Skip to content
Commander Nexus
  1. Commander Nexus
  2. Commanders
  3. Bennie Bracks, Zoologist

Command zone

Bennie Bracks, Zoologist

Bennie Bracks, Zoologist

Legendary Creature — Elf Druid

Bennie Bracks wants a deck that makes an army of small creatures and attacks with all of them. It also works in a deck built around Druids or Elves.

  • Mana cost3 genericwhite
  • White ()
  • Power / toughness3 / 2
  • RarityMythic

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for 1 generic or one mana of that creature's color.)

At the beginning of each end step, if you created a token this turn, draw a card.

Build a deck with Bennie Bracks Find it in the app

Archetypes
Themes

Cards That Fit Bennie Bracks, Zoologist

Picked for what they do in Bennie Bracks's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Bennie Bracks's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

plan6

The 6 Cards

Does what Bennie Bracks, Zoologist does6

The 6 Cards

Rulings for Bennie Bracks, Zoologist

explain how Bennie Bracks works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary

Wizards of the Coast 12 Jan 2024

Because convoke isn't an alternative cost, it can be used in conjunction with alternative costs.

Wizards of the Coast 12 Jan 2024

If a creature you control has a mana ability with {T} in the cost, activating that ability while casting a spell with convoke will result in the creature being tapped before you pay the spell's costs. You won't be able to tap it again for convoke. Similarly, if you sacrifice a creature to activate a mana ability while casting a spell with convoke, that creature won't be on the battlefield when you pay the spell's costs, so you won't be able to tap it for convoke.

Wizards of the Coast 12 Jan 2024

Tapping a multicolored creature using convoke will pay for {1} or one mana of your choice of any of that creature's colors.

Wizards of the Coast 12 Jan 2024

Tapping an untapped creature that's attacking or blocking to convoke a spell won't cause that creature to stop attacking or blocking.

Wizards of the Coast 12 Jan 2024

When calculating a spell's total cost, include any alternative costs, additional costs, or anything else that increases or reduces the cost to cast the spell. Convoke applies after the total cost is calculated. Convoke doesn't change a spell's mana cost or mana value.

Wizards of the Coast 12 Jan 2024

You can tap any untapped creature you control to convoke a spell, even one you haven't controlled continuously since the beginning of your most recent turn.

6 rulings, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

Similar Commanders

Commanders that share the most with Bennie Bracks, and what they share.

Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryWPlayers write colors as letters: W for white.TokensToken decks fill the battlefield with small creatures made by their cards, then attack with all of them or make them all bigger at once. A token is a creature (or other object) that a card creates, not a card from your deck.Open the Tokens pageToken PayoffRewards you for making or having tokens: counting them, copying them, or making every one of them bigger. These are the cards that turn a lot of small creatures into a way to actually win. Anointed Procession, Trostani, Selesnya's VoiceOpen the Token Payoff pageAlternative CostLets you cast a spell by paying some other cost instead of its mana cost, like life, a card from your hand, or nothing at all.Open the Alternative Cost pageDrawDraws you extra cards. More cards means more choices every turn, and in a 100-card deck it is the main way to find the pieces you need. Rhystic Study, SkullclampOpen the Draw pageCost ReducerMakes your own spells cheaper to cast. A discount every turn adds up faster than a single burst of mana. Herald's Horn, Foundry InspectorOpen the Cost Reducer page