BEDHREC #2018

Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor

Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor

Whenever a creature deals combat damage to one of your opponents, its controller may pay 1 life. If they do, they draw a card. {4}{B}{B}{B}, Discard X cards: Exile the top X cards of target opponent's library. You may play lands and cast spells from among cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.

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“Evasive creatures draw cards and exile opponents' libraries—then cast their spells for free.”

PlaystyleMidrange

DifficultyIntermediate

Wins viaCombat damage, Mill, Alt-win

ThemesReanimator, Aristocrats, Spellslinger

Strategy

How this commander wants to play

Gix is a sneaky value engine that rewards your creatures for dealing combat damage while slowly grinding your opponents' libraries into exile. Every hit lets you or your opponents draw cards by paying life, which fuels your graveyard and hand while chipping away at their resources. The real power comes from Gix's second ability: you're essentially milling opponents and then casting their best spells for free. Build around evasive creatures, sacrifice outlets, and ways to repeatedly trigger combat damage. You win by overwhelming the table with stolen threats, card advantage, and the occasional mill finish when someone's library runs dry.

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

Key Synergies

Cards that especially shine here

Budget Build

Same gameplan, less money

Skip expensive tutors and planeswalkers; use cheap evasive creatures like Ornithopter, Vampire Bat, and free discard outlets like Necrogen Mists and Dark Deal instead.