Iroh, Grand Lotus

Iroh is a 5/5 for 6 that grants universal flashback to all non-Lesson instants and sorceries in your graveyard (at their original mana cost) and a discounted {1} flashback to Lesson cards. The Firebending 2 ability adds {R}{R} during combat, helping pay for those flashback costs. This is a signature spellslinger/graveyard-value commander in Temur colors, essentially turning the graveyard into a recastable hand of spells. At 6 mana it's slow to deploy and is a must-answer threat that does nothing until your next turn.

• The flashback granted by Iroh only functions 'during your turn,' so opponents cannot flash back instants on their own turns — this is narrower than it first appears for reactive instants like counterspells.

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• Iroh's Firebending 2 triggers on attack and generates {R}{R} until end of combat, which can directly pay for flashback costs of red spells or help with off-color hybrid costs.

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• Lesson cards in the graveyard become essentially free cantrips/spells at {1} each, making Strixhaven's Learn/Lesson package disproportionately powerful with Iroh as commander.

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• EDHREC rank: #6,522