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Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
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Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus

{2}{U}{U}

Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Horror

Flying

If you would proliferate, proliferate twice instead.

{1}{U/P}{U/P}, Remove three counters from among other artifacts, creatures, and planeswalkers you control: Put an indestructible counter on Tekuthal. ({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.)

3 / 5

FlyingProliferate
Set
Edge of Eternities Commander (EOC #78)
Rarity
Mythic
Mana value
4
Released
2025-08-01
Artist
Martin de Diego Sádaba
EDHREC rank
#1,232
Colour identity
{U}
Finishes
Nonfoil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.53
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander

Combos 24

Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus+Magistrate's Scepter+Contagion Engine
{U}
Infinite turnsLock
3,884 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus+Ichormoon Gauntlet+Jace, Cunning Castaway
{U}
Infinite copies of a specific planeswalkerInfinite proliferateInfinite turns after one turn cycleLock
1,837 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus+Magistrate's Scepter+Coretapper+Contagion Clasp
{U}
Infinite turnsLock
540 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus+Magistrate's Scepter+Lithoform Engine+Karn's Bastion
{U}
Infinite turnsLock
233 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus+Viral Drake+Cryptic Trilobite+Crystalline Crawler
{U}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you controlInfinite colored manaInfinite colorless mana that can only be spent to activate abilitiesInfinite proliferate
100 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Evolution Sage+Life and Limb+Sporoloth Ancient+Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
{G}{U}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature tokensInfinite landfall triggersInfinite proliferate
99 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician+Voidwing Hybrid+Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus+Crystalline Crawler
{U}{B}
Infinite proliferateInfinite self-discard triggers
62 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Sporoloth Ancient+Tainted Observer+Ashnod's Altar+Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
{G}{U}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite proliferate
20 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Agatha's Soul Cauldron+Myojin of Towering Might+Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus+Crystalline Crawler
{G}{U}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you controlInfinite colored mana
18 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Venser, Corpse Puppet+Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus+Viral Drake+Ashnod's Altar+Crystalline Crawler
{U}{B}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite proliferate
15 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus+Karn, the Great Creator+Ugin's Nexus+Throne of Geth
{U}
Infinite turnsLock
8 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Venser, Corpse Puppet+Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus+Viral Drake+Krark-Clan Ironworks+Crystalline Crawler
{U}{B}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite proliferate
4 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Tainted Observer+Animation Module+Crystalline Crawler+Doubling Season+Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
{G}{U}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature tokensInfinite proliferate
3 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Tainted Observer+Animation Module+Crystalline Crawler+Hardened Scales+Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
{G}{U}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature tokensInfinite proliferate
2 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Pir, Imaginative Rascal+Tainted Observer+Animation Module+Crystalline Crawler+Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
{G}{U}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature tokensInfinite proliferate
1 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Kilo, Apogee Mind+Freed from the Real+Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus+Berta, Wise Extrapolator
{R}{G}{W}{U}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite proliferate
1 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Go-Shintai of Life's Origin+There and Back Again+Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus+Plaguemaw Beast+Intruder Alarm
{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokensInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite proliferateInfinite Treasure tokensPut all Mountains from your library onto the battlefield
1 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Tainted Observer+Animation Module+Crystalline Crawler+Branching Evolution+Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
{G}{U}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature tokensInfinite proliferate
1 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Agatha's Soul Cauldron+Myojin of Towering Might+Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus+Workhorse
{G}{U}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you controlInfinite colored mana that can only be spent to activate abilities of creaturesInfinite colorless mana
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Urabrask // The Great Work+Clock of Omens+Krark-Clan Ironworks+Contagion Clasp+Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
{U}{R}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite damageInfinite proliferate
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Tainted Observer+Animation Module+Crystalline Crawler+Primal Vigor+Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
{G}{U}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature tokensInfinite proliferate
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Tainted Observer+Animation Module+Crystalline Crawler+Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider+Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
{G}{U}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature tokensInfinite proliferate
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Agatha's Soul Cauldron+Myojin of Towering Might+Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus+Cryptic Trilobite
{G}{U}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you controlInfinite colored mana that can only be spent to activate abilities of creaturesInfinite colorless mana that can only be spent to activate abilities
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Venser, Corpse Puppet+Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus+Viral Drake+Phyrexian Altar+Cryptic Trilobite
{U}{B}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite colorless mana that can only be spent to activate abilitiesInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite proliferate
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

All 24 combos.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Flux Channeler 93 %+87.5 %
  2. Thrummingbird 90 %+86.0 %
  3. Tezzeret's Gambit 91 %+85.6 %
  4. Experimental Augury 90 %+85.1 %
  5. Karn's Bastion 88 %+82.8 %
  6. Inexorable Tide 87 %+82.7 %
  7. Contentious Plan 85 %+81.1 %
  8. Dreamtide Whale 78 %+73.7 %
  9. Astral Cornucopia 77 %+73.6 %
  10. Serum Snare 74 %+71.3 %
  11. Steady Progress 71 %+68.0 %
  12. Everflowing Chalice 83 %+67.3 %
  13. Reject Imperfection 66 %+63.5 %
  14. Ripples of Potential 64 %+61.1 %
  15. Prologue to Phyresis 64 %+61.0 %
  16. Contagion Engine 62 %+60.6 %
  17. Contagion Clasp 61 %+59.5 %
  18. Guildpact Informant 57 %+55.7 %
  19. Deepglow Skate 57 %+54.8 %
  20. Ichormoon Gauntlet 56 %+54.4 %
  21. Staff of Compleation 54 %+52.6 %
  22. Radstorm 54 %+52.1 %
  23. Viral Drake 53 %+52.0 %
  24. Expansion Algorithm 53 %+51.7 %
  25. Vivisurgeon's Insight 52 %+50.6 %
  26. Fuel for the Cause 51 %+49.2 %
  27. Nesting Grounds 51 %+49.1 %
  28. Replicating Ring 48 %+45.6 %
  29. Lulu, Stern Guardian 47 %+45.4 %
  30. Insight Engine 50 %+44.4 %
  31. As Foretold 46 %+42.5 %
  32. Lux Cannon 43 %+42.0 %
  33. Teferi, Master of Time 45 %+41.1 %
  34. Blighted Agent 41 %+39.4 %
  35. Surge Conductor 42 %+39.3 %
  36. Glistening Sphere 39 %+38.4 %
  37. Mage-Ring Network 39 %+38.4 %
  38. Magistrate's Scepter 38 %+37.3 %
  39. Mesmerizing Dose 38 %+37.0 %
  40. Myojin of Cryptic Dreams 36 %+34.9 %
  41. Darksteel Reactor 36 %+34.5 %
  42. Tamiyo, the Moon Sage 35 %+33.7 %
  43. Tezzeret, Artifice Master 37 %+33.5 %
  44. Saprazzan Skerry 36 %+33.0 %
  45. Teferi, Temporal Archmage 34 %+32.9 %
  46. Empowered Autogenerator 33 %+31.7 %
  47. Narset, Parter of Veils 40 %+30.3 %
  48. Ingenious Prodigy 31 %+30.3 %
  49. Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim 35 %+30.1 %
  50. Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel 32 %+27.4 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Island 96 %+2.0 %
  2. Flux Channeler 93 %+87.5 %
  3. Tezzeret's Gambit 91 %+85.6 %
  4. Thrummingbird 90 %+86.0 %
  5. Experimental Augury 90 %+85.1 %
  6. Karn's Bastion 88 %+82.8 %
  7. Inexorable Tide 87 %+82.7 %
  8. Contentious Plan 85 %+81.1 %
  9. Sol Ring 85 %+0.3 %
  10. Everflowing Chalice 83 %+67.3 %
  11. Dreamtide Whale 78 %+73.7 %
  12. Astral Cornucopia 77 %+73.6 %
  13. Serum Snare 74 %+71.3 %
  14. Steady Progress 71 %+68.0 %
  15. Reject Imperfection 66 %+63.5 %
  16. Prologue to Phyresis 64 %+61.0 %
  17. Ripples of Potential 64 %+61.1 %
  18. Contagion Engine 62 %+60.6 %
  19. Contagion Clasp 61 %+59.5 %
  20. Counterspell 60 %-5.3 %
  21. Sapphire Medallion 59 %-0.4 %
  22. Guildpact Informant 57 %+55.7 %
  23. Deepglow Skate 57 %+54.8 %
  24. Arcane Signet 56 %-8.5 %
  25. Ichormoon Gauntlet 56 %+54.4 %
  26. Staff of Compleation 54 %+52.6 %
  27. Radstorm 54 %+52.1 %
  28. Viral Drake 53 %+52.0 %
  29. Expansion Algorithm 53 %+51.7 %
  30. Reliquary Tower 53 %-3.5 %
  31. Mystic Sanctuary 53 %+2.7 %
  32. Vivisurgeon's Insight 52 %+50.6 %
  33. Nesting Grounds 51 %+49.1 %
  34. Fuel for the Cause 51 %+49.2 %
  35. Insight Engine 50 %+44.4 %
  36. Replicating Ring 48 %+45.6 %
  37. Lulu, Stern Guardian 47 %+45.4 %
  38. As Foretold 46 %+42.5 %
  39. Teferi, Master of Time 45 %+41.1 %
  40. Lux Cannon 43 %+42.0 %
  41. Surge Conductor 42 %+39.3 %
  42. Blighted Agent 41 %+39.4 %
  43. Narset, Parter of Veils 40 %+30.3 %
  44. Spark Double 40 %+26.7 %
  45. Glistening Sphere 39 %+38.4 %
  46. Mage-Ring Network 39 %+38.4 %
  47. Chasm Skulker 39 %+25.2 %
  48. Magistrate's Scepter 38 %+37.3 %
  49. Mesmerizing Dose 38 %+37.0 %
  50. Midnight Clock 38 %+18.9 %

Format legality

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Legal
Premodern Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Not legal
Gladiator Legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

  • 2023-02-04

    An ability that triggers "Whenever you proliferate" triggers even if you chose no permanents or players while doing so.

  • 2023-02-04

    If a permanent ever has both +1/+1 counters and -1/-1 counters on it at the same time, they're removed in pairs as a state-based action so that the permanent has only one of those kinds of counters on it.

  • 2023-02-04

    If a player or permanent has more than one kind of counter on it, and you choose for it to get additional counters, it must get one of each kind of counter it already has. You can't have it get just one kind of counter it already has and not the others.

  • 2023-02-04

    Players can respond to a spell or ability whose effect includes proliferating. Once that spell or ability starts to resolve, however, and its controller chooses which permanents and players will get new counters, it's too late for anyone to respond.

  • 2023-02-04

    To proliferate, you can choose any permanent that has a counter, including ones controlled by opponents. You can choose any player who has a counter, including opponents. You can't choose cards in any zone other than the battlefield, even if they have counters on them.

  • 2023-02-04

    You don't have to choose every permanent or player that has a counter, only the ones you want to add another counter to. Since "any number" includes zero, you don't have to choose any permanents at all, and you don't have to choose any players at all.

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