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The Neutrinos

TMT · uncommon · Released 2026-03-06

Power

brawl
fringetier-2Strong staple
commander
fringetier-2Strong staple

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

Derived from the 7 atoms below.

on

on rate

incremental

minor value alone

synergy

wants support

scales

scales up

rigid

one mode

narrow

situational

fragile

easily answered

Commander Bracket

1Precon2Core3Upgraded4Optimized5cEDH

Archetypes

positive:
tokens-go-wideblinkflickeraggro
negative:
controlstax-prison

Roles

evasive-threatattack-triggeretb-triggeretb-payoffflickertoken-producer

Risks

attack-trigger-onlytelegraphedremoval-magnet

Mechanics

Typal

synergy:
elfrebel
anti:

Structural

triggered-abilitystatic-ability

Rationale

The Neutrinos is a 2/4 flying attacker that grows with creature ETBs (Alliance) and on attack flickers a friendly creature back in tapped and attacking — re-triggering ETBs and generating an extra attacker for free. It's a signature card for tokens-go-wide (Alliance pumps scale with creature counts) and blink/flicker shells that want repeatable ETB value during the attack step. The attack-trigger requirement and 4cmc slot make it vulnerable to removal before it can generate value.

Learnings (3)

  • The Neutrinos' attack trigger exiles and returns the creature tapped and attacking, meaning the returned creature bypasses the declare-attackers step — it can attack even if it has summoning sickness, though it still must be legally able to attack (no defender, etc.).

    tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6

  • Alliance triggers stack with multiple creature ETBs in a single turn, so token-producing ETBs from the flickered creature can pump The Neutrinos significantly before combat damage is dealt.

    tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6

  • The flicker effect targets 'a creature you own' not just 'you control,' allowing recovery of stolen creatures mid-combat as an incidental upside.

    tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6

Popularity

  • EDHREC rank: #19,580