Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius
Color Identity
Details
Mana Value
2
Popularity
#283
of 3,381 commanders · via EDHREC
Card Text
Legendary Creature — Bear Druid
Spells you cast from your graveyard or from exile cost {2} less to cast.
Plotting cards from your hand costs {2} less.
2/3
Playstyle
Midrange · Steady · Minimal interaction · Wins by engines
- Aggression
- 2 of 5
- Speed
- 3 of 5
- Interaction
- 2 of 5
- Combat
- 2 of 5
- Engine
- 5 of 5
- Complexity
- 4 of 5
Strategy Guides
Spellslinger Strategy Guide
Spellslinger decks are for players who want each instant and sorcery to advance the board, refill the hand, or pressure life totals. This strategy wants to cast cheap spells across every turn cycle, using spellslinger commanders, magecraft payoffs, and copy effects, to win through accumulated damage, spell-made tokens, or card advantage. Unlike Storm, it does not need one huge chain turn, and unlike Combo it is not waiting for specific pieces to end the game at once. The best instants and sorceries decks reward steady sequencing and careful use of interaction.
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Graveyard Strategy Guide
Graveyard decks are for players who want every discarded, milled, or destroyed card to remain part of the game plan. This strategy wants to stock the graveyard, using self-mill, discard outlets, sacrifice, and dredge-style cards, to win by recurring threats, lands, and value pieces until opponents run out of clean answers. Unlike Reanimator, graveyard value decks EDH players build are not centered on one huge creature arriving early, and unlike Mill they use self-mill as fuel rather than treating libraries as the main target. The best graveyard commanders turn the graveyard into a steady resource engine that can rebuild after removal.
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