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Ambassador Laquatus
Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard · {1}{U}{U} · Blue commander
What Ambassador Laquatus actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Activated ability{3}: Target player mills three cards.
What an Ambassador Laquatus deck needs
Plays as mill. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- opponent-mill spells and permanents, and mill payoffs (their library is the win)
The Ambassador Laquatus deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 33× Mill the opponents — their library is the win condition
- 6× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 3× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 2× Answer a whole board at once
- 8× Refill your hand
- 3× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Ambassador Laquatus
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.
Mill the opponents — their library is the win condition
- Altar of the Brood1 mana
- Ruin Crab1 mana
- Folio of Fancies2 mana
- Ghoulcaller's Bell1 mana
- Psychic Corrosion3 mana
- The Water Crystal4 mana
- Manic Scribe2 mana
- Vantress Gargoyle2 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
- Titan's Presence3 mana
- Icy Prison2 mana
- Kozilek's Command2 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
Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- Mindbreak Trap4 mana
- Fierce Guardianship3 mana
- Force of Negation3 mana
- Force of Will5 mana
- Flare of Denial3 mana
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- An Offer You Can't Refuse1 mana
- Arcane Denial2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Desynchronization4 mana
- Wave Goodbye4 mana
- Whelming Wave4 mana
- Consuming Tide4 mana
- Selective Obliteration5 mana
- Evacuation5 mana
- Perplexing Test5 mana
- Cyclonic Rift2 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
- Lost in the Maze2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
- Svyelun of Sea and Sky3 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
- Wayfarer's Bauble1 mana
Combos with Ambassador Laquatus
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Ambassador Laquatus is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Ambassador Laquatus + Underworld Breach + Lion's Eye Diamond18 decks
- Ambassador Laquatus + Underworld Breach + Cabal Ritual9 decks
- Ambassador Laquatus + Underworld Breach + Brightstone Ritual
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