Reed Richards, Smartest Man

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6cmc 2/4 reach legendary human — grants no maximum hand size and replaces the first non-draw-step card draw each turn with drawing four cards instead, making any cantrip, loot, or extra-draw effect massively explosive. In Brawl he's a defining card-advantage engine as the commander; in multiplayer Commander he competes with lower-cost draw engines but still provides tremendous value in spellslinger and combo shells that generate multiple card draws per turn cycle.

• Reed Richards triggers on the FIRST non-draw-step draw each turn — this includes opponent turns, so instant-speed draw effects (Brainstorm, Opt at instant speed) on an opponent's turn will draw four cards instead of one.

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• The replacement effect does not trigger during your normal draw step, only on supplemental draws — playing him without additional draw spells on the same turn yields zero immediate card advantage.

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• At 6 mana he is expensive for a draw engine in cEDH contexts, but in lower-power Brawl as a commander he effectively turns every cantrip into a 4-card draw, making any blue spell with a draw clause dramatically overperform.

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• EDHREC rank: #26,739