JeskaiLegendary Creature — Human SoldierImmard, the Stormcleaver
Mana value4Rank#17,525
The Commander
Whenever Immard, the Stormcleaver enters or attacks, put a charge counter on it or remove one from it. When you remove a counter this way, choose one —
• Immard deals 4 damage to any target.
• Immard gains lifelink and indestructible until end of turn.
Guide
Gameplan
Immard is a Jeskai aggro/midrange commander that pings the board and protects itself by toggling charge counters on enter/attack. You bank counters over a few turns, then spend them to throw 4 damage at threats (or faces) and turn Immard into an unkillable lifelinking attacker. Support it with extra combats, blink, and counter manipulation to repeatedly drain opponents and clear blockers.
Strengths
- Self-protecting commander that gains indestructible on demand, dodging most removal and combat math.
- Built-in repeatable removal/reach—4 damage to any target whenever you bank then spend a counter.
- Lifelink mode stabilizes against aggro and fuels race-style games.
- Jeskai colors give access to the best counter-doubling, blink, and extra-combat support.
Weaknesses
- Slow to come online without counter doublers—one trigger per enter/attack means choosing damage OR protection, not both immediately.
- Doesn't generate card advantage on its own; it's a value engine that needs support pieces.
- Vulnerable to exile, bounce, and -X/-X effects that ignore indestructible.
- Three colors with no inherent ramp or fixing makes mana base demanding.
Key Cards
- Strionic Resonator — Copies the enter/attack trigger so you can add a counter and immediately remove one for both effects in a turn.
- Doubling Season — Doubles charge counters placed, letting you stockpile firepower far faster.
- Aggravated Assault — Extra combat phases mean extra attack triggers, multiplying counter manipulation and 4-damage shots.
- Restoration Angel — Blinks Immard to re-trigger its enter ability and reset value at instant speed.
- Power Conduit — Moves and stockpiles charge counters at will, turning Immard into a reliable damage cannon.
- Skullclamp — Provides the card draw Immard's go-wide-adjacent shell badly needs to keep gas flowing.
Upgrade Path
Lean into counter doublers (Doubling Season, Vorinclex, Branching Evolution) and trigger-copiers (Strionic Resonator, Lithoform Engine) so each combat both protects and burns. Add extra-combat engines (Aggravated Assault, Combat Celebrant) plus blink for explosive turns, and fix the mana with fast lands, Triomes, and signets/Talismans. Top it off with proliferate (Flux Channeler, Evolution Sage) and card draw (Skullclamp, Esper Sentinel) to keep the engine fueled.
Core Cards
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Win Conditions
- ▸Beating down with an indestructible, lifelinking Immard across multiple combat phases.
- ▸Picking off creatures and planeswalkers, then redirecting 4-damage shots at players to drain them out.
- ▸Comboing extra combats with counter doublers for repeated removal and overwhelming attacks.
- ▸Voltron kill with auras/equipment on an effectively unkillable Immard.
Archetypes
- Aggro/Voltron — Indestructible lifelink lets Immard attack profitably every turn while the damage mode clears blockers.
- Counter Manipulation — Charge-counter payoffs and proliferate/doublers let you spend counters for repeated 4-damage bursts.
- Blink — Flicker effects re-trigger the enter ability for extra counters and removal.
- Spellslinger Midrange — Jeskai's burn and tempo spells pair with Immard's reach to control the board and close games.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (RUW), by popularity.
