Tam, Mindful First-Year
Each other creature you control has hexproof from each of its colors. {T}: Target creature you control becomes all colors until end of turn.
How Tam decks play in EDH
Tam, Mindful First-Year is a Simic commander in blue and green costing 1G/U, and its legendary creature - gorgon wizard line shapes the whole deck around it. Its ability is narrow enough that the deck is usually built to protect it and repeat the effect, rather than to go wide. The cards below are the ones Tam, Mindful First-Year decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $31.04Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (1)
Card draw (4)
Counterspells (1)
Creatures (6)
Synergy & payoffs (7)
Lands (1)
Build the full 100
Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Tam, Mindful First-Year decklist with a written strategy, a full mana base and live prices — from the whole card pool, or only from cards you already own.
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What colours can I use in a Tam, Mindful First-Year deck?
Tam, Mindful First-Year has a Simic colour identity, so every card in the deck must be blue and green or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Tam, Mindful First-Year?
The cards played most often in Tam, Mindful First-Year decks include Flourishing Grapple, Elrond, Moon-Reader, Theorist's Sanctum. The full list of staples above is grouped by the job each card does, so you can see the deck's skeleton rather than just a pile of names.
How much does a Tam, Mindful First-Year deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $31.04 at current market prices. A complete 100-card build costs more, and Grimoire can generate a budget version instead if you set a price ceiling.
Can I build a Tam, Mindful First-Year deck from cards I already own?
Yes. Import your collection into Grimoire and choose "my cards" when you build. The generator will only use cards you actually own, and the Missing Cards page shows what you would need to buy to finish any list.