The most-played cards for this commander, built from aggregated deck data (the Mythic Graph). Build public decks to seed it.
Win Conditions
▸Overwhelming card advantage converting into removal walls and inevitability
▸Infinite-draw combos (blink loops plus exile triggers) decking yourself into a finisher like Thassa's Oracle or Laboratory Maniac—or comboing into damage
▸Ketramose itself attacking as an evasive, indestructible lifelink threat once seven cards are exiled
▸Aristocrats/drain payoffs like Blood Artist fueled by sacrifice-and-exile chains
Archetypes
Value Midrange — Repeatable exile-based removal and flicker generate constant card advantage off Ketramose.
Blink — Flickering ETB exilers like Skyclave Apparition triggers both removal and Ketramose's draw.
Graveyard Hate / Stax-lite — Processors and grave-exile effects punish opponents while feeding your engine.
Combo — Infinite blink or sacrifice loops with exile triggers draw your whole deck for a win.
Ketramose can't attack or block unless there are seven or more cards in exile.
Whenever one or more cards are put into exile from graveyards and/or the battlefield during your turn, you draw a card and lose 1 life.
Ketramose turns exile into a relentless card-advantage engine: every turn you exile cards from graveyards or the battlefield, drawing cards (offset by lifelink and lifegain) to bury opponents in resources. You play a value/midrange shell with repeatable exile effects—processors, flicker, graveyard hate—then close with overwhelming card advantage or an exile-fueled combo. The body itself is a 3-mana indestructible lifelinker that swings once you've stockpiled seven exiled cards.
Cheap, hard-to-kill commander that is an indestructible card-draw engine on its own
Each exile trigger only fires once per turn per batch, but stacking multiple sources can chain many draws in a single turn
Lifelink and self-mill-proofing make the life loss from triggers easy to manage
Turns hated effects—exile-based removal and graveyard hate—into pure upside
Strong in two of the best colors for tutors, removal, and recursion
Draws only on YOUR turn, so instant-speed exile during others' turns whiffs
The 'one or more cards' clause means many exile sources only trigger once each turn—you need breadth, not just volume
Life loss can add up fast if you over-draw without lifegain backup
Exile-matters payoffs are narrow; the deck can become a durdle pile without a closing plan
Vulnerable to graveyard/exile interaction being removed, collapsing the engine
Legendary Creature — God
