Captain America, First Avenger
WURLegendary Creature — Human Soldier Hero

Captain America, First Avenger

Mana value3EDHREC#8,358

The Commander

Throw ... — {3}, Unattach an Equipment from Captain America: He deals damage equal to that Equipment's mana value divided as you choose among one, two, or three targets.

... Catch — At the beginning of combat on your turn, attach up to one target Equipment you control to Captain America.

Guide

Gameplan

Suit up Captain America with Equipment, swing as a Voltron threat, then use his Throw ability to fling Equipment for direct damage at creatures or players before re-attaching for free on your next combat. You grind value by reusing the same Equipment for both combat beats and burst damage, ideally finishing with high-mana-value gear thrown to the face.

Strengths

  • Free combat-step Equipment attachment saves huge amounts of mana over the game
  • Throw turns Equipment into repeatable removal and reach for direct damage
  • Cheap 3-mana commander that comes down early and pressures immediately
  • Boros/Jeskai colors give excellent Equipment tutors and combat support

Weaknesses

  • Heavily reliant on Captain America sticking; he's a removal magnet
  • Equipment-matters builds can be slow and clunky against fast combo
  • Throw costs {3} each activation, taxing your mana to deal damage
  • Vulnerable to artifact/Equipment hate like Vandalblast or Disenchant effects

Key Cards

  • Sword of Fire and IceHigh-value Equipment that's brutal to swing with and devastating when thrown for 6 damage.
  • Stoneforge MysticTutors and cheats expensive Equipment into play to fuel both attacks and Throw.
  • Colossus HammerCheap to attach via Catch and turns Captain America into a one-shot Voltron threat.
  • Sigarda's AidLets you flash in and attach Equipment for free, accelerating your whole gameplan.
  • Puresteel PaladinFree Equipment attachment and card draw supercharges an Equipment-dense deck.
  • Open the ArmoryTutors the exact Equipment you need for Throw damage or Voltron lethal.

Upgrade Path

Add premium Equipment with high mana values (Sword cycle, Batterskull, Argentum Armor) to maximize both combat and Throw damage, plus enablers like Puresteel Paladin and Sigarda's Aid for free attaches. Include evasion and double-strike pieces (Embercleave, Fireshrieker) and protection like Swiftfoot Boots to keep your commander alive. Tighten the mana base with fast mana and Equipment tutors so you can deploy and Throw in the same turn.

Core Cards

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Win Conditions

  • Commander damage from a fully-equipped Captain America with evasion
  • Throwing high-MV Equipment to burn out opponents directly
  • Equipped beatdown with double-strike or extra-combat enablers

Archetypes

  • VoltronCaptain America stacks Equipment and swings as a single evasive, buffed threat for commander damage.
  • Equipment AggroHis free Catch attachment makes a wide Equipment toolbox cheap and efficient to deploy.
  • Burn/ReachThrow converts high-mana-value Equipment into repeatable direct damage to close games.

Combos

No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.

Related Commanders

Same color identity (RUW), by popularity.

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