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Wrexial, the Risen Deep
Legendary Creature — Kraken
Islandwalk, swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island or a Swamp.) Whenever Wrexial deals combat damage to a player, you may cast target instant or sorcery card from that player's graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead.
5 / 8
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“5/8 evasive kraken that steals instant and sorcery spells from graveyards when it deals combat damage.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Commander damage, Combat damage
Reanimator, Control, Voltron
Strategy
Wrexial is a sneaky value engine that turns combat damage into stolen spells. Your game plan is to get this 5/8 kraken through reliably—which is usually easy thanks to islandwalk and swampwalk in a format where blue and black mana bases are common—then extract high-impact instants and sorceries from opponents' graveyards. You're not trying to combo off or go wide; you're generating incremental advantage and disruption by casting their own spells against them.
Build around protecting Wrexial (via evasion, shroud effects, or making it hard to block) and filling opponents' graveyards with juicy instants and sorceries you want to steal. Cards that mill opponents or discard are your friends. Since you're in blue-black, include efficient interaction (counterspells, removal) to keep the board clean while you attack. Your wins come from commander damage accumulation plus the tempo swing of getting free spells—by mid-game, you're often two turns ahead because you're playing their best cards.
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Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip pricey tutors and mana rocks; instead lean on efficient blue-black interaction like Counterspell, Unholy Heat, and basic ramp like Dimir Signet and Cultivate.
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