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The Unluckiest Planeswalker
Legendary Planeswalker
Rulebreaker — A deck with this commander can have Aura cards of any color identity and any basic land cards. +1: Add one mana of any color. When you spend this mana to cast an Aura spell this turn, create a 1/1 red Gremlin creature token. −3: Discard your hand, then draw cards equal to twice the number of Auras you control. For each Aura attached to you, attach it to an opponent of your choice. The Unluckiest Planeswalker can be your commander.
Loyalty 4
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“Five-color Aura Curse deck that weaponizes Gremlin tokens and hand-dump value.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage, Tokens swarm
Tokens, Auras, Sacrifice, Wheels
Strategy
The Unluckiest Planeswalker is a sneaky five-color Aura deck disguised in a red shell. Your core gameplan revolves around loading up opponents with your Auras while generating value through Gremlin tokens and card draw. The +1 turns mana into both tokens and Aura casting triggers, creating a steady stream of small flyers that chip away at life totals. The −3 is your payoff engine: dump your hand, draw a ton of cards based on your Aura count, then redistribute all your opponent-attached Auras to whoever is closest to dying. This creates a pseudo-political dynamic where you're juggling enchantments to stay one step ahead.
Wins come from a combination of Gremlin tokens building into a decent clock while your opponents get stuck with backbreaking Auras like Spreading Plague, Overwhelming Splendor, or Curse of Misfortunes. You're essentially playing a multiplayer control deck where your "Aura package" acts as soft-locks on opposing strategies. Since you can run any color of Aura and land, you have incredible flexibility to include hateful effects, card draw engines, and utility that normally wouldn't fit into monocolor red. The deck is grindy and resilient—you're rarely the biggest threat, which keeps heat off you while opponents brawl.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip pricey tutors and manabases; lean into cheap Curses from Theros block and budget multicolor lands like Mana Confluence and the Vivid cycle. Thralls of the Realm and Dreadhorde Invasion do similar Aura work for pennies.
Signature Cards
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