Franklin Richards, Ascendant

Franklin Richards is a noncreature spell engine that rewards you for casting instants and sorceries by triggering discover 6 during combat. The gameplan is straightforward: cast cheap noncreature spells (cantrips, artifact tutors, burn, etc.) to enable Franklin's ability, then attack to dig through your library and cheat out powerful permanents onto the battlefield or into your hand. You're essentially playing a spell-heavy midrange deck that generates card advantage and board presence simultaneously, turning every combat phase into a mini-tutor effect.

The deck wins through a combination of commander damage (Franklin is a 6/6), direct damage from spells, and the cascading value of spellcasting. Since discover lets you cast cards without paying mana, you'll often chain into expensive artifacts, creatures, or damage sources—turning your library into a second hand. The core engine is low-to-the-ground: cheap cantrips, red card draw, artifact synergies (especially new Heroes equipment like Mjölnir or Iron Man Armor), and ways to make Franklin more evasive or threatening. You're not going infinite, but you're grinding out consistent advantage every turn cycle.

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