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Namor the Sub-Mariner

Namor the Sub-Mariner

Legendary Creature — Mutant Merfolk Villain · {1}{U}{U} · Blue commander

Flying Namor's power is equal to the number of Merfolk you control. Whenever you cast a noncreature spell with one or more blue mana symbols in its mana cost, create that many 1/1 blue Merfolk creature tokens.
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What Namor the Sub-Mariner actually does

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

What a Namor the Sub-Mariner deck needs

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

The Namor the Sub-Mariner deck plan

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

Best cards for Namor the Sub-Mariner

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 body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality

  1. Mist-Cloaked Herald1 mana
  2. Triton Shorestalker1 mana
  3. Thassa's Oracle2 mana
  4. Thieving Skydiver2 mana
  5. Benthic Biomancer1 mana
  6. Emry, Lurker of the Loch3 mana
  7. Cosi's Trickster1 mana
  8. Cursecatcher1 mana

A card that is CAST to trigger the commander — reanimating or blinking it does not count

  1. Mist-Cloaked Herald1 mana
  2. Triton Shorestalker1 mana
  3. Thassa's Oracle2 mana
  4. Aquitect's Will1 mana
  5. Benthic Biomancer1 mana
  6. Thieving Skydiver2 mana
  7. Emry, Lurker of the Loch3 mana
  8. Cosi's Trickster1 mana

A team pump that actually pumps tokens

  1. Patchwork Banner3 mana
  2. Heraldic Banner3 mana
  3. Adaptive Automaton3 mana
  4. Chief of the Foundry3 mana
  5. Icon of Ancestry3 mana
  6. Master of Etherium3 mana
  7. Banner of Kinship5 mana
  8. Vanquisher's Banner5 mana

Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it

  1. Reality Shift2 mana
  2. Pongify1 mana
  3. Rapid Hybridization1 mana
  4. Resculpt2 mana
  5. Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
  6. Titan's Presence3 mana
  7. Icy Prison2 mana
  8. Kozilek's Command2 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Reshape2 mana
  2. Mask of the Mimic1 mana
  3. Long-Term Plans3 mana
  4. Whir of Invention3 mana
  5. Merchant Scroll2 mana
  6. Mystical Tutor1 mana
  7. Muddle the Mixture2 mana
  8. Personal Tutor1 mana

Answer a spell or ability before it resolves

  1. Mindbreak Trap4 mana
  2. Fierce Guardianship3 mana
  3. Force of Negation3 mana
  4. Force of Will5 mana
  5. Flare of Denial3 mana
  6. Pact of Negation0 mana
  7. An Offer You Can't Refuse1 mana
  8. Arcane Denial2 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Desynchronization4 mana
  2. Wave Goodbye4 mana
  3. Whelming Wave4 mana
  4. Consuming Tide4 mana
  5. Selective Obliteration5 mana
  6. Evacuation5 mana
  7. Perplexing Test5 mana
  8. Raise the Palisade5 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Mystic Remora1 mana
  2. Skullclamp1 mana
  3. Curiosity1 mana
  4. Wizard Class1 mana
  5. Herald's Horn3 mana
  6. Rhystic Study3 mana
  7. Faerie Mastermind2 mana
  8. The One Ring4 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Lost in the Maze2 mana
  2. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  3. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  4. Eldrazi Monument5 mana
  5. Commander's Plate1 mana
  6. Svyelun of Sea and Sky3 mana
  7. Mithril Coat3 mana
  8. Akroma's Memorial7 mana

Combos with Namor the Sub-Mariner

Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Namor the Sub-Mariner is a piece of, and how many decks list them.

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