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Ant-Man, Reformed Rogue
Legendary Creature — Human Rogue Hero · {2}{G/U} · Green/Blue commander
Whenever you cast a green spell, Ant-Man gets +1/+0 and gains trample until end of turn.
Whenever you cast a blue spell, Ant-Man gets -1/-0 until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn.
Whenever Ant-Man deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
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What Ant-Man, Reformed Rogue 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 · cast_spellWhenever you cast a green spell, Ant-Man gets +1/+0 and gains trample until end of turn.
- Triggered ability · cast_spellWhenever you cast a blue spell, Ant-Man gets -1/-0 until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn.
- Triggered ability · deals_damageWhenever Ant-Man deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
What an Ant-Man, Reformed Rogue deck needs
Plays as spellslinger. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- cheap spells of any kind (its trigger fires on every cast)
- evasion and protection for the commander (the trigger needs its combat damage to connect)
The Ant-Man, Reformed Rogue deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 27× A cheap spell of any kind — casts per turn are the engine for an unrestricted cast trigger
- 12× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Ant-Man, Reformed Rogue
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.
A cheap spell of any kind — casts per turn are the engine for an unrestricted cast trigger
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Lotus Petal0 mana
- Mox Amber0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Lion's Eye Diamond0 mana
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- Walking Ballista0 mana
Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Archetype of Imagination6 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- Infiltrator's Magemark3 mana
- Bellowing Tanglewurm5 mana
- Student of Elements // Tobita, Master of Winds2 mana
- Deepchannel Mentor6 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- Beast Within3 mana
- Nature's Claim1 mana
- Emerald Charm1 mana
- Naturalize2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
- Nature's Rhythm2 mana
- Neoform2 mana
- Worldly Tutor1 mana
- Reshape2 mana
- March of Burgeoning Life1 mana
- Mask of the Mimic1 mana
- Long-Term Plans3 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
- Oversimplify5 mana
- Selective Obliteration5 mana
- Needle Storm3 mana
- Evacuation5 mana
Refill your hand
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Sylvan Library2 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Rhystic Study3 mana
- Faerie Mastermind2 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Guardian Augmenter3 mana
- Saryth, the Viper's Fang4 mana
- Lost in the Maze2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Asceticism5 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Incubation Druid2 mana
- Simic Signet2 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Ilysian Caryatid2 mana
- Heritage Druid1 mana
- Llanowar Tribe3 mana