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Agrus Kos, Eternal Soldier
Legendary Creature — Spirit Soldier · {3}{W} · Red/White commander
Vigilance
Whenever Agrus Kos becomes the target of an ability that targets only it, you may pay {1}{R/W}. If you do, copy that ability for each other creature you control that ability could target. Each copy targets a different one of those creatures. ({R/W} can be paid with either {R} or {W}.)
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What Agrus Kos, Eternal 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 · otherWhenever Agrus Kos becomes the target of an ability that targets only it, you may pay {1}{R/W}. If you do, copy that ability for each other creature you control that ability could target. Each copy ta
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What an Agrus Kos, Eternal Soldier deck needs
Plays as ability copies. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- activated and triggered abilities that target one creature — backup, pump and counter abilities (it copies them onto each other creature)
- a wide board to receive the copies
The Agrus Kos, Eternal Soldier deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 14× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- 9× 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
- 12× Refill your hand
- 5× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
- 16× 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
- 8× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
Best cards for Agrus Kos, Eternal 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 whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- Knight of the White Orchid2 mana
- Spirited Companion2 mana
- Solemn Simulacrum4 mana
- Dualcaster Mage3 mana
- Imperial Recruiter3 mana
- Loran of the Third Path3 mana
- Ranger-Captain of Eos3 mana
- Dire Fleet Daredevil2 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
- Generous Gift3 mana
- Erode1 mana
- Unwanted Remake1 mana
- Angelic Ascension2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Open the Armory2 mana
- Enlightened Tutor1 mana
- Kellan, the Fae-Blooded // Birthright Boon3 mana
- Templar Knight2 mana
- Idyllic Tutor3 mana
- Imperial Recruiter3 mana
- Ranger-Captain of Eos3 mana
- Loyal Tutor1 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Wrath of God4 mana
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Chain Reaction4 mana
- Day of Judgment4 mana
- Street Spasm1 mana
- Shatter the Sky4 mana
- Split Up3 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
- Archivist of Oghma2 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Sticky Fingers1 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Bastion Protector3 mana
- Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Chaplain of Alms // Chapel Shieldgeist1 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Boros Signet2 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
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
- Cleric Class1 mana
- Bontu's Monument3 mana
- Mirror Entity3 mana
- Oketra's Monument3 mana
- Artist's Talent2 mana
- Goro-Goro, Disciple of Ryusei2 mana
- Roiling Vortex2 mana
Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- Replicating Ring3 mana
- Elspeth, Storm Slayer5 mana
- Hero of Bladehold4 mana
- Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate0 mana
- Elspeth, Sun's Champion6 mana
- Andúril, Flame of the West3 mana
- Cosmogrand Zenith3 mana
- Hanweir Garrison3 mana
Combos with Agrus Kos, Eternal Soldier
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Agrus Kos, Eternal Soldier is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Agrus Kos, Eternal Soldier + The Jolly Balloon Man + Orthion, Hero Of Lavabrink + Ashnod's Altar72 decks
- Agrus Kos, Eternal Soldier + Jaxis, The Troublemaker + Soulbright Flamekin + Village Bell-Ringer44 decks
- Agrus Kos, Eternal Soldier + The Jolly Balloon Man + Orthion, Hero Of Lavabrink + Phyrexian Altar27 decks
- Agrus Kos, Eternal Soldier + Jaxis, The Troublemaker + Soulbright Flamekin + Zealous Conscripts12 decks
- Agrus Kos, Eternal Soldier + The Jolly Balloon Man + Orthion, Hero Of Lavabrink + Thermopod6 decks
- Agrus Kos, Eternal Soldier + Jaxis, The Troublemaker + Soulbright Flamekin + Coercive Recruiter5 decks
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