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Lt. Arex, Ever-Adapting
Legendary Creature — Edosian Officer
Trample Strange new worlds — Lt. Arex's power and toughness are each equal to the number of differently named lands you control. When Lt. Arex enters, draw three cards. You may put up to three land cards from your hand onto the battlefield tapped.
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“Build an ever-growing trampler that scales with land diversity.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage
Landfall, Ramp, Voltron
Strategy
Lt. Arex, Ever-Adapting is a "Strange new worlds" payoff commander that scales infinitely with the number of differently named lands you control. Your core gameplan is to ramp hard into diverse nonbasic lands—especially the new Planet lands from the Star Trek set—then watch Arex grow into an oversized trampler while drawing cards and deploying more lands. The deck draws cards on entry and immediately tutors lands onto the battlefield, kickstarting both your mana base and Arex's power. You win through combat damage as Arex balloons in size; with 8–10 uniquely named lands, you're swinging for 8–10 trample damage per turn, often closing games quickly.
The supporting cast leans on other "Strange new worlds" creatures like Excalbian Gamemaster (which pumps out Officer tokens), Colossal Clone Master (a copy-enabler that scales with lands), and Pah-Wraith (pump effects that scale with your land count). Branching Timeline and Deep Space Scan reward your diverse mana base by drawing cards or tutoring permanents. You'll mix in ramp spells (Genesis Device, land tutors) and utility lands to maximize the "differently named" count, turning what would normally be awkward niche lands into genuine strategic assets.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Replace expensive dual lands with basic lands and the new Planet lands; use Cultivate, Kodama's Reach, and Rampant Growth over pricey tutors; Arex's scaling is land-type agnostic, so budget mana bases work fine.
Signature Cards
- 1Test of Priorities
- 2Temporal Tribulation
- 3David and Carol Marcus, Creators
- 4Warp Speed
- 5U.S.S. Voyager, Lone Wanderer
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