Master Pakku
TLA · uncommon · Released 2025-11-21
Power
Tier shown as baseline → best-case (in its ideal shell).
Derived from the 7 atoms below.
on rate
minor value alone
needs a shell
scales up
one mode
situational
easily answered
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Rationale
2cmc 1/3 prowess creature that mills X cards (X = Lesson cards in graveyard) whenever it becomes tapped. The mill trigger is highly conditional — it requires a density of Lesson cards in the graveyard, which is a very narrow deckbuilding constraint outside of Strixhaven-themed or dedicated Lesson-synergy builds. Prowess makes it a modest threat in spellslinger shells, but the mill payoff is the defining feature and only shines in a specifically constructed deck.
Learnings (3)
Master Pakku's mill trigger fires whenever he becomes tapped by ANY means — combat, tap-based abilities, or effects — not just attacking, which opens up synergies with tap engines or untap loops.
tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6
The Lesson subtype requirement for graveyard density is extremely narrow; outside Avatar: The Last Airbender-themed sets or dedicated Strixhaven lesson-tutor builds, accumulating enough Lesson cards in the graveyard to mill meaningfully is very difficult.
tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6
In a dedicated Lesson-graveyard deck, pairing Pakku with self-mill or Learn effects (which search Lessons) can accelerate the graveyard count, but this requires significant build-around investment.
tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6
Popularity
- EDHREC rank: #12,155