Legendary Creature — Fox Rogue

Mr. Foxglove

Mana value5EDHREC#6,821

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The Commander

Lifelink

Whenever Mr. Foxglove attacks, draw cards equal to the number of cards in defending player's hand minus the number of cards in your hand. If you didn't draw cards this way, you may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Guide

Gameplan

Mr. Foxglove rewards keeping a low hand: attack each turn to refill your grip up to the defending player's hand size, or—when your hand is full—cheat fat creatures into play for free. You build a value engine around drawing, lifegain, and dumping high-impact bodies, grinding opponents out with card advantage and big threats while lifelink keeps you safe.

Strengths

Built-in card advantage that scales against control/draw-heavy tables
Free-cast creatures when your hand is full, enabling huge mana cheats
Lifelink keeps you out of burn and aggro range
Bant colors give premium ramp, protection, and removal
Flexible: rewards both empty-hand aggro and full-hand toolbox play

Weaknesses

Must attack and survive combat to get value, so removal/blockers shut him off
Card draw depends on opponents' hand sizes—stalls vs empty hands
No evasion natively; gets chump-blocked or walled
Three colors strain the mana base
Engine is slow without enablers; can feel grindy

Key Cards

Rogue's Passage — Grants unblockable so Foxglove connects every turn for guaranteed value or creature drops.
Mystic Confluence — Lets you bounce blockers and refill while keeping your hand low to maximize the attack trigger.
Craterhoof Behemoth — A perfect free cheat-in when your hand is full, turning Foxglove into a one-shot finisher.
Smothering Tithe — Generates mana to recast cards and keep your hand churning while opponents draw.
Esper Sentinel / Rhystic Study — Punishes opponents and balances hand sizes to keep Foxglove's draw trigger live.

Upgrade Path

Add evasion enablers (Whispersilk Cloak, Rogue's Passage) and protection (Heroic Intervention, Lightning Greaves) so Foxglove reliably connects. Lean into the free-cast mode with high-value creatures and reanimation-adjacent bombs, then tighten the mana with duals, fetches, and fast rocks like Mana Crypt and Sol Ring. Top-end can include a compact combo such as Aetherflux Reservoir to convert your lifelink and draw engine into a deterministic kill.

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

▸Free-cheating a haymaker like Craterhoof Behemoth or Avenger of Zendikar to alpha-strike
▸Out-grinding the table on card advantage then closing with evasive Voltron damage
▸Lifegain payoffs (Aetherflux Reservoir, Archangel of Thune) converting lifelink into a win

Archetypes

Value Midrange — His attack trigger refills your hand to parity, fueling a grindy card-advantage engine.
Creature Cheat / Big Mana — A full hand lets you free-cast bombs like Avenger of Zendikar or Craterhoof on attack.
Control — Bant counters and wraths keep tables in check while Foxglove out-draws everyone.
Lifegain — Lifelink plus payoffs like Archangel of Thune leverage his combat damage.