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Abby, Merciless Soldier
Legendary Creature — Human Survivor · {1}{R}{G} · Green/Red commander
When you cast this spell, create a number of 1/1 black Fungus Zombie creature tokens named Cordyceps Infected equal to the amount of mana spent to cast it.
Abby enters under the control of an opponent of your choice.
Partner—Survivors (You can have two commanders if both have this ability.)
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What Abby, Merciless Soldier actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Triggered ability · cast_spellWhen you cast this spell, create a number of 1/1 black Fungus Zombie creature tokens named Cordyceps Infected equal to the amount of mana spent to cast it.
- Keyword · partnerpartner
- AbilityAbby enters under the control of an opponent of your choice.
- AbilityPartner—Survivors
What an Abby, Merciless Soldier deck needs
What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- a Survivors partner
- ramp (its cast makes one Zombie per mana spent)
The Abby, Merciless Soldier deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 33× A permanent that does something every turn it is on the battlefield — the deck's body, for a commander whose text asks for nothing specific
- 7× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 3× Answer a whole board at once
- 9× Refill your hand
- 3× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 14× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Abby, Merciless Soldier
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
A permanent that does something every turn it is on the battlefield — the deck's body, for a commander whose text asks for nothing specific
- Crashing Drawbridge2 mana
- Ozolith, the Shattered Spire2 mana
- Bontu's Monument3 mana
- Enduring Vitality3 mana
- Kami of Whispered Hopes3 mana
- Oketra's Monument3 mana
- Artist's Talent2 mana
- Assault Formation2 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Beast Within3 mana
- Nature's Claim1 mana
- Crush1 mana
- Emerald Charm1 mana
- Naturalize2 mana
- Origin of Metalbending2 mana
- Natural State1 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
- Nature's Rhythm2 mana
- Worldly Tutor1 mana
- March of Burgeoning Life1 mana
- Archdruid's Charm3 mana
- Chord of Calling3 mana
- Eldritch Evolution3 mana
- Summoner's Pact0 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Chain Reaction4 mana
- Street Spasm1 mana
- Selective Obliteration5 mana
- Mizzium Mortars2 mana
- Delete2 mana
- Earthquake1 mana
- Needle Storm3 mana
Refill your hand
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Sylvan Library2 mana
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
- Beast Whisperer4 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Sticky Fingers1 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Guardian Augmenter3 mana
- Saryth, the Viper's Fang4 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Asceticism5 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Gruul Signet2 mana
- Incubation Druid2 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Ilysian Caryatid2 mana
- Heritage Druid1 mana
- Llanowar Tribe3 mana
Combos with Abby, Merciless Soldier
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Abby, Merciless Soldier is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Abby, Merciless Soldier + Ashnod's Altar + Mirror Of Life Trapping + Hammer Of Purphoros + Song Of Freyalise
- Abby, Merciless Soldier + Ashnod's Altar + Mirror Of Life Trapping + Hammer Of Purphoros + Elven Chorus
- Abby, Merciless Soldier + Ashnod's Altar + Mirror Of Life Trapping + Cryptolith Rite + Hammer Of Purphoros
- Abby, Merciless Soldier + Ashnod's Altar + Mirror Of Life Trapping + Hammer Of Purphoros + Enduring Vitality
- Abby, Merciless Soldier + Ashnod's Altar + Mirror Of Life Trapping + Hammer Of Purphoros + A Realm Reborn
- Abby, Merciless Soldier + Ashnod's Altar + Mirror Of Life Trapping + Hammer Of Purphoros + Springleaf Parade