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Sen Triplets

Sen Triplets

Legendary Artifact Creature — Human Wizard

Sen Triplets wants a deck that slows the whole table down with rules everyone must follow. It also works in a deck built around Artifact Creatures, Humans or Wizards.

  • Mana cost2 genericwhiteblueblack
  • White, Blue, Black ()
  • Power / toughness3 / 3
  • RarityMythic

At the beginning of your upkeep, choose target opponent. This turn, that player can't cast spells or activate abilities and plays with their hand revealed. You may play lands and cast spells from that player's hand this turn.

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Cards That Fit Sen Triplets

Picked for what they do in Sen Triplets's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Sen Triplets'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

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Rulings for Sen Triplets

explain how Sen Triplets 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 7 Aug 2020

Abilities that create replacement effects, such as a permanent entering the battlefield tapped or with counters on it, are unaffected by Sen Triplets. Abilities that apply “as [this creature] enters the battlefield” are also replacement effects and are unaffected.

Wizards of the Coast 7 Aug 2020

Activated abilities are written in the form “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keyword abilities (such as cycling) are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder texts.

Wizards of the Coast 7 Aug 2020

Sen Triplets doesn't allow you to play more than one land during your turn or change when you may cast spells from the target opponent's hand.

Wizards of the Coast 7 Aug 2020

The target opponent can't activate any abilities, including mana abilities.

Wizards of the Coast 7 Aug 2020

Triggered abilities use the word “when,” “whenever,” or “at.” They're often written as “[Trigger condition], [effect].” Triggered abilities are unaffected by Sen Triplets.

Wizards of the Coast 7 Aug 2020

You can't activate abilities of cards in the target opponent's hand.

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

Similar Commanders

Commanders that share the most with Sen Triplets, 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 glossaryWUBPlayers write colors as letters: W for white, U for blue, B for black. Blue is U because B was already taken by black.StaxStax decks slow the whole game down with cards that make spells cost more, stop lands from untapping, or limit what players can do each turn. The deck is built so those limits hurt it least. Many groups dislike playing against it, so check with your table first.Open the Stax pageStax/TaxMakes the game more expensive or more restrictive for everyone: taxing spells and attacks, or stopping permanents from untapping. Propaganda, Ghostly Prison. Many groups dislike playing against it, so check what your table expects first.Open the Stax/Tax page