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Darwin, Adaptive Mutant

Legendary Creature — Mutant Hero · {1}{G} · Green commander

Evolve (Whenever a creature you control enters, if that creature has greater power or toughness than this creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.) Remove two +1/+1 counters from Darwin: He gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy him.)

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What Darwin, Adaptive Mutant actually does

Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.

• Activated abilityRemove two +1/+1 counters from Darwin: He gains indestructible until end of turn.
• Keyword · evolveevolve

What a Darwin, Adaptive Mutant deck needs

Plays as voltron. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.

• counter doublers and proliferate (it grows only itself with +1/+1 counters)

The Darwin, Adaptive Mutant deck plan

The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.

• 12× Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
• 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
• 12× Refill your hand
• 5× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 11× Get ahead on mana

Best cards for Darwin, Adaptive Mutant

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.

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