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Tatyova, Benthic Druid
Legendary Creature — Merfolk Druid · {3}{G}{U} · Green/Blue commander
What Tatyova, Benthic Druid 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 · etbWhenever a land you control enters, you gain 1 life and draw a card.
What a Tatyova, Benthic Druid deck needs
Plays as lands. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- extra land drops and land recursion (every land entering draws)
- landfall payoffs
- fetch lands and bounce lands (extra triggers)
The Tatyova, Benthic Druid deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 32× 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
Best cards for Tatyova, Benthic Druid
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
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- Beast Within3 mana
- Nature's Claim1 mana
- Emerald Charm1 mana
- Naturalize2 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
- Desynchronization4 mana
- Wave Goodbye4 mana
- Whelming Wave4 mana
- Consuming Tide4 mana
- Oversimplify5 mana
- Selective Obliteration5 mana
- Needle Storm3 mana
- Evacuation5 mana
Refill your hand
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Sylvan Library2 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Rhystic Study3 mana
- Faerie Mastermind2 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
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Incubation Druid2 mana
- Simic Signet2 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Ilysian Caryatid2 mana
- Heritage Druid1 mana
- Llanowar Tribe3 mana
Combos with Tatyova, Benthic Druid
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Tatyova, Benthic Druid is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Tatyova, Benthic Druid + Doppelgang + Mystic Sanctuary2,153 decks
- Tatyova, Benthic Druid + Abundance + Retreat To Coralhelm + Sakura-Tribe Scout1,667 decks
- Tatyova, Benthic Druid + Abundance + Retreat To Coralhelm + Llanowar Scout1,303 decks
- Tatyova, Benthic Druid + Abundance + Retreat To Coralhelm + Scaled Herbalist874 decks
- Tatyova, Benthic Druid + Abundance + Retreat To Coralhelm + Skyshroud Ranger785 decks
- Tatyova, Benthic Druid + Abundance + Retreat To Coralhelm + Walking Atlas756 decks
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