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Henry Wu, InGen Geneticist
Legendary Creature — Human Scientist · {B}{G}{U} · Black/Green/Blue commander
Henry Wu and other Human creatures you control have exploit. (When a creature with exploit enters, you may sacrifice a creature.)
Whenever a creature you control exploits a non-Human creature, draw a card. If the exploited creature had power 3 or greater, create a Treasure token.
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What Henry Wu, InGen Geneticist 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 · otherWhenever a creature you control exploits a non-Human creature, draw a card. If the exploited creature had power 3 or greater, create a Treasure token.
- Static ability · keyword_grantHenry Wu and other Human creatures you control have exploit.
What a Henry Wu, InGen Geneticist deck needs
Plays as team keywords. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- expendable creatures and tokens to sacrifice (the commander is a sacrifice outlet)
- creatures with power 3 or greater (its text only counts them)
- creatures that profit from exploit (it grants the team it)
The Henry Wu, InGen Geneticist deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 14× 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
- 12× A creature at or above the commander's power floor — its text only counts them (dossier vet 2026-09-26: Bugenhagen, Gwenna, Ruby)
- 16× Creatures you are happy to sacrifice — a free sac outlet on the commander is worthless with nothing to feed it
- 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
Best cards for Henry Wu, InGen Geneticist
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
A creature at or above the commander's power floor — its text only counts them (dossier vet 2026-09-26: Bugenhagen, Gwenna, Ruby)
- Yargle and Multani6 mana
- Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle4 mana
- Impervious Greatwurm10 mana
- The Mindskinner3 mana
- Daemogoth Titan4 mana
- Ancient Stone Idol10 mana
- Ghalta, Primal Hunger12 mana
- Emrakul, the Promised End13 mana
Creatures you are happy to sacrifice — a free sac outlet on the commander is worthless with nothing to feed it
- Nurgle's Rot1 mana
- Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal // Temple of the Dead5 mana
- Phyrexian Triniform9 mana
- The Scarab God5 mana
- Endless Evil3 mana
- Old-Growth Troll3 mana
- Exquisite Huntmaster4 mana
- Grixis Slavedriver6 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
- Infernal Grasp2 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
Combos with Henry Wu, InGen Geneticist
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Henry Wu, InGen Geneticist is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Henry Wu, InGen Geneticist + Chatterfang, Squirrel General + Nadir Kraken + Artificial Evolution + Druid's Familiar2 decks
- Henry Wu, InGen Geneticist + Chatterfang, Squirrel General + Nadir Kraken + Artificial Evolution + Coat Of Arms1 decks
- Henry Wu, InGen Geneticist + Chatterfang, Squirrel General + Nadir Kraken + Artificial Evolution + Obelisk Of Urd1 decks
- Henry Wu, InGen Geneticist + Chatterfang, Squirrel General + Jinnie Fay, Jetmir's Second + Artificial Evolution
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