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Obeka, Splitter of Seconds
Legendary Creature — Ogre Warlock · {1}{U}{B}{R} · Black/Red/Blue commander
Menace
Whenever Obeka deals combat damage to a player, you get that many additional upkeep steps after this phase.
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What Obeka, Splitter of Seconds 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 Obeka deals combat damage to a player, you get that many additional upkeep steps after this phase.
- Keyword · menacemenace
What an Obeka, Splitter of Seconds deck needs
Plays as upkeep. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- permanents with upkeep triggers (each hit repeats them)
- evasion and power for the commander
The Obeka, Splitter of Seconds 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
- 9× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 5× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 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
- 16× 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
Best cards for Obeka, Splitter of Seconds
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
- Rogue Class2 mana
- Archetype of Imagination6 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar3 mana
- Goblin War Drums3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- Don Andres, the Renegade4 mana
- Archetype of Aggression3 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
- Defile1 mana
- Tragic Slip1 mana
- Infernal Grasp2 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 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
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Chain Reaction4 mana
- Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
- Street Spasm1 mana
- Sickening Dreams2 mana
- Crypt Rats3 mana
Refill your hand
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Black Market Connections3 mana
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
- Morbid Opportunist3 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Lost in the Maze2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Dimir Signet2 mana
- Izzet Signet2 mana
- Rakdos Signet2 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
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
- Bontu's Monument3 mana
- Oketra's Monument3 mana
- Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose3 mana
- Artist's Talent2 mana
- Goro-Goro, Disciple of Ryusei2 mana
- Nightscape Familiar2 mana
- Roiling Vortex2 mana
Combos with Obeka, Splitter of Seconds
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Obeka, Splitter of Seconds is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Obeka, Splitter of Seconds + Mechanized Production11,559 decks
- Obeka, Splitter of Seconds + Descent Into Avernus5,380 decks
- Obeka, Splitter of Seconds + Aggravated Assault + Replicating Ring1,464 decks
- Obeka, Splitter of Seconds + Time Sieve + Court Of Vantress462 decks
- Obeka, Splitter of Seconds + Time Sieve + Replicating Ring453 decks
- Obeka, Splitter of Seconds + Time Sieve + Thopter Spy Network341 decks