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| Format | Legality |
| Archenemy | Legal |
| Casual | Legal |
| Commander: Rule 0 | Legal |
| Custom | Legal |
| Limited | Legal |
| Planechase | Legal |
| Quest Magic | Legal |
| Unformat | Legal |
| Vanguard | Legal |
Surgeon General Commander
Legendary Creature — Wombat Bat Chameleon
Whenever you augment, enchant or mutate a creature you control, draw a card.
:Add , , , , or .
Grends27 on
Ramos, Mutate Engine! Wait, what?
1 year ago
Great build! I’ve been working on doing a 5-coloured mutate deck with Surgeon General Commander as my commander, but I had trouble ramping it fast enough to keep up with the table.
Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief is great with mutate (even in the 99) as every time you mutate another creature, you can copy that mutation onto Ivy and have 2 big boys instead of 1.
TypicalTimmy on Commander without the Legendary Rule
2 years ago
I've also build a Brutal Hordechief deck online before. That was a lot of fun.
Captivating Vampire can be loads of fun if you enjoy losing friends.
Chromanticore is one I've always wanted to build. Maybe a Mutate / Aura deck. I've tried that in the past with Surgeon General Commander, but I couldn't get it to work.
TypicalTimmy on New Format: Rule 0
2 years ago
Thanks to the work of tiffanyann for this idea.
We often talk about "Rule 0"; What your deck does, what it's power level is, who your Commander is, if there are any infinite combos, etc.
But sometimes, Rule 0 is to ask the table if using an Unset Commander is okay. If using a Legendary Enchantment or Artifact or Planeswalker in the Command Zone is okay. If running Gisela, the Broken Blade Meld Partnered with Bruna, the Fading Light Meld is okay. Other examples are Stitcher Geralf and Ghoulcaller Gisa as Partners, or Hans Eriksson and Saffi Eriksdotter. Maybe you want to run Sword of Dungeons & Dragons in your D&D themed set. Maybe you want to run Surgeon General Commander. But there's more; Sometimes you want to play with a banned card. Maybe you have this killer Griselbrand build and want to see if it can withstand three opponents.
Rule 0 is important. It doesn't often "require" its own hub, but there are times when it could be useful. And, if the community accepts it as a unique hub, it could also open up more creativity because it pushes up against the boundaries of the RC.
After all, as long as your table is okay with it, then it's fine. If your table is fine with you running Iona, Shield of Emeria or Primevals' Glorious Rebirth, Garruk, Apex Predator or Grimlock, Dinobot Leader Flip then there is absolutely no reason why you can't or shouldn't be able to. All of these are not legal for use as Commanders within the Command Zone, but if your table is okay with it, then suddenly they are. Similarly, Iona and Grimlock can't be in the deck, even in the +99. If your table is okay with it, then it's fine.
Similarly, sometimes players build decks that run non-legendary creatures as Commanders. One very popular build is Shaman of the Great Hunt, and to a lesser extent Brutal Hordechief. In fact, one of the most popular decks on this site itself would be classified as Rule 0: Dune: He Who Can Destroy a Thing, Controls a Thing, by FenIsABasicSwamp.
So with that said, I propose Rule 0 as a hub. Since we need to be able to describe it in one or two short sentences;
- "There are many rules to EDH. Rule 0 decks ask the table beforehand if it is okay to run silver-bordered cards, banned cards or cards that would otherwise be 'illegal' in the Command Zone."
TypicalTimmy on Unique Commanders
2 years ago
I tried to build a Surgeon General Commander when Ikoria came out but it wasn't very good because I couldn't find a balance. I was using creatures with Bestow to "stuff" more auras into the deck. It than gave me creatures if need be, or auras when needed.
The issue is it became extremely fragile. Having two or three creatures on board, does not a good deck make. And if you wanted to try and hold out for massive threats to pump up, the issue became once they are removed, your whole plan falls apart.
I know Bestow creatures become creatures if the host they were enchanting as an aura dies, but overall it just became too much of a headache to try and playtest.
PIayswithFlRE on Card creation challenge
3 years ago
The Inspector Commander
Legendary Creature - Human Spy
The first time you surveil, scry, or investigate each turn, draw a card
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2/4
Continue turning Surgeon General Commander into a cycle, potentially including a version
Phostration on
The Surgeon General Agrees
3 years ago
Rorolith haha yea. Apparently Surgeon General Commander is banned in every format, EVEN CASUAL, so its whatever
Dom171 on
Ġệńöṃïċ Ïńṩẗäḅïŀïẗÿ (5 Ċöŀöŕ Ṃüẗäẗệ)
3 years ago
Hi, Nice deck. As I live in China (Ikoria released in paper last month), I've been playing my 5c mutate deck for awhile now. My playgroup has allowed me to use Surgeon General Commander. It's done quite well and mutate is a lot of fun.
You are right about hexproof. I recommend adding Slippery Bogle and Gladecover Scout. They are great bases for mutate.
