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Alrund, God of the Cosmos // Hakka, Whispering Raven
Legendary Creature — God // Legendary Creature — Bird · {3}{U}{U}
{1}{U} · Blue commander
Alrund gets +1/+1 for each card in your hand and each foretold card you own in exile.
At the beginning of your end step, choose a card type, then reveal the top two cards of your library. Put all cards of the chosen type revealed this way into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
Flying
Whenever Hakka deals combat damage to a player, return it to its owner's hand, then scry 2.
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What Alrund, God of the Cosmos // Hakka, Whispering Raven 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 · end_stepAt the beginning of your end step, choose a card type, then reveal the top two cards of your library. Put all cards of the chosen type revealed this way into your hand and the rest on the bottom
- Triggered ability · deals_damageWhenever Hakka deals combat damage to a player, return it to its owner's hand, then scry 2.
- Keyword · scryscry
- Keyword · flyingflying
What an Alrund, God of the Cosmos // Hakka, Whispering Raven deck wants
The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.
- 12× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- 27× A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Alrund, God of the Cosmos // Hakka, Whispering Raven
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.
Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive2 mana
- Galerider Sliver1 mana
- Favorable Winds2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Colossus Hammer1 mana
- Shadowspear1 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- Archetype of Imagination6 mana
A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
- Faerie Seer1 mana
- Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender2 mana
- Artificer's Assistant1 mana
- Silver Raven1 mana
- Wall of Runes1 mana
- Overwhelmed Apprentice1 mana
- Thassa, God of the Sea3 mana
- Glistener Seer1 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- Suspend1 mana
- Snap2 mana
- Into the Flood Maw1 mana
- Planar Incision2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Displacement Wave2 mana
- Filter Out3 mana
- Aligned Hedron Network4 mana
- Coercive Portal4 mana
- Whelming Wave4 mana
- Consuming Tide4 mana
- Llawan, Cephalid Empress4 mana
- Part the Veil4 mana
Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- Counterspell2 mana
- Three Steps Ahead1 mana
- Long River's Pull2 mana
- Force of Will5 mana
- Abjure1 mana
- Archmage's Charm3 mana
- Cancel3 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Reshape2 mana
- Mask of the Mimic1 mana
- Long-Term Plans3 mana
- Whir of Invention3 mana
- Merchant Scroll2 mana
- Mystical Tutor1 mana
- Muddle the Mixture2 mana
- Personal Tutor1 mana
Refill your hand
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Rhystic Study3 mana
- Faerie Mastermind2 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Combat Research1 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Cryptothrall4 mana
- Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus4 mana
- Lost in the Maze2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Amber0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mox Opal0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Wayfarer's Bauble1 mana