive Vegetation
Sorcery · 3G
Inclusion16%
Synergy14%
Lift8.0×+
Oracle score 15
Conflux
Add
Conflux
Sorcery · 3WUBRG
Inclusion19%
Synergy17%
Lift7.8×
Oracle score 18

Explosive Vegetation is a four-mana sorcery that puts two basic lands onto the battlefield tapped. It is played in about one Jared Carthalion deck in six.

Conflux is a {3}{W}{U}{B}{R}{G} sorcery that searches your library for a white card, a blue card, a black card, a red card and a green card and puts them into your hand. It is also a multicolored spell, so it triggers every payoff above. A five-card tutor for the cost of eight mana.

Swap 12 of 12
Bad River
Cut
Bad River
Land
Not a card this commander's decks usually play, so it scores below the cards that are
Interplanar Beacon
Add
Interplanar Beacon
Land
Inclusion14%
Synergy13%
Lift8.0×+
Oracle score 13

Bad River enters tapped and sacrifices itself to fetch an Island or Swamp. It is not a card Jared Carthalion decks usually play.

Interplanar Beacon taps for {C}, gains you 1 life whenever you cast a planeswalker spell, and for {1} and a tap adds two mana of different colors to cast planeswalker spells. A land that fixes for Jared and every other planeswalker in the deck.

The full swap list

Cut

  • Radiant Flames
  • Echoing Truth
  • Path to the World Tree
  • Zaxara, the Exemplary
  • Time Wipe
  • Selvala, Explorer Returned
  • Atla Palani, Nest Tender
  • Abundant Growth
  • Search for Tomorrow
  • Archelos, Lagoon Mystic
  • Explosive Vegetation
  • Bad River

Add

  • General Ferrous Rokiric
  • Omnath, Locus of All
  • Brokers Ascendancy
  • Ramos, Dragon Engine
  • Elspeth, Sun's Champion
  • Infinite Guideline Station
  • Tome of the Guildpact
  • Leyline of the Guildpact
  • The Kami War
  • Aragorn, the Uniter
  • Conflux
  • Interplanar Beacon

What to keep

These cards are doing the deck's heavy lifting. Do not cut them.

If you want to spend more

These are strong but sit outside a budget upgrade. Prices are the cheapest paper printing.

The verdict

Painbow already has the five-color creatures, the fixing and Iridian Maelstrom. The upgrade is cheap multicolored payoffs, permanents that are all colors and planeswalker support, in place of sweepers, land fetch and tapped lands. These twelve swaps cost about $17 in total.

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best upgrades for the Painbow precon?

Using data from 5,080 Jared Carthalion decks, the highest-scoring additions are Leyline of the Guildpact (for Abundant Growth), General Ferrous Rokiric (for Radiant Flames) and Omnath, Locus of All (for Echoing Truth). The full list has 12 swaps, each scored with synergy, inclusion and lift.

How much does it cost to upgrade Painbow?

All 12 swaps cost about $16.99 at the cheapest paper printings (TCGplayer market prices via Scryfall, 2026-10-28). If you want to spend more, the guide also covers Timeless Lotus ($3.47) and The World Tree ($7.21).

What should I cut from Painbow?

The weakest cards for this commander are Bad River, Radiant Flames and Echoing Truth. The guide explains the reason for every cut, and swaps each one for a card that scores higher.

Which cards should I keep in Painbow?

Keep Faeburrow Elder, Maelstrom Archangel, Iridian Maelstrom, Knight of New Alara and Two-Headed Hellkite. These are the cards doing the deck's heavy lifting.

What does Jared Carthalion do?

Jared Carthalion is a Legendary Planeswalker that costs {W}{U}{B}{R}{G}. Its +1 creates a 3/3 Kavu creature token with trample that is all colors, its -3 puts a number of +1/+1 counters on up to two target creatures equal to the number of colors each one is, and its -6 returns target multicolored card from your graveyard to your hand, and if that card was all colors you draw a card and create two Treasure tokens. It can be your commander.

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How the numbers work

Inclusion is the share of Jared Carthalion decks (5,080 of them when this was written, 2026-10-28) that play the card. Synergy is how much more often they play it than other decks in the same colours. Oracle score is synergy × 0.6 plus inclusion × 0.4, the same blend The Oracle uses to rank cards for a deck. Lift compares how often the card appears in these decks with how often it could, capped at 8× here; it is shown for context and does not change the score.

Two cautions. Players who run the precon unmodified count as Jared Carthalion decks, which flatters every card the precon contains. Lift is high for many multicolored cards because few decks play them outside a five-color deck, so use lift to compare cards, not to judge one in isolation. A card the commander's decks do not usually play counts as 0 in the average score. Prices are the cheapest non-foil paper printing on TCGplayer (via Scryfall), in USD, and move daily.