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Blim, Comedic Genius
Legendary Creature — Imp · {2}{B}{R} · Black/Red commander
Flying
Whenever Blim deals combat damage to a player, that player gains control of target permanent you control. Then each player loses life and discards cards equal to the number of permanents they control but don't own.
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What Blim, Comedic Genius actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Triggered ability · deals_damageWhenever Blim deals combat damage to a player, that player gains control of target permanent you control. Then each player loses life and discards cards equal to the number of permanents they control
- Keyword · flyingflying
What a Blim, Comedic Genius deck needs
Plays as donate. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- permanents to give away — drawback permanents (each hit donates one and punishes held permanents)
- evasion for the commander
The Blim, Comedic Genius deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 10× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- 8× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- 9× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 3× Answer a whole board at once
- 10× Refill your hand
- 5× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Blim, Comedic Genius
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.
Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar3 mana
- Goblin War Drums3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- Archetype of Aggression3 mana
- Sonorous Howlbonder3 mana
- Beamtown Beatstick1 mana
- Sticky Fingers1 mana
Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- Replicating Ring3 mana
- Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate0 mana
- Andúril, Flame of the West3 mana
- Hanweir Garrison3 mana
- Sarkhan, Fireblood3 mana
- Field of the Dead0 mana
- Fountainport0 mana
- Grave Titan6 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Defile1 mana
- Tragic Slip1 mana
- Infernal Grasp2 mana
- Terminate2 mana
- Fatal Push1 mana
- Bitter Triumph2 mana
- Black Sun's Twilight1 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Demonic Tutor2 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Vampiric Tutor1 mana
- Imperial Seal1 mana
- Demonic Consultation1 mana
- Grim Tutor3 mana
- Tainted Pact2 mana
- Scheming Symmetry1 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Toxic Deluge3 mana
- Damnation4 mana
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Chain Reaction4 mana
- Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
- Street Spasm1 mana
- Sickening Dreams2 mana
- Crypt Rats3 mana
Refill your hand
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Black Market Connections3 mana
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
- Morbid Opportunist3 mana
- Phyrexian Arena3 mana
- Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- The Walls of Ba Sing Se8 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Rakdos Signet2 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
Combos with Blim, Comedic Genius
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Blim, Comedic Genius is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Blim, Comedic Genius + Demonic Pact6,493 decks
- Blim, Comedic Genius + Archfiend Of The Dross + Heartless Act340 decks
- Blim, Comedic Genius + Vilis, Broker Of Blood + Underworld Dreams78 decks
- Blim, Comedic Genius + Vilis, Broker Of Blood + Fate Unraveler51 decks
- Blim, Comedic Genius + Razorkin Needlehead + Vilis, Broker Of Blood51 decks
- Blim, Comedic Genius + Vilis, Broker Of Blood + Kederekt Parasite46 decks