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A-Baleful Beholder

HBG · common · Released 2022-08-11

Power

brawl
tier-1Strong staple
commander
tier-1Strong staple

Tier shown as baseline → best-case (in its ideal shell).

Derived from the 7 atoms below.

over

above rate

standalone

meaningful alone

modular

fits anywhere

caps

fixed effect

flexible

multiple modes

broad

broadly useful

fragile

easily answered

Commander Bracket

Not yet bracketed (or genuinely unplaceable).

Archetypes

positive:
midrangetokens-go-wideenchantment-matters
negative:
aggrocontrolcombo

Roles

removal-enchantmentevasion-grantmidrange-threat

Risks

slow-setuppip-heavy

Mechanics

Typal

synergy:

anti:

Structural

triggered-abilitymodal

Rationale

6cmc 7/5 Beholder with a modal ETB: either strip an enchantment from each opponent or grant your team menace until end of turn. The enchantment-hate mode is useful in enchantment-heavy metas; the menace mode supports go-wide attacks. At 6 mana with a double-black pip requirement, it's a reasonable threat but competes with stronger options at this cost in black midrange shells.