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Anje, Maid of Dishonor
Legendary Creature — Vampire · {2}{B}{R} · Black/Red commander
Whenever Anje and/or one or more other Vampires you control enter, create a Blood token. This ability triggers only once each turn. (It's an artifact with "{1}, {T}, Discard a card, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
{2}, Sacrifice another creature or a Blood token: Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
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What Anje, Maid of Dishonor 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 · otherWhenever Anje and/or one or more other Vampires you control enter, create a Blood token. This ability triggers only once each turn.
- Activated ability{2}, Sacrifice another creature or a Blood token: Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
What an Anje, Maid of Dishonor deck wants
The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.
- 12× Life loss that is not combat damage — each opponent loses life, repeatably
- 26× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- 5× Creatures you are happy to sacrifice — a free sac outlet on the commander is worthless with nothing to feed it
- 4× A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
Best cards for Anje, Maid of Dishonor
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.
Life loss that is not combat damage — each opponent loses life, repeatably
- Zulaport Cutthroat2 mana
- Leechridden Swamp0 mana
- Marionette Apprentice2 mana
- The Meathook Massacre2 mana
- Mirkwood Bats4 mana
- Ayara, First of Locthwain3 mana
- Bastion of Remembrance3 mana
- Bontu's Monument3 mana
A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- Viscera Seer1 mana
- Blood Artist2 mana
- Indulgent Aristocrat1 mana
- Master of Dark Rites1 mana
- Anje Falkenrath // Anje Falkenrath0 mana
- Blood Seeker2 mana
- Bloodghast2 mana
- Cordial Vampire2 mana
Creatures you are happy to sacrifice — a free sac outlet on the commander is worthless with nothing to feed it
- Bloodghast2 mana
- Callous Bloodmage3 mana
- Carrier Thrall2 mana
- Pawn of Ulamog3 mana
- Falkenrath Forebear3 mana
- Silversmote Ghoul3 mana
- Promise of Aclazotz // Foul Rebirth2 mana
- Bloodline Keeper // Lord of Lineage4 mana
A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- Nesting Grounds0 mana
- Zulaport Cutthroat2 mana
- Patchwork Banner3 mana
- Castle Embereth0 mana
- Fire Nation Palace0 mana
- Crashing Drawbridge2 mana
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Crash Through1 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Defile1 mana
- Tragic Slip1 mana
- Infernal Grasp2 mana
- Terminate2 mana
- Fatal Push1 mana
- Bitter Triumph2 mana
- Black Sun's Twilight1 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Do or Die2 mana
- Force of Despair3 mana
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Accursed Marauder2 mana
- Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
- Innocent Blood1 mana
- Breaking Point3 mana
- Coils of the Medusa2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Demonic Tutor2 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Vampiric Tutor1 mana
- Imperial Seal1 mana
- Insatiable Avarice1 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Grim Tutor3 mana
- Liliana Vess // Liliana Vess0 mana
Refill your hand
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
- Black Market Connections3 mana
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
- Morbid Opportunist3 mana
- Phyrexian Arena3 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Kederekt Parasite1 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Cryptothrall4 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana