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Captain Pike, Fullness of Time
Legendary Creature — Human Officer Scout
Strange new worlds — Captain Pike's power and toughness are each equal to the number of differently named lands you control. You may look at the top card of your library any time. You may play lands from the top of your library.
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“Scaling commander that plays lands from the top and grows with land diversity.”
Midrange
Beginner
Combat damage, Tokens swarm
Ramp, Landfall, Tokens
Strategy
Captain Pike rewards you for playing a diverse mana base of differently named lands, scaling his power and toughness while letting you play lands directly from the top of your deck. This turns land-ramp into card advantage—you're essentially drawing and deploying threats simultaneously. The deck leans into the new Strange new worlds theme by stacking Planet lands (Bajor, Andoria, etc.) alongside utility lands like Urza's Saga and Field of the Dead, plus a few nonbasics that fix mana.
Your gameplan is to establish Pike early, then ramp into bigger threats while your commander gets exponentially larger. You'll include landfall payoffs and land-search effects to maximize differently named lands in play. Win through combat with Pike and a growing army of tokens—cards like Excalbian Gamemaster and Branching Timeline create wide boards once you've assembled 6+ unique lands. The deck is forgiving: if Pike gets removed, you've still got a ramp engine and tokens to keep pressure on.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Swap expensive utility lands (Scalding Tarn, Misty Rainforest) for budget alternatives like Evolving Wilds and Terramorphic Expanse; use signets and Cultivate instead of pricey mana rocks.
Signature Cards
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