WhiteLegendary Creature — Human KnightAdeline, Resplendent Cathar
Mana value3Rank#507
The Commander
Adeline's power is equal to the number of creatures you control.
Whenever you attack, for each opponent, create a 1/1 white Human creature token that's tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker they control.
Guide
Gameplan
Adeline floods the board with attacking tokens every combat, snowballing her own power while building a wide army. You aim to deploy her early, attack into multiple opponents to spawn Humans each turn, then convert that go-wide board into lethal damage via anthems or overrun effects. She's a mono-white aggro engine that punishes pods for not having blockers.
Strengths
- Generates multiple tokens per combat scaled by opponent count, snowballing fast in multiplayer
- Vigilance lets her attack and still defend
- Her power scaling makes her a real threat by herself with a growing board
- Cheap three-mana commander that comes down early and pressures life totals immediately
- Mono-white keeps the mana base consistent and cheap
Weaknesses
- Extremely vulnerable to a single removal spell or board wipe, which resets your whole engine
- Tokens enter tapped and attacking, so they can't block on defense and die to chump-trade or wraths
- Mono-white lacks card advantage and ramp compared to other colors
- Goldfishes slowly without anthems or finishers; raw tokens are small
- Spot removal on Adeline shuts off the token engine entirely
Key Cards
- Skullclamp — Turns your endless stream of 1/1 tokens into a relentless card-draw engine.
- Intangible Virtue — Anthem that buffs your tapped attacking tokens, accelerating the go-wide clock.
- Cathars' Crusade — Each token entering pumps your whole board, making Adeline's attacks explosive.
- Anointed Procession — Doubles every Adeline token, dramatically widening the army each combat.
- Brave the Sands — Gives your team vigilance and double-block, letting you attack freely while defending.
- Heroic Intervention — Protects your fragile board from wraths and targeted removal at instant speed.
- Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite — Massive anthem plus opponent shrink that turns your token swarm lethal.
Upgrade Path
Add efficient anthems and token doublers (Intangible Virtue, Anointed Procession, Cathars' Crusade) plus a finisher like Craterhoof Behemoth or Overwhelming Stampede to convert the board. Tighten the mana with fast rocks (Sol Ring, Arcane Signet) and protect your engine with Heroic Intervention, Teferi's Protection, and Flawless Maneuver. Include card advantage like Skullclamp, Welcoming Vampire, and Mentor of the Meek to fight white's draw weakness.
Core Cards
The most-played cards for this commander, built from aggregated deck data (the Mythic Graph). Build public decks to seed it.
Win Conditions
- ▸Wide token board buffed by anthems for a lethal alpha strike
- ▸Overrun effects like Craterhoof Behemoth or Finale of Glory closing the game
- ▸Commander damage from a Adeline grown huge by board presence
- ▸Aristocrat drain via tokens and sacrifice outlets
Archetypes
- Tokens — Adeline produces tokens every attack, making her a natural go-wide token commander.
- Aggro Go-Wide — Her power scales with creature count and she pressures all opponents simultaneously.
- Voltron-lite — Her ever-growing power lets her dish out commander-damage kills with light protection.
- Aristocrats — The constant token supply feeds sacrifice and drain outlets like Skullclamp and Blood Artist effects.
Combos
- Breath of Fury + Adeline, Resplendent Cathar + Rising of the Day
→ Infinite combat damage, Infinite combat phases, Infinite death triggers
- Breath of Fury + Adeline, Resplendent Cathar + Anger
→ Infinite combat damage, Infinite death triggers, Infinite ETB
- Breath of Fury + Adeline, Resplendent Cathar + Roar of Resistance
→ Infinite ETB, Infinite LTB, Infinite combat damage
- Breath of Fury + Adeline, Resplendent Cathar + Fervor
→ Infinite combat damage, Infinite combat phases, Infinite death triggers
- Breath of Fury + Adeline, Resplendent Cathar + Frostcliff Siege
→ Infinite LTB, Infinite ETB, Infinite sacrifice triggers
Combos via Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (W), by popularity.
