BlueLegendary Creature — SpiritTimin, Youthful Geist
Mana value5Rank#9,737PartnerYes
The Commander
Partner with Rhoda, Geist Avenger (When this creature enters, target player may put Rhoda into their hand from their library, then shuffle.)
Flying
At the beginning of each combat, tap up to one target creature.
Guide
Gameplan
Timin is a cheap evasive flyer that taps a creature every combat on every turn, letting you neutralize the scariest blocker or attacker before it acts. In mono-blue you build a tempo/control shell that protects Timin, denies opponents key creatures, and chips in evasive commander damage while card advantage and counterspells carry the long game. You win by grinding the board into submission and either swinging with a buffed flyer or assembling an inevitability engine.
Strengths
- Repeatable combat-step removal-on-a-stick: tapping a blocker or attacker each combat warps every fight in your favor
- Evasive flying body makes Timin a reliable commander-damage clock and easy to suit up
- Mono-blue gives access to the format's best counterspells, card draw, and protection
- Cheap five-mana cost with immediate impact; tap trigger works on every player's combat, not just yours
Weaknesses
- Mono-blue lacks efficient creature removal and any way to deal with resolved enchantments or artifacts
- Tapping only 'up to one' creature is slow against go-wide token boards
- Without Rhoda the partner clause does nothing, so the solo build leans entirely on tempo and control
- Relies on Timin sticking; he's a removal magnet with no built-in protection
Key Cards
- Rhoda, Geist Avenger — The intended partner—she grows and draws cards every time you tap down opponents, turning Timin's trigger into a value engine.
- Cyclonic Rift — The premier mono-blue board reset that lets a control deck flip a stalled game into a lethal alpha strike.
- Rapid Hybridization — Cheap instant-speed answer that patches blue's shortage of real removal.
- Aqueous Form — Grants unblockable and scry, converting Timin into an inevitable commander-damage threat.
- Propaganda — Pillowfort that pairs perfectly with Timin keeping the biggest threat tapped down.
Upgrade Path
Pick up Rhoda and lean into the Azorius tap-matters synergy for far more value, or stay mono-blue and add fast mana (Sol Ring, Mana Crystal, Mox Amber) plus premium interaction (Mana Drain, Force of Negation, Swan Song). Add tutors and protection like Mother of Runes-style effects via blue's hexproof auras and Heroic Intervention substitutes, and consider extra-combat enablers such as Aggravated Assault to multiply Timin's tap triggers and damage output.
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
- ▸Evasive commander damage from a buffed, often-unblockable Timin
- ▸Cyclonic Rift overload followed by a lethal swing
- ▸Grinding card advantage into a finisher like a big blue threat or mill engine
- ▸Locking the board with tappers and pillowfort effects until opponents can't deploy
Archetypes
- Control — Mono-blue counters, bounce, and card draw plus Timin's combat tax keep the table locked while you win at leisure.
- Tempo — Cheap evasive commander and repeatable tapping let you race ahead and ride a single threat to victory.
- Voltron — Flying plus unblockable and protection auras turns Timin into a fast 21-damage clock.
- Pillowfort — Tapping a key attacker each combat synergizes with Propaganda-style deterrents to make you unappealing to attack.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (U), by popularity.
