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The Pride of Hull Clade
Legendary Creature — Crocodile Elk Turtle
This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the total toughness of creatures you control. Defender {2}{U}{U}: Until end of turn, target creature you control gets +1/+0, gains "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw cards equal to its toughness," and can attack as though it didn't have defender.
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“Turn defensive walls into drawing attackers and swing for card advantage.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage, Commander damage
Tokens, Counters, Ramp
Strategy
The Pride of Hull Clade is a unique defensive commander that turns high-toughness creatures into offensive threats. Your game plan revolves around building a board of creatures with high toughness values—which naturally reduces The Pride's casting cost—then using its activated ability to temporarily convert defenders into attackers that draw cards based on their toughness. This creates a snowball effect: big creatures let you cast The Pride cheaply, then The Pride turns those creatures into card-drawing machines.
You'll want to load your deck with creatures that prioritize toughness over power, like Wall of Roots, Assault Formation creatures, and big defensive fatties. The activated ability makes any creature a threat, so you're not bound to just one archetype—defensive walls become damage dealers while generating resources. Your wins come through commander damage or swinging out with a board of creatures that also refills your hand with each hit.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip expensive walls like Tetsuko Umezawa; use common defenders like Wall of Blossoms, Defender of the Hearth, and ramp creatures instead to keep costs down.
Signature Cards
Inclusion = % of The Pride of Hull Clade decks running this card. +lift = percentage-point boost over the format average.
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