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Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos

Legendary Creature — Human Berserker · {3}{R} · Red commander

Trample Alexios attacks each combat if able, can't be sacrificed, and can't attack its owner. At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player gains control of Alexios, untaps it, and puts a +1/+1 counter on it. It gains haste until end of turn.

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What Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos 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 · otherAt the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player gains control of Alexios, untaps it, and puts a +1/+1 counter on it. It gains haste until end of turn.
• Keyword · trampletrample
• AbilityAlexios attacks each combat if able, can't be sacrificed, and can't attack its owner.

What an Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos deck needs

Plays as political group slug. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.

• goad and forced-attack payoffs
• blockers, pillowfort and lifegain
• ways to profit when Alexios attacks others

The Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos deck plan

The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.

• 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
• 10× Refill your hand
• 8× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 11× Get ahead on mana

Best cards for Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos

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