best toughness matters cards mtg Commander staple cards- July 2026 • MTG DECKS Toughness matters deck must-have big

This scales extremely well with any power level as it relies on the strength of the spells that youre casting

Here I opted for the more expensive Expertise because of the power matters theme of the deck and you get to cast something for free afterward, giving us some extra incentive to use this particular draw spell

Persist Combo For a few years I've had a Grumgully, the Generous deck that uses creatures with persist to combo off and kill the table

Cards like Scar, and our number 1 card for the category coming up, are some of the biggest examples

Couple that with Wizards insistence on putting prowess on every red creature that costs less than 4 mana, and you get a compact, resilient threat that can win the game in a few short turns