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Heidar, Rimewind Master
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
{2}, {T}: Return target permanent to its owner's hand. Activate only if you control four or more snow permanents.
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“Snow-themed control deck that bounces threats once you hit critical snow mass.”
Control
Intermediate
Combat damage, Control
Control, Snow, Tempo, Ramp
Strategy
Heidar, Rimewind Master is all about building a snow-focused control deck that uses your commander as a repeatable bounce engine. Your core gameplan revolves around assembling a critical mass of snow permanents—lands, creatures, and artifacts—to unlock Heidar's ability and start bouncing your opponents' threats back to their hands. Once you have four or more snow permanents in play, you're essentially paying two mana to reset problematic permanents, which is fantastic for disruption and protecting your own game plan.
Your deck wins by controlling the board long enough to either close out the game with evasive threats or combo pieces. You'll leverage snow synergies like Ice-Fang Coatl for card draw, snow mana rocks for acceleration, and Avalanche creatures that benefit from your snow theme. The bounce effect gives you flexibility: stall aggressive decks, disrupt combo lines, or reset opposing commanders. Think of Heidar as your personal "reset button" that fuels a grindy, tempo-heavy control strategy where you leverage card advantage and disruption to outlast opponents.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Start with basic snow lands (Snow-Covered Island) and budget snow creatures like Cryoclasm or Avalanche Caller; swap pricey snow cards like Extraplanar Lens for cheaper rocks like Coldsteel Heart.
Most-Played Cards
Marit Lage's Slumber
Rimewind Taskmage
Rimewind Cryomancer
Scrying Sheets
Frost Augur
Graven Lore
Icebreaker Kraken
Frozen Aether
Rimefeather Owl
Winter's Rest
Fatestitcher
Icebind Pillar
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