Arwen Undómiel
UGLegendary Creature — Elf Noble

Arwen Undómiel

Mana value2EDHREC#7,426

The Commander

Whenever you scry, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

{4}{G}{U}: Scry 2.

Guide

Gameplan

Arwen turns every scry into a +1/+1 counter, so you build a deck flooded with scry effects to grow your board while smoothing draws. You curve out cheap scry enablers, pile counters onto a threat or a wide board, and close with proliferate payoffs, counter synergies, or a big buffed attacker. Her built-in {4}{G}{U}: Scry 2 gives a reliable mana sink in the late game.

Strengths

  • Cheap two-mana commander that converts a ubiquitous keyword (scry) into permanent board growth
  • Scry is everywhere in Simic, making enablers plentiful and budget-friendly
  • Each separate scry trigger gives a counter, rewarding multiple small scries over one big one
  • Doubles as card selection engine, so consistency and board development happen simultaneously

Weaknesses

  • Relies on her staying on the battlefield; she's a fragile 2-mana body and a removal magnet
  • Counters do nothing without evasion or proliferate payoffs to convert them to wins
  • Multiple small-scry effects matter more than scry quantity, which can be unintuitive to build
  • Vulnerable to board wipes that erase all your invested counters at once

Key Cards

  • PreordainCheap cantrip that scries before drawing, netting a counter while filtering your draw.
  • BrainstormPairs scry-fetch loops and cheap card flow; many such cantrips trigger Arwen for free counters.
  • Crystal BallRepeatable scry 2 each turn, reliably dropping counters without spending cards.
  • Inexorable TideProliferate on every spell multiplies the counters Arwen generates into a runaway advantage.
  • Doubling SeasonDoubles the +1/+1 counters from each scry trigger, accelerating your clock dramatically.
  • Mystic SpeculationBuyback scry 2 lets you sink mana to repeatedly add counters in the late game.

Upgrade Path

Add more cheap, repeatable scry sources (Sensei's Divining Top, Soothsaying, Sphinx-Bone Wand-style sinks) over one-shot big scries to maximize trigger count. Layer in proliferate (Inexorable Tide, Evolution Sage, Flux Channeler) and counter doublers (Doubling Season, Hardened Scales) to convert triggers into faster kills, and protect Arwen with Heroic Intervention, Lightning Greaves, and counterspells. Top end can include Walking Ballista or Simic Ascendancy as deterministic win conditions.

Core Cards

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Win Conditions

  • Suit up an evasive creature with counters and connect for lethal commander or trample damage
  • Go wide and proliferate counters across a board for a single overwhelming alpha strike
  • Counter-synergy payoffs like Simic Ascendancy or Walking Ballista finishers

Archetypes

  • +1/+1 CountersEvery scry adds a counter, making her the engine for a Simic counters-matter shell.
  • VoltronStack scry triggers onto one evasive creature to build a lethal commander or threat.
  • Spellslinger/CantripsA deck of cheap card-selection spells scrys repeatedly to snowball counters.
  • ProliferateCounters from scry become a proliferate target for explosive, multiplicative growth.

Combos

No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.

Related Commanders

Same color identity (GU), by popularity.

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