April O'Neil, Hacktivist
TMT · rare · Released 2026-03-06
Power
Tier shown as baseline → best-case (in its ideal shell).
Derived from the 7 atoms below.
below rate
minor value alone
needs a shell
can take over a game
one mode
situational
easily answered
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Rationale
April O'Neil is a 4cmc 1/5 that rewards casting spells of diverse types in a single turn by drawing cards at end step — rewarding a mix of creatures, instants, sorceries, artifacts, and enchantments. She's a signature spellslinger payoff who also fits control and midrange shells wanting end-step card advantage, but requires meaningful spell diversity each turn to generate more than one card. Slow to pay off in low-interaction or creature-only shells.
Learnings (3)
April rewards casting spells of DIFFERENT card types in one turn — a deck mixing instants, sorceries, artifacts, and creatures can draw 3-4 cards at end step, but a pure-spellslinger deck casting only instants/sorceries is capped at 2.
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Her 1/5 body makes her a surprisingly resilient blocker against aggro, letting her survive combat long enough to accrue repeated value across multiple turns.
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In a deck using her as commander, building around instant/sorcery plus one artifact or creature spell per turn reliably hits 2-3 draws per end step without requiring elaborate setup.
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Popularity
- EDHREC rank: #18,492