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Atreus, Impulsive Son — Commander Hub · Mythicwyrm

Atreus, Impulsive Son

Legendary Creature — God Archer

Atreus, Impulsive Son

Mana value3Rank#8,913PartnerYes

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The Commander

Guide

Gameplan

Strengths

Weaknesses

Key Cards

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Core Cards

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Win Conditions

▸Repeated Atreus activations pinging all opponents to death over several turns
▸Massive card draw fueling a spellslinger burst with copy effects like Thousand-Year Storm
▸Out-grinding the table on cards and resolving a haymaker finisher (e.g., a big X spell or wheel payoff)
▸Proliferating experience counters into oversized draws that bury opponents in resources

Archetypes

Spellslinger — The deep card draw from Atreus fuels a high-density instant/sorcery shell with copy and burn payoffs.
Control — His repeatable draw and incremental damage let you counter and remove threats while grinding inevitability.
Superfriends/Proliferate — Experience counters love proliferate, so planeswalker and counter-matters packages multiply his value.
Burn — The 2 damage to each opponent each activation adds up as a legitimate alternate win path.

Combos

Atreus, Impulsive Son + Mind Over Matter
→ Infinite self-discard triggers, Infinite draw triggers, Infinite looting

Combos via Commander Spellbook.

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Reach

, : Draw a card for each experience counter you have, then discard a card. Atreus deals 2 damage to each opponent.

Partner—Father & son (You can have two commanders if both have this ability.)

Atreus is a repeatable card-advantage and pinging engine: stack up experience counters, then tap him each turn to draw a fistful of cards, smooth your hand with a discard, and chip every opponent for 2. He wants a Father & son partner (or any experience-counter source) plus proliferate to scale the draw, while you grind toward a value- or burn-based finish in Izzet colors.

Refillable card advantage that scales with experience counters, outdrawing most tables in the late game

Built-in incremental reach damage that pressures all three opponents and enables a burn finish

Reach plus a 3-mana body makes him a fine early blocker against fliers and aggro

Partner flexibility lets you pick the best Father & son companion or run him with another partner-style strategy

The loot effect (draw then discard) fuels graveyard and discard-matters synergies

Does literally nothing without experience counters, so an empty board state leaves the ability blank

Heavily reliant on the commander staying alive and the {3} activation cost each turn

Vulnerable to graveyard hate and removal that resets your experience-counter source

Izzet identity offers weak interaction with enchantments and limited efficient single-target removal

Discard requirement can hurt if you draw zero counters and must pitch a real card

Inexorable Tide

Proliferate on every spell quietly snowballs your experience counters, multiplying Atreus's draw output.

A land that proliferates to grow experience counters with no card investment.

Turns every land drop into a proliferate trigger, ramping your counter total fast.

Thousand-Year Storm

Spellslinger payoff that lets your draws convert into explosive copied-spell turns.

Cheap recurring card advantage that bridges you to the experience-counter payoff.

Reliquary Tower

Lets you keep the huge hands Atreus generates without discarding to cleanup.

Maximize experience-counter generation and proliferate density (Inexorable Tide, Evolution Sage, Karn's Bastion, Flux Channeler) so Atreus draws four-plus cards per turn. Add fast mana and cost reducers to activate him multiple times a turn, plus card-draw protection like Reliquary Tower and counterspell backup to keep him online. Cap it off with a tight spellslinger or storm finish to convert your card flood into a single decisive turn.