IzzetLegendary Creature — Giant WizardAegar, the Freezing Flame
Mana value3Rank#12,022
The Commander
Whenever a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls is dealt excess damage, if a Giant, Wizard, or spell you controlled dealt damage to it this turn, draw a card.
Guide
Gameplan
Aegar turns overkill damage into card advantage: deal more damage than a creature or planeswalker has toughness/loyalty with your Giants, Wizards, or spells, and draw a card per object. Curve out cheap interactive Wizards and burn, then chain spells and big-damage attackers to refill your hand while killing things, snowballing into a burn or big-creature finish.
Strengths
- Strong, repeatable card advantage stapled to interaction you'd already cast
- Cheap three-mana commander that demands answers and recasts easily
- Excellent with X-burn and damage-doublers that trivially generate excess damage
- Fits naturally into Izzet spellslinger and Giant tribal shells
Weaknesses
- Triggers only off opponents' creatures/planeswalkers, so it's dead against empty boards
- No built-in protection or evasion; easily chump-blocked or removed
- Card draw requires successfully connecting damage, which control/fog effects blank
- Reliance on burn means lifegain and high-loyalty walkers blunt the engine
Key Cards
- Fiery Emancipation — Triples your damage so nearly every burn spell or attacker creates massive excess damage and multiple draws.
- City on Fire — Triples damage and even one-shots tables while turning every overkill into card advantage.
- Toralf, God of Fury — Spreads excess damage to other creatures, chaining kills and Aegar draws across a board.
- Chandra's Incinerator — Cost reduction plus extra damage equal to noncombat damage dealt, fueling huge overkill draws.
- Stuffy Doll — Lets you sink damage into a creature you control while pinging opponents and farming triggers.
- Repercussion — Combat damage to creatures is mirrored to players, generating excess damage and lethal swings.
Upgrade Path
Add fast mana (Mana Crypt, Mana Vault, Jeska's Will) and rituals to deploy multipliers a turn early, then lean on Fiery Emancipation/City on Fire plus an X-burn spell as a two-card kill. Tighten the curve with efficient cantrip removal and protect Aegar with cards like Lightning Greaves and Heroic Intervention so the engine survives sweepers.
Core Cards
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Win Conditions
- ▸Mass burn finishers like Fireball, Comet Storm, or Jaya's Immolating Inferno amplified by damage multipliers
- ▸Beating down with oversized Giants while drawing into more gas
- ▸Toralf/Repercussion loops that wipe boards and burn players out
- ▸Grinding card advantage into a lethal X-spell with Fiery Emancipation or City on Fire
Archetypes
- Spellslinger — Cheap and X burn spells fed by Aegar draw cards every time they overkill a target.
- Giant Tribal — Big-power Giants reliably deal excess damage on attacks and synergize with Aegar's text.
- Burn / Damage Multipliers — Damage doublers and tripler enchantments turn ordinary removal into card-drawing kill spells.
- Izzet Control — Counterspells and removal-on-a-stick Wizards keep the board clear while Aegar refuels your hand.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (RU), by popularity.
