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Flubs, the Fool
Legendary Creature — Frog Scout · {G}{U}{R} · Green/Red/Blue commander
You may play an additional land on each of your turns.
Whenever you play a land or cast a spell, draw a card if you have no cards in hand. Otherwise, discard a card.
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What Flubs, the Fool 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 · cast_spellWhenever you play a land or cast a spell, draw a card if you have no cards in hand. Otherwise, discard a card.
What a Flubs, the Fool deck needs
Plays as discard. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- discard payoffs — madness and graveyard value (every land and spell discards while you hold cards)
- cheap spells and extra land drops to empty the hand
The Flubs, the Fool deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 8× Put a land onto the battlefield — for a landfall commander this triggers where a normal land drop does not
- 8× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 4× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 3× Answer a whole board at once
- 9× Refill your hand
- 4× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 6× Get ahead on mana
- 12× A cheap spell of any kind — casts per turn are the engine for an unrestricted cast trigger
Best cards for Flubs, the Fool
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.
Put a land onto the battlefield — for a landfall commander this triggers where a normal land drop does not
- Exploration1 mana
- Explore2 mana
- Dryad of the Ilysian Grove3 mana
- Exploration Broodship1 mana
- Azusa, Lost but Seeking3 mana
- Loot, Exuberant Explorer3 mana
- Wayward Swordtooth3 mana
- Druid Class2 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- Beast Within3 mana
- Nature's Claim1 mana
- Crush1 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
- Nature's Rhythm2 mana
- Neoform2 mana
- Worldly Tutor1 mana
- Reshape2 mana
- March of Burgeoning Life1 mana
- Mask of the Mimic1 mana
- Long-Term Plans3 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
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Chain Reaction4 mana
- Street Spasm1 mana
- Desynchronization4 mana
- Wave Goodbye4 mana
- Whelming Wave4 mana
- Consuming Tide4 mana
- Oversimplify5 mana
Refill your hand
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Sylvan Library2 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- 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
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Izzet Signet2 mana
- Gruul Signet2 mana
- Incubation Druid2 mana
- Simic Signet2 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Ilysian Caryatid2 mana
A cheap spell of any kind — casts per turn are the engine for an unrestricted cast trigger
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Lotus Petal0 mana
- Mox Amber0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Lion's Eye Diamond0 mana
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- Walking Ballista0 mana
Combos with Flubs, the Fool
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Flubs, the Fool is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Flubs, the Fool + Underworld Breach + Lion's Eye Diamond + Life From The Loam681 decks
- Flubs, the Fool + Words Of Wind + Mox Amber + Sol Ring88 decks
- Flubs, the Fool + Words Of Wind + Mox Amber + Mox Opal77 decks
- Flubs, the Fool + Words Of Wind + Mana Vault72 decks
- Flubs, the Fool + Words Of Wind + Mox Opal + Sol Ring71 decks
- Flubs, the Fool + Words Of Wind + Grim Monolith + Sol Ring15 decks