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Humans · Commander / EDH
Human Commander Decks
By far the biggest creature type in Magic, which is the catch — with 4,000+ options the tribe has breadth but almost no shared mechanic. Human decks are built around a handful of specific lords.
4427legal humans
1401can lead a deck
122cards that name humans
$0.22median card price
Ready-built list
Human Anthem — Numbers Over Size
Deploy low-cost Humans rapidly to trigger tokens and wide-board synergies, pump the army with potent Human lords and anthems, and swing for lethal combat damage.
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Commanders that care about humans
Legendary humans whose rules text actually names the creature type — these reward building around the tribe, rather than just belonging to it. Ordered by current market price, which is the closest thing to a popularity signal we can honestly compute.
Art by Mark Winters
Art by Paolo Parente
Art by Anna Steinbauer
Art by Carlos Dattoli
Art by Magali Villeneuve
Art by Bryan Sola
Art by Willian Murai
Kytheon, Hero of Akros // Gideon, Battle-Forged
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier // Legendary Planeswalker — Gideon
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Art by Jesper Ejsing
The human support package
Cards that are not humans themselves but name them in their rules text — the lords, anthems, tutors and payoffs that turn a pile of creatures into a deck. 122 of them are legal in Commander.
Where humans live
Color identity of every legal human in the format. This is what decides your commander's colors before you pick a single card.
Under a dollar
Playable humans currently under $1 — the cheap end of the pool, priced from the least expensive real printing.
Instigator Gang // Wildblood Pack
{3}{R}Creature — Human Werewolf // Creature — Werewolf
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