Alibou, Ancient Witness
EOC · mythic · Released 2025-08-01
Power
Tier shown as baseline → best-case (in its ideal shell).
Derived from the 7 atoms below.
above rate
minor value alone
needs a shell
can take over a game
multiple modes
situational
easily answered
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Rationale
Alibou is a 4/5 Boros artifact-creature commander that grants other artifact creatures haste and pings/scrys X (where X = tapped artifacts) whenever artifact creatures attack. It is a defining commander for Boros artifact-creature aggro strategies, combining a global haste-granter with a scalable burn+scry engine that rewards going wide with artifacts. The damage is flexible (any target) and the scry keeps the hand fresh, making it a self-contained engine. Requires artifact density to meaningfully fire, and will attract removal as the engine piece.
Learnings (3)
Alibou's trigger counts ALL tapped artifacts — not just artifact creatures — so tapping mana rocks before combat (e.g., Sol Ring, Arcane Signet) adds to the X count, enabling larger pings even with a small number of attackers.
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The scry X is not optional and happens simultaneously with the damage, giving Alibou both reach (burn) and card selection in one trigger — making it much more resilient to empty-hand problems than typical aggro commanders.
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Alibou combos particularly well with Myr or Thopter token producers because wide artifact-creature swings can push lethal damage directly to face across multiple opponents while simultaneously sculpting future draws.
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Popularity
- EDHREC rank: #2,532