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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 of yo
• Triggered ability · deals_damageWhenever Hakka deals combat damage to a player, return it to its owner's hand, then scry 2.
• Keyword · flyingflying
• AbilityAlrund gets +1/+1 for each card in your hand and each foretold card you own in exile.

What an Alrund, God of the Cosmos // Hakka, Whispering Raven deck needs

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

• foretell cards and a full hand (it grows with each)
• card draw

The Alrund, God of the Cosmos // Hakka, Whispering Raven deck plan

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

• 12× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
• 6× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 3× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
• 2× Answer a whole board at once
• 14× Refill your hand
• 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 11× Get ahead on mana
• 14× A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one

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