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Anax, Hardened in the Forge

Anax, Hardened in the Forge

Legendary Enchantment Creature — Demigod · {1}{R}{R} · Red commander

Anax's power is equal to your devotion to red. (Each {R} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to red.) Whenever Anax or another nontoken creature you control dies, create a 1/1 red Satyr creature token with "This token can't block." If the creature had power 4 or greater, create two of those tokens instead.
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What Anax, Hardened in the Forge actually does

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What an Anax, Hardened in the Forge deck wants

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Best cards for Anax, Hardened in the Forge

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A team pump that actually pumps tokens

  1. Nesting Grounds0 mana
  2. Patchwork Banner3 mana
  3. Castle Embereth0 mana
  4. Fire Nation Palace0 mana
  5. Crashing Drawbridge2 mana
  6. Hexing Squelcher2 mana
  7. Crash Through1 mana
  8. Eldritch Immunity1 mana

Sacrifice a creature for no mana, repeatably

  1. High Market0 mana
  2. Lazotep Quarry0 mana
  3. Miren, the Moaning Well0 mana
  4. Kazuul's Fury // Kazuul's Cliffs3 mana
  5. Keldon Necropolis0 mana
  6. Ulamog's Dreadsire10 mana
  7. Thermopod5 mana
  8. Altar of Dementia2 mana

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

  1. Pashalik Mons3 mana
  2. Siege-Gang Lieutenant4 mana
  3. Trendy Circus Pirate0 mana
  4. Myr Battlesphere7 mana
  5. Anax, Hardened in the Forge3 mana
  6. Andúril, Flame of the West3 mana
  7. Chandra, Acolyte of Flame3 mana
  8. Hanweir Garrison3 mana

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

  1. Wild Magic Surge2 mana
  2. Crush1 mana
  3. Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
  4. Titan's Presence3 mana
  5. Abrade2 mana
  6. Untimely Malfunction2 mana
  7. Chaos Warp3 mana
  8. Kozilek's Command2 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Blasphemous Act9 mana
  2. Breaking Point3 mana
  3. Crack the Earth1 mana
  4. Kozilek's Return3 mana
  5. Akki Blizzard-Herder2 mana
  6. Devastating Dreams2 mana
  7. Tectonic Break2 mana
  8. Tremble2 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Goblin Recruiter2 mana
  2. Imperial Recruiter3 mana
  3. Dragon's Approach3 mana
  4. Flamekin Harbinger1 mana
  5. Goblin Matron3 mana
  6. Sarkhan's Triumph3 mana
  7. Dwarven Recruiter3 mana
  8. Myr Kinsmith4 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Skullclamp1 mana
  2. The One Ring4 mana
  3. Pip-Boy 30001 mana
  4. Sticky Fingers1 mana
  5. Vexing Bauble1 mana
  6. Artist's Talent2 mana
  7. Fear of Missing Out2 mana
  8. Key to the City2 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Hexing Squelcher2 mana
  2. Cryptothrall4 mana
  3. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  4. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  5. Eldrazi Monument5 mana
  6. Commander's Plate1 mana
  7. Mithril Coat3 mana
  8. Akroma's Memorial7 mana

Get ahead on mana

  1. Chrome Mox0 mana
  2. Everflowing Chalice0 mana
  3. Mox Amber0 mana
  4. Mox Diamond0 mana
  5. Mox Opal0 mana
  6. Mana Vault1 mana
  7. Sol Ring1 mana
  8. Wayfarer's Bauble1 mana

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