ButMagic: The Gathering’s color combinations don’t always fit a single archetype.

Master the Wick, The Whorled Mind Commander deck in Magic: The Gathering with this guide.

Bria, Riptide Rogue is one such Otter, who delights in causing trouble in the city of Fountainport.

Bria surfing away from some key cards.

Prowess is one of the few abilities that stacks, with each instance triggering separately.

There are tricks you might use tosqueeze more spells out of your deckwithout going above the 99 card limit.

Your Izzet Signet and Talisman of Creativity will also go a long way here.

Wick, the Whorled Mind with a spiral of cards

Coruscation Mage, by Gaboleps

Not only do these give you a short-term mana boost,they also trigger your prowess and similar abilities.

Late in the game, Mana Geyser can provide an enormous mana pool.

It checks for how manytapped lands your opponents control, and generates one red mana for each.

Coruscation Mage, by Gaboleps

Coruscation Mage, by Gaboleps

The more opponents you have and the more tapped out they are, the better it gets.

This interacts well with token generators, especially with Stormsplitter after already casting several other spells for the turn.

Or, if you hold onto the Treasure tokens, his attack will keep growing.

Bria Riptide Rogue by Borja Pindado

Standardblue options include cards like Rhystic Study, Treasure Cruise, and Curiosity.

Case of the Ransacked Lab pulls double duty, bothspeeding up your deck and keeping cards in your hand.

Modal double-faced cards like Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge count as whatever card key in is on their front.

An otter admires a pearl

Pearl of Wisdom by Julie Dillon

There are a few Otters and related cards that really stand out, though.

Combined with Sorcerer Class, this can turn one Otter into a huge mana source.

Ral, Crackling Wit is Otter-shapped while visiting Bloomburrow, much to his chagrin.

Storm-Kiln Artist Magic The Gathering Card

Otterball Antics is thematically appropriate, creating a 1/1 Otter with prowess for one blue and one generic mana.

On your own turn, before attacking, that can be four or five cards!

Amass a warren full of tokens with Magic: The Gathering’s Baylen, The Haymaker.

Retraced Image, from Torment

Image of the Zada Hedron Grinder card in Magic: The Gathering, with art by Chris Rallis

Empty the Warrens, from Dominaria Remastered

Image of Fists of Flame card.

Rabid Gnaw card superimposed on a blurred background.

Fling, from Planechase Anthology

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