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Halfdane
Legendary Creature — Shapeshifter
At the beginning of your upkeep, change Halfdane's base power and toughness to the power and toughness of target creature other than Halfdane until the end of your next upkeep.
3 / 3
“Copy any creature's power/toughness each turn to deal commander damage.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Commander damage
Voltron, Blink
Strategy
Halfdane is a unique shapeshifter that copies the power and toughness of any creature you want each turn. The core gameplan is to identify the biggest, scariest threat on the board and steal its stats, turning Halfdane into an evasive attacker while leaving the original creature harmless. You'll want to fill your deck with utility creatures that have useful abilities — your threats become both a tutor and a pump spell every turn.
The deck wins through commander damage by repeatedly copying the stats of your opponents' best creatures or your own utility creatures. You'll also benefit from having a diverse creature suite: some with evasion (flying, unblockable), some with utility (card draw, mana dorks), and some that are just big. Cards that protect Halfdane or give it evasion multiply the value of each copied stat, since you're guaranteed to hit with it.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip pricey tutors like Mystical Tutor and use efficient creatures instead; Mulldrifter and Wall of Omens are cheap creature-based draw.
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Generous Gift
Inclusion = % of Halfdane decks running this card. +lift = percentage-point boost over the format average.
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