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Archelos, Lagoon Mystic
Legendary Creature — Turtle Shaman · {1}{B}{G}{U} · Black/Green/Blue commander
As long as Archelos is tapped, other permanents enter tapped.
As long as Archelos is untapped, other permanents enter untapped.
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What Archelos, Lagoon Mystic actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- AbilityAs long as Archelos is tapped, other permanents enter tapped.
- AbilityAs long as Archelos is untapped, other permanents enter untapped.
What an Archelos, Lagoon Mystic deck needs
Plays as tempo. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- untap effects and tap outlets for the commander (tapped, everything else enters tapped)
- permanents that enter tapped — taplands and slow creatures (untapped, they enter untapped)
The Archelos, Lagoon Mystic deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 20× A permanent that does something every turn it is on the battlefield — the deck's body, for a commander whose text asks for nothing specific
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
- 6× Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot
Best cards for Archelos, Lagoon Mystic
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
A permanent that does something every turn it is on the battlefield — the deck's body, for a commander whose text asks for nothing specific
- Crashing Drawbridge2 mana
- Ozolith, the Shattered Spire2 mana
- Bontu's Monument3 mana
- Enduring Vitality3 mana
- Kami of Whispered Hopes3 mana
- Oketra's Monument3 mana
- Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose3 mana
- Assault Formation2 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Assassin's Trophy2 mana
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- Defile1 mana
- Tragic Slip1 mana
- Suspend1 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Demonic Tutor2 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Vampiric Tutor1 mana
- Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
- Imperial Seal1 mana
- Demonic Consultation1 mana
- Nature's Rhythm2 mana
- Neoform2 mana
Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- Mindbreak Trap4 mana
- Fierce Guardianship3 mana
- Force of Negation3 mana
- Force of Will5 mana
- Flare of Denial3 mana
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- An Offer You Can't Refuse1 mana
- Arcane Denial2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Toxic Deluge3 mana
- Damnation4 mana
- Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
- Sickening Dreams2 mana
- Crypt Rats3 mana
- Extinction Event4 mana
- Vicious Rivalry4 mana
- Endemic Plague4 mana
Refill your hand
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Sylvan Library2 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Black Market Connections3 mana
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Guardian Augmenter3 mana
- Saryth, the Viper's Fang4 mana
- Lost in the Maze2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Asceticism5 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Dimir Signet2 mana
- Golgari Signet2 mana
- Incubation Druid2 mana
- Simic Signet2 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Ilysian Caryatid2 mana
Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot
- Bear Umbra4 mana
- Freed from the Real3 mana
- Pemmin's Aura3 mana
- Sting, the Glinting Dagger2 mana
- Thornbite Staff2 mana
- Umbral Mantle3 mana
- Unstoppable Plan3 mana
- Genji Glove5 mana
Combos with Archelos, Lagoon Mystic
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Archelos, Lagoon Mystic is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Archelos, Lagoon Mystic + Zimone, Quandrix Prodigy + Retreat To Coralhelm + Simic Growth Chamber692 decks
- Archelos, Lagoon Mystic + Zimone, Quandrix Prodigy + Retreat To Coralhelm + Golgari Rot Farm653 decks
- Archelos, Lagoon Mystic + Zimone, Quandrix Prodigy + Retreat To Coralhelm + Dimir Aqueduct609 decks
- Archelos, Lagoon Mystic + Patron Of The Moon + Simic Growth Chamber550 decks
- Archelos, Lagoon Mystic + Patron Of The Moon + Golgari Rot Farm542 decks
- Archelos, Lagoon Mystic + Patron Of The Moon + Dimir Aqueduct520 decks