SimicLegendary Creature — Gorgon WizardTam, Mindful First-Year
Mana value2Rank#7,669
The Commander
Each other creature you control has hexproof from each of its colors.
: Target creature you control becomes all colors until end of turn.
Guide
Gameplan
Tam protects your board by giving every other creature hexproof from its own colors, then her ability turns a chosen creature all colors—making it hexproof from everything for a turn. Build a resilient creature-based deck (often Voltron or value midrange), drop threats that opponents can't target, and grind out advantage while your key creature stays untouchable on your turn.
Strengths
- Cheap two-mana commander that immediately makes your board hard to remove with single-target spells
- The activated ability grants total hexproof to a creature, perfect for protecting a Voltron threat or a key value engine
- GU gives access to the best card draw, ramp, and creature quality in the format
- Punishes removal-light pods and shuts down spot-removal-based interaction
Weaknesses
- Hexproof does nothing against board wipes, edicts, or 'sacrifice'/'each player' effects
- Mono-colored creatures only gain hexproof from their own color, so off-color removal still hits them until you activate Tam
- The all-colors ability only targets one creature per turn and requires a tap
- Tam herself lacks protection and can be repeatedly removed; she's also not a fast clock
Key Cards
- Lightning Greaves — Gives Tam haste and shroud so you can immediately protect a threat without losing her to removal.
- Shalai, Voice of Plenty — Stacks protection for you and your other creatures, layering with Tam's hexproof grant.
- Rashmi, Eternities Crafter — A protected value engine in GU that snowballs card advantage while immune to most spot removal.
- Finale of Devastation — Tutors and pumps an army, then Tam's ability shields your alpha-strike threat from interaction.
- Heroic Intervention — Backstops your whole board against the wraths and edicts that Tam can't stop.
- Tamiyo's Safekeeping — Cheap protection that complements Tam against the removal that gets past hexproof.
Upgrade Path
Lean into protection that covers Tam's blind spot—board wipes and edicts—with cards like Heroic Intervention, Boros Charm-style indestructibility analogs, and recursion. Add fast mana (Sol Ring, mana dorks, Cyclonic Rift) and efficient tutors (Worldly Tutor, Finale of Devastation) to find your engine or wincon faster, and equip Lightning Greaves/Swiftfoot Boots so Tam survives and acts the turn she lands. Tighten the curve toward a focused Voltron or combo finish rather than scattered value to raise the clock.
Core Cards
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Win Conditions
- ▸Voltron commander/creature damage on a hexproof, pumped-up threat
- ▸Grinding card advantage with protected GU value engines into an overwhelming board
- ▸Going wide with creatures and finishing with an Overrun-style or Craterhoof Behemoth alpha strike
- ▸Assembling a protected creature combo (e.g., infinite mana or untap loops)
Archetypes
- Voltron — Use the all-colors ability to make a single equipped/enchanted creature fully hexproof and swing for lethal commander damage.
- Value Midrange — Protect resilient ETB and engine creatures so they keep generating advantage all game.
- Counters/+1+1 — GU stax of resilient creatures that grow safely behind hexproof while you build a wide, untargetable board.
- Combo — Shield a combo piece creature from interaction during your turn to safely assemble or untap-loop wins.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (GU), by popularity.
