Glorfindel, Dauntless Rescuer

Glorfindel, Dauntless Rescuer is a combat-focused commander that rewards you for scrying. Every time you scry, he grows and gains a special evasion ability—either forcing blocks or becoming unblockable by multiples. Your game plan is to fill your deck with cheap scry effects, card draw, and library manipulation to trigger him repeatedly while pushing combat damage. You're essentially turning scry into a pseudo-pump spell that also gives Glorfindel evasion, making him a surprisingly resilient threat that snowballs across the game.

Build around cards that scry as a side effect—cantrips, tutors, and effects that let you scry multiple times per turn cycle. Green gives you access to ramp and creature synergies, so you can include smaller evasive creatures that benefit from the same scry outlets. Cards like Sleight of Hand, Preordain, and scry lands turn every cantrip into a Glorfindel pump. The deck plays like a tempo engine: you're constantly filtering your deck, growing your commander, and attacking through or around blockers.

The win condition is straightforward: commander damage. Glorfindel's evasion (choose "must be blocked if able" when you're attacking an empty board, or "unblockable by multiples" in crowded board states) makes him hard to defend against. Supplement him with a few backup creatures and you've got a consistent damage clock that's interactive and fun.

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