SelesnyaLegendary Creature — Cat WarriorKutzil, Malamet Exemplar
Mana value3Rank#380
The Commander
Your opponents can't cast spells during your turn.
Whenever one or more creatures you control each with power greater than its base power deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
Guide
Gameplan
Kutzil turns +1/+1 counters and power-pumping effects into a card-advantage engine while shutting off opponents' interaction on your turn. You build a wide or tall counters board, swing with creatures that are bigger than their printed power, and refill your hand every combat. Protected by your free-flowing turns, you snowball board presence into a lethal attack.
Strengths
- Strong, repeatable card draw that only needs one buffed creature connecting
- The static ability blanks instant-speed removal, flash blockers, and counterspells on your turn
- GW counters synergies are deep and efficient at low budgets
- Cheap three-mana commander that gets going early and recovers from board wipes via card flow
Weaknesses
- Card draw requires combat damage, so chump blockers and Fog effects stall the engine
- Relies on creatures, so heavy board wipes set you back hard
- No evasion built in—gummed-up ground boards can shut off triggers
- Vulnerable on opponents' turns since the static only protects your own turn
Key Cards
- Hardened Scales — Amplifies every counter you place, making creatures far bigger than base power to reliably trigger Kutzil's draw.
- Branching Evolution — Doubles counters to inflate power above base and guarantee draws across your team.
- The Ozolith — Banks counters through removal and wraths so your buffed-creature engine survives board wipes.
- Inspiring Call — Draws a card per counter creature and protects them, comboing with the static ability for blowout-proof attacks.
- Bristly Bill, Spine Sower — Cheap counter engine that buffs the whole team to push power above base and a payoff sink for mana.
- Armored Scrapgorger — Easy early counter target and ramp that consistently attacks as a bigger-than-base creature.
Upgrade Path
Tighten the counter package with doublers (Doubling Season, Branching Evolution) and proliferate effects, and add evasion (trample/flying anthems like Shifting Ceratops or Snake Umbra effects) so triggers connect. Include resilience pieces such as The Ozolith and Heroic Intervention, then top out with a finisher like Craterhoof Behemoth or Triumph of the Hordes to convert your refilled hand and wide board into a single lethal swing.
Core Cards
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Win Conditions
- ▸Wide counters board with anthems swinging for lethal commander/creature damage
- ▸Overrun-style finishers like Craterhoof Behemoth or Overwhelming Stampede off a buffed board
- ▸Grinding opponents out via card advantage then closing with evasive trample beaters
Archetypes
- +1/+1 Counters — Counters are the cleanest way to make creatures exceed base power, directly fueling Kutzil's draw trigger.
- Go-Wide Tokens — Anthem and pump effects raise many creatures above base power so multiple attackers each trigger draws.
- Stax-lite / Tempo — The static ability acts as a one-sided Grand Abolisher, enabling protected alpha strikes and combo turns.
- Voltron — Single buffed beater connecting fills your hand while the static shields your equipment-laden threat on offense.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (GW), by popularity.
