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Alibou, Ancient Witness
Legendary Artifact Creature — Golem · {3}{R}{W} · Red/White commander
Other artifact creatures you control have haste.
Whenever one or more artifact creatures you control attack, Alibou deals X damage to any target and you scry X, where X is the number of tapped artifacts you control.
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What Alibou, Ancient Witness 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 · attackWhenever one or more artifact creatures you control attack, Alibou deals X damage to any target and you scry X, where X is the number of tapped artifacts you control.
- Static ability · keyword_grantOther artifact creatures you control have haste.
What an Alibou, Ancient Witness deck needs
Plays as artifacts. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- artifact creatures (they have haste; each attack deals X to any target and scries X)
- artifacts that tap — rocks and artifact creatures count when tapped
The Alibou, Ancient Witness deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 8× A permanent whose own trigger fires on attacking — the fuel an attack-trigger doubler multiplies, and the payoff an attack commander wants beside it
- 26× A permanent of the exact NON-creature type the commander counts — artifacts for an artifact commander, enchantments for an enchantress
- 6× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Alibou, Ancient Witness
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 own trigger fires on attacking — the fuel an attack-trigger doubler multiplies, and the payoff an attack commander wants beside it
- Voice of Victory2 mana
- Guide of Souls1 mana
- Adeline, Resplendent Cathar3 mana
- Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin3 mana
- Ainok Strike Leader2 mana
- Arabella, Abandoned Doll2 mana
- Fear of Missing Out2 mana
- Inti, Seneschal of the Sun2 mana
A permanent of the exact NON-creature type the commander counts — artifacts for an artifact commander, enchantments for an enchantress
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Lotus Petal0 mana
- Mox Amber0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mox Opal0 mana
- Lion's Eye Diamond0 mana
- Ornithopter0 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
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
- Cryptothrall4 mana
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 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
Combos with Alibou, Ancient Witness
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Alibou, Ancient Witness is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Alibou, Ancient Witness + Myr Propagator + Mana Echoes201 decks
- Alibou, Ancient Witness + Vraska, Soul Of Stone + Sensei's Divining Top + Mystic Forge149 decks
- Alibou, Ancient Witness + Vraska, Soul Of Stone + Sensei's Divining Top + Crystal Skull, Isu Spyglass76 decks
- Alibou, Ancient Witness + Mm'menon, The Right Hand + Sai, Master Thopterist + Sensei's Divining Top62 decks
- Alibou, Ancient Witness + Vraska, Soul Of Stone + Sensei's Divining Top + The Reality Chip29 decks
- Alibou, Ancient Witness + Vraska, Soul Of Stone + Sensei's Divining Top + Mm'menon, The Right Hand21 decks
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