Blanka, the Tropical Hazard

Commander / EDH Heroic Mutate RG (Gruul) Trample

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Creature (30)

• 1x Abbot of Keral Keep
• 1x Apocalypse Hydra
• 1x Auspicious Starrix
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• 1x Everquill Phoenix
• 1x Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Gargos, Vicious Watcher
• 1x Gemrazer
• 1x Glowstone Recluse
• 1x Hero of Leina Tower
• 1x Laelia, the Blade Reforged
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Migratory Greathorn
• 1x Mirrorwing Dragon
• 1x Monastery Swiftspear
• 1x Mowu, Loyal Companion
• 1x Neyith of the Dire Hunt
• 1x Ornithopter of Paradise
• 1x Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss
• 1x Sawtusk Demolisher
• 1x Setessan Oathsworn
• 1x Shigeki, Jukai Visionary
• 1x Staunch-Hearted Warrior
• 1x Thrasta, Tempest's Roar
• 1x Wort, the Raidmother
• 1x Zhur-Taa Druid

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes
• 1x Nissa, Who Shakes the World

Land (34)

• 1x Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Cragcrown Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 12x Forest
• 1x Grove of the Burnwillows
• 1x Karplusan Forest
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 8x Mountain
• 1x Mountain Valley
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Rockfall Vale
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

Instant (9)

• 1x Crowd's Favor
• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x Return of the Wildspeaker
• 1x Road / Ruin
• 1x Solidarity of Heroes
• 1x Strength of the Tajuru
• 1x Surge of Strength
• 1x Uncaged Fury
• 1x Warriors' Lesson

Artifact (6)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Gruul Signet
• 1x Horn of Greed
• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Scepter of Celebration
• 1x Sol Ring

Commander (1)

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Armed / Dangerous
• 1x Decimate
• 1x Escape to the Wilds
• 1x Gaea's Will
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Reap the Past
• 1x Rile
• 1x Scale Up
• 1x Three Visits
• 1x Visions of Dominance

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Agility
• 1x Indomitable Might
• 1x Ordeal of Nylea
• 1x Regeneration
• 1x Season of Growth
• 1x Sixth Sense
• 1x Valakut Exploration
• 1x Wilderness Reclamation

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I'm not sure how most are using Blanka. I'm sure mostly with combat tricks or auras. I decided to go with every way to target him, with combat tricks, mutations (he is a mutant after all), and some auras. Blanka doesn't need equipment, unlike some of the other Street Fighters, other than the Scepter of Celebration, which I assume he found lying in the jungle. He's also friendly, so he's brought around some friends with him, a mix of mana dorks that live in harmony with the wilds (like him), heroic humans brave enough to come into his rainforest and face him (only to find he just wants hugs and to play), and Thrasta, Tempest's Roar, a dinosaur that will come out of hiding in the jungle if you make enough noise.

Blanka, of course, makes lots of noise. "Tropical Hazard" is the name of one of his super moves in Alpha 3. It's easily the worst super in the game, because it rarely damages anybody, and can lead to you being killed with your own fruit that Blanka shakes from the screen. And that's why I love Blanka.

Also, oops: I just realized Blanka can't be a Mutate target, as he's a human beast, and thus...not a mutant in Magic terms. Thanks WOTC! Mutate is officially awful.

Date added	1 year
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 41 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.08
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Boo, Citizen 1/1 GW, Emblem Nissa, Who Shakes the World, Feather, Goblin Warrior 1/1 RG, Wolf 2/2 G