Commodore Guff
Legendary Planeswalker — Guff
At the beginning of your end step, put a loyalty counter on another target planeswalker you control.
+1: Create a 1/1 red Wizard creature token with "
: Add 
. Spend this mana only to cast a planeswalker spell."
−3: You draw X cards and Commodore Guff deals X damage to each opponent, where X is the number of planeswalkers you control.
Commodore Guff can be your commander.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RUW
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Commander Masters
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #7689
Commodore Guff enters with three loyalty, immediately draws you a card, and proliferates your entire planeswalker suite for free every turn — that's a lot of value stapled to a four-mana body. The cost is real though: Boros colors mean you're competing for slots against aggressive creatures, and he does nothing unless you're already running a critical mass of other planeswalkers. Esika, God of the Tree on the prismatic back face is the cleanest comparison — Guff asks you to build around him harder, but rewards it more.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Esika, God of the Tree
Esika, God of the Tree's The Prismatic Bridge flips into a five-color superfriends shell, and Commodore Guff's passive — adding a loyalty counter to every other planeswalker you control at your upkeep — turns that wide board of walkers into an ultimates-every-few-turns engine.
Pramikon, Sky Rampart
Pramikon, Sky Rampart pillow-fort decks lean on stax and value engines to outlast the table, and Commodore Guff fits that gameplan perfectly — the passive proliferates walkers while Pramikon keeps the attacks pointed elsewhere, buying Guff the turns he needs to threaten an ultimate.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commodore Guff is essentially a Commander card — his design assumes you're running a planeswalker-heavy battlecruiser deck, which is exactly what multiplayer EDH enables. In Legacy and Vintage, where he's technically legal, four mana for a planeswalker with no immediate board impact is far too slow against interactive, fast-winning decks. Oathbreaker is the format where he gets most interesting outside Commander: as the oathbreaker himself, he turns the entire 58-card deck into a planeswalker-fueling machine, and the singleton restriction matters less when your whole plan is proliferating loyalty. In Commander specifically, Commodore Guff is best at the helm — his passive rewards you for going wide on walkers, and his ultimate can end games in superfriends shells.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Current pricing data isn't available in context for Commodore Guff, so check Scryfall or your preferred retailer for a live number. As a mythic rare from a Commander precon with a narrow but dedicated audience, he tends to hold modest value — worth grabbing if you're building superfriends and see a dip.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Esika, God of the Tree
- Pramikon, Sky Rampart
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.