Squall wants a deck that piles armor and magic onto one creature and attacks with it. It also suits a deck that brings big creatures back from the discard pile.
Mana cost
White, Black ()
Power / toughness3 / 4
RarityRare
Rough Divide — Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, it gains double strike until end of turn.
Whenever Squall deals combat damage to a player, return target permanent card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Picked for what they do in Squall's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Squall'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.Open the full glossary
explain how Squall 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 Coast6 Jun 2025
A creature attacks alone if it's the only creature declared as an attacker during the declare attackers step (including creatures controlled by your teammates, if applicable). For example, Squall's first ability won't trigger if you attack with multiple creatures and all but one of them are removed from combat. Similarly, creatures that enter the battlefield attacking later in combat won't be considered when determining whether or not a creature attacked alone.
Wizards of the Coast6 Jun 2025
If a card in your graveyard has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.
Wizards of the Coast6 Jun 2025
If an effect restarts the game, Starting Town will enter tapped in the new game unless it's your first, second, or third turn of that game.
Wizards of the Coast6 Jun 2025
If Starting Town enters during another player's turn, it'll enter tapped no matter how many turns they've taken.
Wizards of the Coast6 Jun 2025
Starting Town's first ability cares about how many turns you have taken, not necessarily how many turns the game has had, in case you take an extra turn.
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 glossaryWBPlayers write colors as letters: W for white, B for black.VoltronVoltron decks load one creature, usually the commander, with Equipment and Auras until it can win by attacking on its own. In Commander, a player dealt 21 or more combat damage by the same commander over the game loses, so one huge commander can knock a player out.Open the Voltron pageExaltedRewards attacking alone: whenever one of your creatures attacks by itself, it gets +1/+1 for each exalted ability you control. The bonus lasts until end of turn, and several exalted cards add together on that one attacker. Sublime ArchangelOpen the Exalted pageVoltron CommanderA legendary creature that can carry the whole game plan by itself. It protects itself, grows with what is attached to it, or rewards attacking alone. The deck piles Auras and Equipment onto it and wins with commander damage, since 21 or more combat damage from one commander knocks a player out. Named for the toy robot built from smaller pieces. Zurgo Helmsmasher, Uril, the Miststalker, Sigarda, Host of HeronsOpen the Voltron Commander pageVoltron SupportHelps you stack Auras and Equipment onto a single creature: cheaper attaching, protection, or extra ways to suit it up. Hammer of Nazahn, Sigarda's AidOpen the Voltron Support pageReanimatorReanimator decks put big creatures into their own graveyard early, then bring them back onto the battlefield without paying their cost. It gets a huge creature into play far sooner than you could afford to cast it.Open the Reanimator pageReanimationReturns a creature card from a graveyard straight to the battlefield, skipping its mana cost. That is why decks built around it put their biggest creatures into the graveyard on purpose. Named for Reanimate. Animate DeadOpen the Reanimation pageRecursionBrings cards back from the graveyard: to your hand, to the battlefield, or letting them be cast again from where they lie. Eternal Witness, Reanimate, VictimizeOpen the Recursion page
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