Rhadamanthus

Q&A Decklord -

I'm Mike, from The Mana Pool.

I first learned to play around the release of Ice Age (1995-ish) and was strongly involved with playing casually and at local events until early 2020, when I had to back off for obvious reasons. I got back into playing a little bit in 2022 with a few prereleases and casual meet-ups here and there and I still enjoy keeping up with Magic news and new sets.

As a general rule, my deckbuilding is influenced far more than it should be by what I think would be "interesting/fun/funny" instead of what's probably the better choice of cards. The friend who first taught me how to play had a very strong philosophy of "Not every card is good, but pretty much any card can be made good" and the casual groups I spent the most time playing with over the years were always keen on figuring out how to make effective game plans from odd ideas. It was all immensely fun and it's still a big influence on my approach to the game.

I also tend to design and build strictly from my existing collection. If there's a good card for a deck that I don't have in a list, there's a good chance I don't own any, but please suggest it anyway so that maybe I'll remember to go out and find it.

I was a DCI-certified Rules Advisor under older versions of the Magic Judge program and I still keep up with new mechanics and rules changes. I'm the "rules guy" of my casual play group and I like to hang out in the Rules Q&A area here on Tapped Out. If you notice a mistake in one of my responses, don't be shy about pointing it out because above all else, I want whatever question I'm responding to to be answered correctly!

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Unfortunately, no, you won't be able to do that. In the detailed rules for what it means to "attach" something, there's a restriction that only Auras, Equipment and Fortifications can become attached to other objects. Your commander won't have the Equipment subtype in your example, so it can't be attached to anything. The relevant rule is quoted below, with the most important part for your question bolded.

701.3b If an effect tries to attach an Aura, Equipment, or Fortification to an object or player it can’t be attached to, the Aura, Equipment, or Fortification doesn’t move. If an effect tries to attach an Aura, Equipment, or Fortification to the object or player it’s already attached to, the effect does nothing. If an effect tries to attach an object that isn’t an Aura, Equipment, or Fortification to another object or player, the effect does nothing and the first object doesn’t move.

November 18, 2025 4:12 p.m.

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Stomphoof — Bishop2024 — panahinuva — somnolence — jars — TheJaceKid — cdannis5 — FWulf — tonyroomz — Sudain — Lortek — Agito9 — permhole96 — Forlorn — mafteechr — DapperDane — Thetytykid — shadowhaxor — DeadpoolMX360 — KorApprentice — ManaPoolChewie — mistergreen527 — Recalcitrant041 — Ohthenoises — Gambit — DelverOfSecrets — Mishraharad — TehPlutoKiss — Randerolph91 — Askani28 — indiexsunrise — shifterfox — Emrakool — DmXIII — Nightwing690 — HarbingerJK — Ekuryua — alexsmith21 — Galdor — Samurai1 — patrickloyd — PinballWitch — Devilsmage — zzzzsman — VioletBlaze — Its_Johnny_Bravo — StarkMaximum — WarCartographer — BlueEyesRedMage — merrowMania — alejandroaudio — eureka7 — kabrazell — professormystery — Cosmonautilis — thx1981 — KyrSolusoya — DRAGONLORDkolghan2 — C0rD3el — FancyTuesday — Wendigo4481 — Andramalech — jasonhuebner — SpaceNinja — StorkMSU — Cramble — planar_snap — Charles Smith — gograntgo — theflavorofred — Mondryn — gehhlima — DarkFreak777 — TheDynamiteKid9498 — chrismezzz — K1tfox501 — bip — Bosclone — Teele — Bigby669

MTG Decks

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Muldrotha, the Gravetide

Commander / EDH Rhadamanthus

109 VIEWS | IN 1 FOLDER

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Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer

Commander / EDH Rhadamanthus

SCORE: 4 | 7 COMMENTS | 1719 VIEWS | IN 1 FOLDER

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Fumiko the Lowblood

Commander / EDH Rhadamanthus

SCORE: 64 | 47 COMMENTS | 25429 VIEWS | IN 19 FOLDERS

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Dakkon Blackblade

Commander / EDH Rhadamanthus

SCORE: 10 | 33 COMMENTS | 8691 VIEWS | IN 2 FOLDERS

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5-Color

Casual Rhadamanthus

SCORE: 12 | 30 COMMENTS | 40898 VIEWS | IN 6 FOLDERS

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Scion of the Ur-Dragon

Commander / EDH Rhadamanthus

SCORE: 72 | 131 COMMENTS | 168844 VIEWS | IN 74 FOLDERS

Finished Decks 107
Prototype Decks 8
Drafts 2
Playing since Ice Age
Points 246
Avg. deck rating 10.65
T/O Rank 44
Helper Rank 83
Cards suggested / good suggestions 59 / 46
Venues Lucky's Card Shop, The Toy Factory
Cards Added/Fixed 10
Joined 15 years