At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control a creature with power 7 or greater, draw a card.
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Bugenhagen is a 2-mana mono-green engine that rewards going big: deploy a fat creature with power 7+ and you draw a card every upkeep while ramping mana of any color. Curve out with mana dorks into huge beaters, refill your hand off Bugenhagen, and crush the table with trampling threats.
Cheap, early-drop commander that doubles as a Birds of Paradise-style any-color mana source
Repeatable card advantage in mono-green, a color that traditionally struggles to draw
Reach lets it block fliers and survive while the engine runs
Synergizes naturally with the +X/+X and big-creature payoffs green already wants
Card draw is conditional—you must reliably field a 7+ power creature or the engine does nothing
Relies on a 2-mana commander that dies to any removal, disrupting both ramp and draw
Mono-green lacks interaction, so you fall behind to combo and control
Telegraphs your big threats, inviting board wipes and targeted removal
Makes token beaters and refills your hand alongside Bugenhagen for explosive card flow.
Add more efficient ramp (Sol Ring, Nature's Lore, Three Visits) and ways to cheat creatures in (Elvish Piper, Selvala's Stampede) to hit the power-7 threshold faster and more consistently. Pack protection like Heroic Intervention and Snakeskin Veil to shield Bugenhagen and your threats, and include a Craterhoof Behemoth/Triumph of the Hordes finisher to convert the board into lethal damage.
Legendary Creature — Human Shaman
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