Magic Bant Commander Ranking Updated: Phelddagrif Lands at No. 21

Magic Bant Commander Ranking: Positions 21–17

The bottom of the visible list mixes old group-hug staples with newer value engines.

• No. 21, Phelddagrif: a 4/4 for four mana. For one white mana another player gains two life, for one blue mana another player draws a card, and for one green mana another player gets a 1/1 Hippo token.
• No. 20, Isu the Abominable: a rare Yeti that lets you look at the top card of your library and cast it if it is a snow land or snow spell. Other snow permanents entering can grow it for one white, blue, or green mana.
• No. 19, Rafiq of the Many: a 3/3 with Exalted for four mana. A lone attacker gets double strike and can hit for eight, so the list pitches it as a Bant Voltron commander.
• No. 18, Galea, Kindler of Hope: a vigilant 4/4 for four mana that plays equipment and Auras from the top of your library. Equipment cast this way can be attached to a creature directly, skipping equip costs.
• No. 17, Morska, Undersea Sleuth: three mana, one of each color. It makes a Clue token at each of your upkeeps and gets two +1/+1 counters whenever you draw a second card in a turn, on any player's turn.

Bant Commanders at Nos. 16–12: Estrid, Roon, Falco Spara

The middle of the visible stretch leans on enchantments, flicker, and casting from the library.

• No. 16, Estrid, the Masked: a four-mana Planeswalker that can be your commander, aimed at Aura-based Bant decks. Its +2 untaps an enchanted permanent, its -1 makes a Mask Aura with totem armor, and its -7 mills seven cards and returns all enchantments from your graveyard to the battlefield.
• Roon of the Hidden Realm: a 4/4 Rhino Soldier with vigilance and trample for five mana. For two mana it taps to exile a creature, which returns at the beginning of the next end step, and it is presented as an iconic Bant flicker commander.
• No. 14, Falco Spara, Pactweaver: the Brokers leader from Streets of New Capenna, a 3/3 flying, trampling Bird Demon for four mana. It enters with a shield counter, and you can cast spells from the top of your library by removing a counter from a creature and paying the normal cost.
• No. 13, Shanna, Purifying Blade: a 3/3 lifelink Human Warrior for three mana. At end of turn you may pay X to draw X cards, with X capped by the life you gained that turn.
• No. 12, Kellen, the Kid: from Outlaws at Thunder Junction, a three-mana 3/3 with Flying and Lifelink. Casting a spell from anywhere but your hand lets you cast a permanent of equal or lesser mana value from hand for free, or else put a land onto the battlefield.

TCGKing's take: several of these slots rely on playing from the top of the library or on exile tricks, so a Bant deck that wants card advantage has several quite different routes. Kellen, the Kid, which pairs a free cast with lifelink, is the one to compare against Shanna if you want a three-mana lifegain build.

What is still unknown

• Which Commanders hold the top 11 positions is not given in the visible part of the list.
• Exactly which Commanders were added in this update is not given in the sources.

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For a recent Bant build on TCGKing, see the Ms. Bumbleflower Commander deck, a low Bracket 3 group-hug list.