How to Mulligan Atraxa, Praetors' Voice
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Opening hand priorities
Choose a focused proliferate shell (infect, superfriends, or +1/+1 counters) and double down. The goal is not a pretty seven-card hand. It is a hand that develops mana, lines up colors, and actually points toward the deck first meaningful turns.
Ideal Early Script
- Turn 1: develop mana or the cheapest enabler for focused proliferate engines.
- Turn 2: add protection, card flow, or the support piece that makes Atraxa matter.
- Turn 3+: commit the commander or bridge toward the first engine turn only when the board can use it.
Your opener should support
Hands to be suspicious of
- - mixing incompatible primary plans
- - low-impact vanillas
Mulligan decisions with Atraxa, Praetors' Voice start with role clarity: does your opener actually support a real Atraxa, Praetors' Voice game plan around proliferate and infect? Choose a focused proliferate shell (infect, superfriends, or +1/+1 counters) and double down. Support with protective spells and repeatable proliferate engines.
What a keepable hand looks like
Keep hands that have clean mana, early ramp, and at least one card that starts the poison or proliferate plan. , , , , , and are the kinds of cards that make an Atraxa hand cohesive instead of speculative.
When to ship a hand
Ship 'goodstuff' sevens that only promise value later. Atraxa costs four colors and wants a board or poison counter already in motion, so hands that are all taplands, late payoffs, or off-plan counters cards without a way to start pressure are much worse than they look.
Your first three turns
Your best first three turns usually set up mana on turns one and two, then land the first poisonous threat or card that establishes inevitability. If you resolve into a board that already has one poison counter on each opponent, you are usually in excellent shape.
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FAQ
- What is the London mulligan?
- You put any number of cards from your hand on the bottom of your library, then draw back up to seven. In Commander, your first mulligan is free.
- How many lands should I keep?
- Most Commander decks want two to four lands in the opener. Low-curve decks can keep two; higher curves want three or four.
- Should I mulligan a hand with no ramp?
- It depends on your curve. If your deck needs early ramp to function, ship hands without it. If you have enough lands and cheap plays, you might keep.
- Does play vs draw affect mulligan strategy?
- Yes. On the draw you get an extra card, so you can sometimes keep slightly weaker hands.
- How can I test my mulligan strategy?
- Use the ManaTap mulligan simulator. Paste your decklist, set parameters, and run thousands of simulations to see keep rates.