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Candlekeep Sage
Legendary Enchantment — Background
Commander creatures you own have "When this creature enters or leaves the battlefield, draw a card."
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“Bounce your commander infinitely to draw your deck and win.”
Combo
Intermediate
Combo, Combat damage
Blink, Spellslinger
Strategy
Candlekeep Sage turns your commander into a card-draw engine whenever it enters or leaves the battlefield. The deck revolves around repeatedly bouncing, blinking, or reanimating your commander to generate massive card advantage. Since this is a Background, it pairs best with commanders that can abuse these ETB/LTB triggers—think creatures that want to blink anyway or cost minimal mana to recast.
Your gameplan is straightforward: play a commander that synergizes with repeated entries and exits, then use cards like Ephemerate, Soulherder, or Teleportation Circle to trigger Candlekeep Sage over and over. Each bounce or blink draw you a card, building a hand while advancing your board. Eventually you'll either go off in a turn-long combo turn or simply bury opponents under the card advantage, then win with combat damage or a combo finish you've tutored into your hand.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip pricey tutors like Imperial Seal and use cheaper effects like Mystical Tutor or Shared Summons; budget blink creatures like Soulherder and Ephemerate are affordable, and many free/cheap bounce spells exist in blue.
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