The Commander
Whenever Clement or another creature you control enters, return up to one target creature you control with lesser mana value to its owner's hand.
Frogs you control have "
: Add 
or 
. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell."
Guide
Gameplan
Flood the board with creatures that have powerful enter-the-battlefield triggers, then use Clement to bounce a cheaper creature back to hand every time something enters so you can replay it and re-fire those triggers. You generate enormous value loops with ETB creatures and ramp into bigger threats while building a wide board and mana-producing Frogs.
Strengths
- Repeatable ETB value engine that snowballs harder than most blink decks since it triggers off every creature you play
- Built-in ramp and card advantage through bounce-and-replay loops of value creatures
- Frog tribal mana production accelerates creature spells aggressively
- Flexible bounce can save creatures from removal, untap targets, or reset auras/counters
Weaknesses
- Relies on the commander sticking around; without Clement the engine collapses
- Bounce is mandatory-ish and only hits lesser mana value, so it can awkwardly return your own pieces
- Vulnerable to board wipes that erase your creature investment
- Can be slow to actually close games without a dedicated payoff or combo finish
- Heavy creature reliance makes graveyard hate and stax punishing
Key Cards
- Cloudblazer — Draws two and gains life every time it enters, a premium bounce-loop target for raw card advantage.
- Mulldrifter — Repeatable two-card draw via Clement bounce and a great evoke/replay engine.
- Temur Sabertooth — Lets you protect creatures and combo by bouncing ETB pieces on demand alongside Clement's trigger.
- Sakura-Tribe Elder — Bounce, sac for a land, replay to ramp every turn cycle.
- Lifeglow Renderer / Sage of Hours — Counter-based payoffs that snowball with constant re-entry triggers.
- Avenger of Zendikar — A landfall token finisher that turns the deck's mana flood into a winning board.
Upgrade Path
Add a tight combo backbone—Temur Sabertooth or Cloudstone Curio with free-to-cast ETB creatures (Peregrine Drake, Palinchron-style mana) for infinite mana and triggers—plus a deterministic payoff like Walking Ballista or Thassa's Oracle. Trim cute value creatures for efficient ETB engines (Mulldrifter, Cloudblazer, Spark Double, Sakura-Tribe Elder) and stronger ramp/dorks. Round it out with protection (Heroic Intervention, Lightning Greaves) and fast mana to ensure Clement reliably anchors the engine.
Core Cards
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Win Conditions
- ▸Infinite ETB loops (e.g., free creatures + sacrifice/untap outlets) draining or milling the table
- ▸Going wide with tokens and overrun effects like Craterhoof Behemoth or Overwhelming Stampede
- ▸Incremental card-advantage grind that buries opponents before swinging in
- ▸Counter-based combos such as Sage of Hours for infinite turns
Archetypes
- Blink/Flicker Value — Clement bounces cheap ETB creatures so they re-enter, mimicking blink across your whole board.
- Combo — Clement plus free or cheap ETB creatures and sac/untap outlets like Temur Sabertooth enables infinite loops.
- Tokens/Go-Wide — Every creature entering triggers Clement, rewarding flooding the board with token and creature swarms.
- Ramp/Midrange — Frog mana plus bounceable ramp creatures fuels a big-mana value plan.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (GU), by popularity.
