UEDHREC #16505

Barrin, Master Wizard

Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

{2}, Sacrifice a permanent: Return target creature to its owner's hand.

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“Blue tempo deck that sacrifices permanents to bounce threats and generate value.”

PlaystyleMidrange

DifficultyIntermediate

Wins viaCombat damage, Tokens swarm

ThemesBlink, Tokens, Aristocrats

Strategy

How this commander wants to play

Barrin, Master Wizard turns your permanents into repeatable bounce effects, letting you reset the board while disrupting opponents' plans. The core gameplan is to build a deck full of cheap, expendable permanents—tokens, mana dudes, enchantments—that you can sacrifice to bounce blockers, tutors, or threats. You're playing a tempo game: protect yourself with bounce, generate value from your sacrifices, and chip in with evasive creatures or a tapped-out commander until opponents can't recover.

You want permanents with enter-the-battlefield (ETB) triggers and creatures that reward being played multiple times. Tokens from cards like Bitterblossom or Talismans that you don't mind sacrificing make perfect fuel. Every bounce can also protect your own creatures from removal, doubling as a rescue spell. The deck wins through evasive damage, value accumulation from ETB effects, and attrition—opponents run out of threats while you're still generating resources.

Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.

Key Synergies

Cards that especially shine here

Budget Build

Same gameplan, less money

Skip expensive tutors and lands; use Divining Witch or Mystical Tutor instead of Stoneforge, and budget dual lands like Tropical Island proxies. Focus budget on cheap ETB creatures like Mulldrifter and Token generators.