BlueLegendary Creature — Human Artificer NobleEdgar, King of Figaro
Mana value6Rank#10,003
The Commander
When Edgar enters, draw a card for each artifact you control.
Two-Headed Coin — The first time you flip one or more coins each turn, those coins come up heads and you win those flips.
Guide
Gameplan
Edgar is a mono-blue artifact-and-coin-flip commander. Flood the board with cheap artifacts so his ETB refills your hand, then use his static ability to guarantee the first coin-flip each turn comes up heads, turning chaos cards into reliable value engines and combo enablers.
Strengths
- Guaranteed first coin flip per turn removes all variance from otherwise unreliable cards
- ETB card draw scales with your artifact count, providing massive card advantage when recast
- Mono-blue gives access to the best counterspells, card draw, and tutors for consistency
- Enables degenerate combos with cards like Mana Crypt, Krark's Thumb stacking, and extra-turn coin spells
Weaknesses
- Six mana and fragile—dies to any removal and the static ability is lost when he leaves
- Mono-blue lacks efficient creature and artifact removal and has no lifegain
- Coin-flip payoffs are narrow and many are weak without the commander online
- Slow start before you assemble the artifact base; ETB whiffs if cast with an empty board
Key Cards
- Krark's Thumb — Stacks with Edgar's static so even non-first flips and re-flips lean overwhelmingly in your favor.
- Mana Crypt — Cheap artifact that boosts the ETB draw and accelerates Edgar out faster, downside ignored by the heads guarantee on its own flip.
- Mana Vault — Another fast artifact that ramps into Edgar and you can keep untapped or flip favorably.
- Frenetic Sliver — Combo piece that, with a guaranteed heads, lets you blink permanents safely for value loops.
- Sol Ring — Premier ramp artifact that fuels Edgar's draw and accelerates your whole curve.
- The Reality Chip — Cheap artifact card-advantage engine that pads the ETB count and grinds value.
Upgrade Path
Add fast mana (Mana Crypt, Sol Ring, Mana Vault, Lotus Petal) to both ramp into Edgar and inflate his draw, then layer in coin-flip combo enablers like Krark's Thumb and Frenetic Sliver. Tighten the manabase with fetches and untapped duals, and round out with blue staples—Cyclonic Rift, Rhystic Study, and protection like Lightning Greaves—to keep Edgar online.
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
- ▸Out-value opponents with repeated Edgar ETB draws into a finisher like a big artifact or wincon spell
- ▸Coin-flip combo loops (Frenetic Sliver / Krark's Thumb stacks) for infinite triggers
- ▸Hard-cast counterspell control wall leading to a single overwhelming bomb or commander damage
Archetypes
- Artifacts — His ETB rewards a dense artifact board, making mass artifact ramp and value the natural shell.
- Coin-Flip Combo — His static guarantees the first flip wins, turning Krark's Thumb and flip payoffs into deterministic engines.
- Control — Mono-blue counters and bounce protect Edgar while you out-card opponents with his draw.
- Spellslinger — Coin-flip burn and spell payoffs become consistent damage and value with guaranteed heads.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (U), by popularity.
