The Commander
Reach
Whenever you scry, if Legolas is tapped, you may untap it. Do this only once each turn.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Legolas.
Guide
Gameplan
Legolas grows huge off opponents' creatures dying, then beats down as a repeatable attacker/blocker who can untap each time you scry. Build a removal-heavy GU midrange shell that kills opposing creatures (and benefits when you scry), turning every wrath, edict, and ping into counters on your commander before swinging in or going wide with fight/ping support.
Strengths
- Scales for free in creature-heavy multiplayer pods where things die constantly
- Scry-untap lets Legolas attack and still block, doubling as a defensive wall with Reach
- Pairs naturally with board wipes and edicts you already want to run
- GU gives access to the best card advantage, ramp, and counterspells
Weaknesses
- Relies on opponents' creatures dying — stalls hard against creatureless control or token-light pods
- No built-in evasion or trample, so a fat Legolas gets chump-blocked forever
- Counters vanish to any removal, bounce, or board wipe, costing huge tempo
- Slow to close games on its own without combat enablers
Key Cards
- Toski, Bearer of Secrets — Unblockable, indestructible card-draw engine that keeps swinging while Legolas tanks.
- Rogue's Passage — Pushes a counter-stacked Legolas through for lethal commander damage.
- Cyclonic Rift — Premier GU board wipe that clears blockers right before you swing.
- Ezuri, Renegade Leader — Overrun effect and counter synergy turns a fat Legolas into a finisher with trample.
- Snake Eyes / Sensei's Divining Top — Cheap repeatable scry to untap Legolas every turn for pseudo-vigilance.
- Fierce Guardianship — Free protection to keep your grown-out commander safe during a swing.
Upgrade Path
Lean into cheap repeatable scry (Sensei's Top, Mystic Speculation, Soothsaying) and proliferate (Inexorable Tide, Karn's Bastion) to snowball counters every turn. Add efficient evasion (Whispersilk Cloak, Rogue's Passage) and protection (Heroic Intervention, Swiftfoot Boots, Fierce Guardianship) so a single swing ends a player. Round out with the best GU interaction — Cyclonic Rift, Pongify, Beast Within — which doubles as both removal and counter fuel.
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
- ▸Commander damage from a counter-loaded, evasive Legolas
- ▸Going wide and finishing with an Overrun/Ezuri-style trample swing
- ▸Grinding out value with card draw until you alpha strike through a cleared board
Archetypes
- Midrange Value — GU goodstuff with removal that feeds counters while drawing cards and ramping.
- Voltron — Stack counters from deaths, add evasion via Rogue's Passage and trample to one-shot.
- Control — Scry/untap synergy plus counterspells and wipes lets Legolas guard while you grind.
- +1/+1 Counters — Death triggers feed a counters subtheme with proliferate and Hardened Scales effects.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (GU), by popularity.
