The Commander
If you would roll one or more dice, instead roll that many dice plus one and ignore the lowest roll.
Whenever you roll one or more dice, put a +1/+1 counter on Wyll.
Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)
Guide
Gameplan
Wyll turns every die roll into value, growing himself with +1/+1 counters while your roll-altering ability gives you the best outcome on chaotic dice cards. Pick a Background to fill out your strategy, then chain dice-rolling spells, planar dice, and Barbarian/Wild Magic effects to snowball board state. You either ride Wyll as a counter-fueled threat or build wide and explosive around dice payoffs.
Strengths
- Roll-an-extra-die-and-ignore-lowest dramatically improves expected value on all dice effects
- Free +1/+1 counters every roll make Wyll a real Voltron threat
- Background slot adds flexibility and a second commander's worth of value
- Cheap two-mana commander that's easy to recast and protect
- Dice payoffs scale hard once you have repeatable rolling engines
Weaknesses
- Mono-red ceiling: weak interaction, card draw, and recovery from board wipes
- Dice strategies can be inconsistent and swingy without enough rollers
- Heavily reliant on Wyll being on the battlefield to capture value
- Vulnerable to graveyard and counter removal that resets his investment
- Limited support pool means decks can feel thin outside dice cards
Key Cards
- The Reality Chip — Repeated card advantage in a color starved for it, keeping the dice engine fueled.
- Pixie Guide — Stacks with Wyll to roll even more dice and ignore even more low rolls, supercharging outcomes.
- Delina, Wild Mage — Copies attacking creatures based on a d20, and Wyll makes the roll far more likely to hit.
- Barbarian Class — Adds extra dice to combat-relevant rolls and gives a strong scaling mana sink.
- Tavern Brawler — Turns each turn's d20 into ramp and card advantage, both boosted by Wyll.
- Wand of Wonder — A repeatable random spell generator that Wyll skews toward better results.
Upgrade Path
Tighten the dice-roller count so you reliably have something to roll each turn, and add Krark's Thumb-style multipliers (Pixie Guide, Barbarian Class) to compound Wyll's reroll. Improve mono-red's weaknesses with rituals, impulse draw (Reality Chip, Light Up the Stage), and protection like Heroic Intervention proxies in red such as Deflecting Swat. Choose a focused Background that matches your line—aggro counters for Voltron or token support for go-wide—rather than a generic value pick.
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 Wyll
- ▸Going wide with token and copy effects from dice rolls
- ▸Explosive d20 payoffs (extra combats, big spells, Delina copies) overwhelming the table
- ▸Background-driven win, such as anthem aggro or a value engine that grinds opponents out
Archetypes
- Dice Matters — Wyll improves every roll and pays you in counters, making him the premier d20/dice-payoff commander.
- Voltron — Stacking +1/+1 counters from rolls lets Wyll close games with commander damage.
- Aggro/Tokens — Pair with a token-focused Background like Reckless Barbarian or aggressive Backgrounds to go wide and roll for value.
- Chaos/Wild Magic — Random spell and outcome cards become reliable engines under Wyll's reroll ability.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (R), by popularity.
