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Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener

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Legendary Creature — Fox Shaman · from $0.28

Backup 1 (When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. If that's another creature, it gains the following ability until end of turn.) Whenever this creature attacks, double the number of +1/+1 counters on target creature. That creature can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less this turn.

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A typical Commander deck

A starting template, not a rule — counts to fill in around the commander.

Lands3736–38 for most decks; fewer with cheap curves
Ramp10mana rocks, dorks, land ramp — mostly 2–3 mana
Card draw10repeatable engines beat one-shot cantrips
Targeted removal6answers for creatures AND artifacts/enchantments
Board wipes3sweepers reset boards you've lost
Synergy & win conditions33the deck's actual plan

Staples in these colors

The 100 cards that fit this color identity in the most EDHREC decklists (EDHREC rank via Scryfall).

Budget

57 of 100 at $5 or less · 42 at $1 or less

#	Card	Type	MV	Price
1	Sol Ring	Artifact	1	$1.07
2	Command Tower	Land	0	$0.26
3	Arcane Signet	Artifact	2	$0.34
4	Exotic Orchard	Land	0	$0.19
5	Reliquary Tower	Land	0	$4.28
6	Swords to Plowshares	Instant	1	$0.98
7	Swiftfoot Boots	Artifact	2	$1.43
8	Lightning Greaves	Artifact	2	$3.86
9	Path of Ancestry	Land	0	$0.16
10	Path to Exile	Instant	1	$0.71
11	Fellwar Stone	Artifact	2	$0.47
12	Rogue's Passage	Land	0	$0.31
13	Evolving Wilds	Land	0	$0.09
14	Cultivate	Sorcery	3	$0.38
15	Thought Vessel	Artifact	2	$2.23
16	Blasphemous Act	Sorcery	9	$0.72
17	Farseek	Sorcery	2	$0.42
18	Beast Within	Instant	3	$0.49
19	Nature's Lore	Sorcery	2	$2.15
20	Rampant Growth	Sorcery	2	$0.39
21	Heroic Intervention	Instant	2	$9.28
22	Terramorphic Expanse	Land	0	$0.10
23	Chaos Warp	Instant	3	$0.32
24	Myriad Landscape	Land	0	$0.25
25	Mind Stone	Artifact	2	$0.21
26	Birds of Paradise	Creature	1	$4.98
27	Polluted Delta	Land	0	$19.85
28	Kodama's Reach	Sorcery	3	$1.55
29	Flooded Strand	Land	0	$12.78
30	Three Visits	Sorcery	2	$5.55
31	Skullclamp	Artifact	1	$4.85
32	Solemn Simulacrum	Creature	4	$0.27
33	Misty Rainforest	Land	0	$35.98
34	Bloodstained Mire	Land	0	$14.54
35	Fabled Passage	Land	0	$0.65
36	Windswept Heath	Land	0	$11.19
37	Wooded Foothills	Land	0	$17.96
38	Verdant Catacombs	Land	0	$29.16
39	Scalding Tarn	Land	0	$36.86
40	Marsh Flats	Land	0	$32.04
41	Commander's Sphere	Artifact	3	$0.19
42	Arid Mesa	Land	0	$31.40
43	Llanowar Elves	Creature	1	$0.24
44	Generous Gift	Instant	3	$0.93
45	Smothering Tithe	Enchantment	4	$56.09
46	Ancient Tomb	Land	0	$56.94
47	Sacred Foundry	Land	0	$10.28
48	Deflecting Swat	Instant	3	$70.85
49	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	Land	0	$56.13
50	Boseiju, Who Endures	Land	0	$50.48
51	Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth	Land	0	$16.76
52	Clifftop Retreat	Land	0	$0.19
53	Esper Sentinel	Creature	1	$58.03
54	Temple Garden	Land	0	$6.57
55	Temple of the False God	Land	0	$0.19
56	Chromatic Lantern	Artifact	3	$0.38
57	Cinder Glade	Land	0	$0.25
58	Garruk's Uprising	Enchantment	3	$0.39
59	City of Brass	Land	0	$9.17
60	The One Ring	Artifact	4	$109.88
61	Faithless Looting	Sorcery	1	$0.36
62	Vandalblast	Sorcery	1	$1.74
63	Elvish Mystic	Creature	1	$0.35
64	Jeska's Will	Sorcery	3	$39.58
65	Canopy Vista	Land	0	$0.22
66	Teferi's Protection	Instant	3	$34.90
67	Cavern of Souls	Land	0	$47.72
68	Sakura-Tribe Elder	Creature	2	$0.30
69	Mana Confluence	Land	0	$34.75
70	Urza's Saga	Enchantment	0	$34.67
71	Battlefield Forge	Land	0	$0.20
72	Lotus Petal	Artifact	0	$35.11
73	Eternal Witness	Creature	3	$1.10
74	Enlightened Tutor	Instant	1	$21.99
75	Wayfarer's Bauble	Artifact	1	$0.31
76	Rootbound Crag	Land	0	$0.23
77	Sunpetal Grove	Land	0	$0.28
78	Roaming Throne	Creature	4	$47.06
79	Ashnod's Altar	Artifact	3	$8.15
80	Big Score	Instant	4	$0.41
81	War Room	Land	0	$0.79
82	Abrade	Instant	2	$0.17
83	Delighted Halfling	Creature	1	$25.91
84	Talisman of Conviction	Artifact	2	$0.35
85	Herald's Horn	Artifact	3	$2.88
86	Mana Vault	Artifact	1	$91.59
87	Chrome Mox	Artifact	0	$51.19
88	Lightning Bolt	Instant	1	$0.75
89	Ghostly Prison	Enchantment	3	$5.72
90	Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx	Land	0	$45.68
91	Reflecting Pool	Land	0	$5.50
92	Spectator Seating	Land	0	$5.71
93	Worldly Tutor	Instant	1	$26.58
94	Austere Command	Sorcery	6	$0.33
95	Flawless Maneuver	Instant	3	$9.24
96	Farewell	Sorcery	6	$4.44
97	Three Tree City	Land	0	$29.09
98	Return of the Wildspeaker	Instant	5	$1.51
99	Gemstone Caverns	Land	0	$62.05
100	Boros Charm	Instant	2	$4.50

Curve of these staples

Combos with Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener

2 combos using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.

Aggravated Assault + Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener + Crystalline Crawler
Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures · Infinite colored mana · Infinite combat phases · Infinite untap of creatures you control · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener + Crystalline Crawler + Hellkite Charger
Infinite combat phases · Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures · Infinite colored mana
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Top finishes

2 finishes placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.

13th of 16 — EDH 210 @ Inugami #2 on Topdeck.ggAug 6, 2026 · 0–2–1 · by Cesar
14th of 24 — Saturday Night Commander on Topdeck.ggMar 8, 2026 · 0–2–0 · by Tylr Dorchak

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Precons led by Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener

Official preconstructed decks with Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener at the helm.

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PreconCommander· Released Apr 2023

Card data and images courtesy of Scryfall; popularity ranking from EDHREC decklist data included in Scryfall bulk. Combo data courtesy of Commander Spellbook. Tournament results courtesy of Topdeck.gg. Precon product lists via MTGJSON. Deckwarden is unofficial Fan Content and is not endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.

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