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Alibou, Ancient Witness

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

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What an Alibou, Ancient Witness deck wants

The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.

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 creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one

  1. Charming Prince2 mana
  2. Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender2 mana
  3. Ruin-Lurker Bat1 mana
  4. Momo, Playful Pet1 mana
  5. Slumbering Keepguard1 mana
  6. Warden of the Inner Sky1 mana
  7. Rumor Gatherer3 mana
  8. Senu, Keen-Eyed Protector2 mana

A permanent whose own trigger fires on attacking — the fuel an attack-trigger doubler multiplies, and the payoff an attack commander wants beside it

  1. Guide of Souls1 mana
  2. Adeline, Resplendent Cathar3 mana
  3. Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin3 mana
  4. Ainok Strike Leader2 mana
  5. Arabella, Abandoned Doll2 mana
  6. Fear of Missing Out2 mana
  7. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun2 mana
  8. Jacked Rabbit2 mana

Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide

  1. Dalkovan Encampment0 mana
  2. Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon3 mana
  3. Elenda's Hierophant3 mana
  4. Pashalik Mons3 mana
  5. Hero of Bladehold4 mana
  6. Myrel, Shield of Argive4 mana
  7. Siege-Gang Lieutenant4 mana
  8. Parhelion II // Parhelion II0 mana

A permanent of the exact NON-creature type the commander counts — artifacts for an artifact commander, enchantments for an enchantress

  1. Chrome Mox0 mana
  2. Everflowing Chalice0 mana
  3. Lotus Petal0 mana
  4. Mox Amber0 mana
  5. Mox Diamond0 mana
  6. Mox Opal0 mana
  7. Lion's Eye Diamond0 mana
  8. Ornithopter0 mana

Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide

  1. Dalkovan Encampment0 mana
  2. Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon3 mana
  3. Elenda's Hierophant3 mana
  4. Pashalik Mons3 mana
  5. Hero of Bladehold4 mana
  6. Myrel, Shield of Argive4 mana
  7. Siege-Gang Lieutenant4 mana
  8. Parhelion II // Parhelion II0 mana

Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it

  1. Path to Exile1 mana
  2. Swords to Plowshares1 mana
  3. Wild Magic Surge2 mana
  4. March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
  5. Flicker of Fate2 mana
  6. Generous Gift3 mana
  7. Erode1 mana
  8. Getaway Glamer1 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Final Showdown1 mana
  2. Vanquish the Horde8 mana
  3. Martyr's Cry2 mana
  4. Split Up3 mana
  5. Blasphemous Act9 mana
  6. Cathedral Membrane2 mana
  7. Citywide Bust3 mana
  8. Harsh Mercy3 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Open the Armory2 mana
  2. Enlightened Tutor1 mana
  3. Goblin Recruiter2 mana
  4. Templar Knight2 mana
  5. Idyllic Tutor3 mana
  6. Imperial Recruiter3 mana
  7. Dragon's Approach3 mana
  8. Ranger-Captain of Eos3 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Esper Sentinel1 mana
  2. Skullclamp1 mana
  3. Archivist of Oghma2 mana
  4. Smothering Tithe4 mana
  5. The One Ring4 mana
  6. Pip-Boy 30001 mana
  7. Sticky Fingers1 mana
  8. Vexing Bauble1 mana

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