BorosLegendary Creature — Angel ArtificerTiana, Ship's Caretaker
Mana value5Rank#9,849
The Commander
Flying, first strike
Whenever an Aura or Equipment you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may return that card to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.
Guide
Gameplan
Tiana is a Boros Voltron/auras-and-equipment value engine: suit her up (or another evasive threat) and crash in, while her ability recurs your Auras and Equipment whenever they hit the graveyard. You build a board of cheap enchantments and equipment, protect your investment by sacrificing or letting them die and bouncing them back, then close with commander damage or wide aggression.
Strengths
- Built-in card advantage that turns Aura/Equipment removal into a non-event by returning them each end step
- Boros has elite Voltron support: protection, double strike, and evasion to one-shot opponents
- Flying and first strike make her a strong, self-sufficient carrier even without much investment
- Synergizes with sacrifice and blink effects to repeatedly reuse ETB Auras and Equipment
Weaknesses
- Classic Voltron fragility: exile, bounce, and 'sacrifice'/-X removal of the creature dodge her recursion
- Color identity lacks ramp, card draw, and counterspells compared to other colors
- Heavy reliance on the commander makes the deck stumble after multiple board wipes or tax effects
- Recursion only triggers on graveyard death, not exile, so she's weak to Swords/Path-style removal of your gear
Key Cards
- Sram, Senior Edificer — Draws a card every time you cast an Aura, Equipment, or Vehicle, keeping the engine flowing.
- Danitha Capashen, Paragon — Cheaper, evasive backup carrier with built-in keywords for when Tiana is removed.
- Sun Titan — Recurs cheap Auras and Equipment from the yard, doubling down on Tiana's recursion theme.
- Open the Armory — Tutors the perfect Aura or Equipment to assemble your kill or protect your threat.
- Sigarda's Aid — Flash in Equipment and auto-attach, letting you respond to removal and reattach gear at instant speed.
- Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist — Moves all your Auras and Equipment around for free, enabling reuse and flexible threats.
Upgrade Path
Add fast mana and tutors (Sol Ring, Open the Armory, Steelshaper's Gift, Stoneforge Mystic) to assemble your kill faster, and lean on protection like Swiftfoot Boots and Lightning Greaves to keep your carrier alive. Include double-strike enablers (Fireshrieker, Grappling Hook) and evasion to threaten one-shot kills, and add reusable sacrifice outlets to abuse Tiana's recursion. Tighten the curve and trim clunky Auras for cheap, high-impact gear and card-draw engines like Sram and Puresteel Paladin.
Core Cards
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Win Conditions
- ▸Commander damage from a suited-up Tiana or backup carrier with double strike and evasion
- ▸Wide aggression with multiple equipped/enchanted creatures
- ▸Combat-trigger or sacrifice loops generating overwhelming value into a beatdown
Archetypes
- Voltron — Tiana's evasion plus stacked Auras/Equipment let her deal lethal commander damage, with recursion insuring your investment.
- Aura/Equipment Value — Her ability rewards loading up on gear and enchantments that generate card advantage and triggers.
- Aristocrats — Sacrificing your own Auras/Equipment for value while bouncing them back creates repeatable engines.
- Blink — Flicker effects re-trigger ETB Auras and Equipment that Tiana can also recur on death.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (RW), by popularity.
