Ridiculous Blue MTG Legend Could Absolutely Break Commander

While they don’t come across often, we’ve seen a fair few MTG cards this year that look absolutely meta-defining for Commander. Hexing Squelcher Hexing Squelcher This spell can't be countered.
Ward—Pay 2 life.
Spells you control can't be countered.
Other creatures you control have "Ward—Pay 2 life." has been the most powerful card so far, but Gleaming Splendor Gleaming Splendor Whenever an opponent draws their second card each turn, you create a Treasure token.
{2}{W}: Two target players each draw a card. is another fantastic addition to the format. Now, Reality Fracture has yet another absurd two-mana card, and it could impact far more than just four-player formats.

MTG Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun

Offering Split Second to all your instants and sorceries, Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun will completely shut down opposing interaction for your MTG combo decks. Of course, your opponents won’t be able to counter your spells, letting your combos resolve without contention, but Split Second goes so much further.

Split Second stops your opponents from responding to your instants and sorceries at all, which is huge for resolving removal and board wipes. Cards like Teferi’s Protection Teferi’s Protection Until your next turn, your life total can't change and you gain protection from everything. All permanents you control phase out. (While they're phased out, they're treated as though they don't exist. They phase in before you untap during your untap step.)
Exile Teferi's Protection. , Heroic Intervention Heroic Intervention Permanents you control gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. , and Deflecting Swat Deflecting Swat If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
You may choose new targets for target spell or ability. , for example, can no longer save your opponent’s core creatures. Similarly, big plays like Rite of Replication Rite of Replication Kicker {5} (You may pay an additional {5} as you cast this spell.)
Create a token that's a copy of target creature. If this spell was kicked, create five of those tokens instead. or Polymorph Polymorph Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. Its controller reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a creature card. The player puts that card onto the battlefield, then shuffles all other cards revealed this way into their library. effects that can be ruined by removing a creature are completely protected.

Unlike Silence Silence Your opponents can't cast spells this turn. effects like Voice of Victory Voice of Victory Mobilize 2 (Whenever this creature attacks, create two tapped and attacking 1/1 red Warrior creature tokens. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step.)
Your opponents can't cast spells during your turn. , Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun’s Split Second effect will also work on spells cast on your opponent’s turns. This makes your counterspells and removal impossible to respond to, ensuring your opponent’s plans are ruined. Abilities won’t work either, even stopping an opponent from sacrificing their board with something like Warren Soultrader Warren Soultrader Pay 1 life, Sacrifice another creature: Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") for value in response to a wipe.

With the amount of interaction in cEDH, Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun is bound to become a super staple there. Stopping interaction on the stack can turn the format on its head and easily lead to game wins. If that weren’t bad enough, this card’s color identity means it can easily fit into many of the most powerful Commanders in the game.

Even outside of cEDH, however, Samut’s ability to ensure your removal goes through unimpeded makes it a great upgrade for most blue Commander decks at any bracket.

Outside of Commander

While Samut is certainly scariest in four-player MTG, the card could have serious competitive applications, too. Any combo deck that needs to resolve an instant or sorcery to win, like Modern Neoform Neoform As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Search your library for a creature card with mana value equal to 1 plus the sacrificed creature's mana value, put that card onto the battlefield with an additional +1/+1 counter on it, then shuffle. or Pioneer Scapeshift Scapeshift Sacrifice any number of lands. Search your library for up to that many land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. combo, can use this card to turn off opposing interaction. It can also break mirrors in control decks by preventing your opponent from interacting with your instants or sorceries.

Fortunately, since the card only gives instants and sorceries Split Second, Samut feels a lot less impactful in two-player formats, but it can easily become a role-player here. Once again, color identity is the major factor, allowing existing instant and sorcery heavy blue decks to adapt to Samut easily. With all these things in mind, you may want to grab your copies of Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun as quickly as possible.

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