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Alistair, the Brigadier

Alistair, the Brigadier

Legendary Creature — Human Soldier · {1}{G}{W}{U} · Green/Blue/White commander

Whenever you cast a historic spell, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.) Whenever Alistair attacks, you may pay {8}. If you do, creatures you control get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of historic permanents you control.
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What Alistair, the Brigadier actually does

Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.

What an Alistair, the Brigadier deck needs

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

The Alistair, the Brigadier deck plan

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

Best cards for Alistair, the Brigadier

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.

Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise

  1. Thousand-Year Elixir3 mana
  2. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  3. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  4. Akroma's Memorial7 mana
  5. Ulvenwald Oddity // Ulvenwald Behemoth4 mana
  6. Lavaspur Boots1 mana
  7. Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu2 mana
  8. Ellywick Tumblestrum4 mana

A card that is CAST to trigger the commander — reanimating or blinking it does not count

  1. Boseiju, Who Endures0 mana
  2. Chrome Mox0 mana
  3. Darksteel Citadel0 mana
  4. Everflowing Chalice0 mana
  5. Gemstone Caverns0 mana
  6. Inventors' Fair0 mana
  7. Lotus Petal0 mana
  8. Mox Amber0 mana

Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers

  1. Garruk's Uprising3 mana
  2. Elspeth, Sun's Champion6 mana
  3. Archetype of Imagination6 mana
  4. Eldrazi Monument5 mana
  5. Akroma's Memorial7 mana
  6. On Wings of Gold4 mana
  7. Infiltrator's Magemark3 mana
  8. Jasmine Boreal of the Seven3 mana

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

  1. Kozilek's Unsealing3 mana
  2. Replicating Ring3 mana
  3. Elspeth, Storm Slayer5 mana
  4. Esika's Chariot4 mana
  5. Hero of Bladehold4 mana
  6. Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate0 mana
  7. Elspeth, Sun's Champion6 mana
  8. Wrenn and Seven5 mana

A team pump that actually pumps tokens

  1. Intangible Virtue2 mana
  2. Caretaker's Talent3 mana
  3. Inspiring Leader3 mana
  4. Prava of the Steel Legion3 mana
  5. Gideon's Memorial2 mana
  6. Mite Overseer4 mana
  7. Phantom General4 mana
  8. Finale of Devastation2 mana

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

  1. Path to Exile1 mana
  2. Swords to Plowshares1 mana
  3. Reality Shift2 mana
  4. Pongify1 mana
  5. Rapid Hybridization1 mana
  6. Resculpt2 mana
  7. March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
  8. Beast Within3 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
  2. Nature's Rhythm2 mana
  3. Neoform2 mana
  4. Worldly Tutor1 mana
  5. Reshape2 mana
  6. March of Burgeoning Life1 mana
  7. Mask of the Mimic1 mana
  8. Long-Term Plans3 mana

Answer a spell or ability before it resolves

  1. Mindbreak Trap4 mana
  2. Fierce Guardianship3 mana
  3. Force of Negation3 mana
  4. Force of Will5 mana
  5. Flare of Denial3 mana
  6. Pact of Negation0 mana
  7. An Offer You Can't Refuse1 mana
  8. Arcane Denial2 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Vanquish the Horde8 mana
  2. Supreme Verdict4 mana
  3. Wrath of God4 mana
  4. Day of Judgment4 mana
  5. Shatter the Sky4 mana
  6. Split Up3 mana
  7. Winds of Abandon2 mana
  8. Depopulate4 mana

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