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Captain Jonathan Archer
Legendary Creature — Human Officer
When Captain Archer enters, create Porthos, a legendary 1/1 green Dog creature token. Federation — {G}, {T}: Target creature you control gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of creature types among non-Borg creatures you control. Activate only as a sorcery.
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“Tap Porthos and go wide—diverse creature types make your crew unbeatable.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage, Commander damage
Tokens, Counters
Strategy
Captain Jonathan Archer is a creature-type matters commander that rewards you for building a diverse crew of different creature types. Your core gameplan is to amass a small army of creatures spanning many different types—Humans, Officers, Elves, Beasts, whatever fits—then use Archer's Federation ability to pump them all with +X/+X, where X is the total creature types you control. You start with Porthos (a Dog), and from there you fill the deck with utility creatures and token generators that create different types. The payoff is explosive: tap Archer and a creature and suddenly your whole team gets massive, turning what looked like a reasonable board into lethal damage or an unstoppable force.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip pricey utility creatures; use cheap token makers like Bitterblossom, Goblin tokens, and Elf lords instead of chase rares, and lean on basics and enter-the-battlefield creatures over expensive mana accelerants.
Signature Cards
Inclusion = % of Captain Jonathan Archer decks running this card. +lift = percentage-point boost over the format average.
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