WEDHREC #18093

Ennis, Debate Moderator

Legendary Creature — Human Cleric

When Ennis enters, exile up to one other target creature you control. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step. At the beginning of your end step, if one or more cards were put into exile this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on Ennis.

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“Flicker-focused +1/+1 grower that rewards exile effects with scaling power”

PlaystyleMidrange

DifficultyIntermediate

Wins viaCommander damage, Combat damage

ThemesBlink, Tokens, Lifegain

Strategy

How this commander wants to play

Ennis is a compact grower that rewards you for flickering your own creatures. Every time you exile a creature (whether via Ennis's enter trigger or other blink effects), you get a +1/+1 counter at end of step, turning your commander into a scaling threat over time. The deck wants to pair Ennis with cheap creatures that have strong enter-the-battlefield effects—think Solitude, Soulherder triggers, or token generators—so you're getting value while building your commander into a respectable beater.

The core gameplan is to chain blink effects and flicker-triggers throughout the game, stacking counters on Ennis while drawing cards, gaining life, or disrupting opponents. White has excellent tools for this: Soulherder and Ephemerate are your all-stars, letting you exile and return creatures repeatedly. You're not trying to kill anyone turn 5, but by turn 8 or 9, Ennis becomes a serious threat while your ETB creatures have provided steady value. This is a tempo-midrange deck that scales into the late game through incremental advantage.

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Key Synergies

Cards that especially shine here

Budget Build

Same gameplan, less money

Skip expensive cards like Solitude and Soulherder initially; use Ephemerate, Soulwarden, and Charming Scoundrel as budget ETB outlets that still generate value.