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Anya, Merciless Angel

Legendary Creature — Angel · {3}{R}{W} · Red/White commander

Flying Anya gets +3/+3 for each opponent whose life total is less than half their starting life total. As long as an opponent's life total is less than half their starting life total, Anya has indestructible.

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What Anya, Merciless Angel actually does

Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.

• Keyword · flyingflying
• AbilityAnya gets +3/+3 for each opponent whose life total is less than half their starting life total.
• AbilityAs long as an opponent's life total is less than half their starting life total, Anya has indestructible.

What an Anya, Merciless Angel deck needs

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

• damage and drain to push opponents below half (it grows and becomes indestructible)
• evasion

The Anya, Merciless Angel deck plan

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

• 14× A permanent that does something every turn it is on the battlefield — the deck's body, for a commander whose text asks for nothing specific
• 7× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 3× Answer a whole board at once
• 9× Refill your hand
• 3× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 11× Get ahead on mana
• 12× A repeatable source of damage — a commander that adds to each damage event wants many small events, not one big one
• 8× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers

Best cards for Anya, Merciless Angel

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