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Appa, Steadfast Guardian

Appa, Steadfast Guardian

Legendary Creature — Bison Ally · {2}{W}{W} · White commander

Flash Flying When Appa enters, airbend any number of other target nonland permanents you control. (Exile them. While each one is exiled, its owner may cast it for {2} rather than its mana cost.) Whenever you cast a spell from exile, create a 1/1 white Ally creature token.
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What Appa, Steadfast Guardian actually does

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What an Appa, Steadfast Guardian deck wants

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Best cards for Appa, Steadfast Guardian

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.

Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses

  1. Airbender Ascension2 mana
  2. Eldrazi Displacer3 mana
  3. Eternal Acrobat Toast0 mana
  4. Conjurer's Closet5 mana
  5. Distinguished Conjurer2 mana
  6. Felidar Guardian4 mana
  7. Restoration Angel4 mana
  8. Teleportation Circle4 mana

Exiles from your own library and lets you play it — the card flow of an exile-matters commander

  1. Ugin's Labyrinth0 mana
  2. Endless Sands0 mana
  3. Aven Interrupter3 mana
  4. Mimic Vat3 mana
  5. Bag of Holding1 mana
  6. Currency Converter1 mana
  7. Dino DNA1 mana
  8. Ghost Vacuum1 mana

A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one

  1. Aang, the Last Airbender4 mana
  2. Appa, Steadfast Guardian4 mana
  3. Monk Gyatso4 mana
  4. Aang, Airbending Master5 mana
  5. Appa, Loyal Sky Bison6 mana

A cheap spell of any kind — casts per turn are the engine for an unrestricted cast trigger

  1. Everflowing Chalice0 mana
  2. Walking Ballista0 mana
  3. Hangarback Walker0 mana
  4. Mishra's Bauble0 mana
  5. Sol Talisman0 mana
  6. Tormod's Crypt0 mana
  7. Urza's Bauble0 mana
  8. Chrome Mox0 mana

A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses

  1. Chrome Mox0 mana
  2. Cabaretti Courtyard0 mana
  3. Lotus Field0 mana
  4. Riveteers Overlook0 mana
  5. Talon Gates of Madara0 mana
  6. Soul Warden1 mana
  7. Soul's Attendant1 mana
  8. Mithril Coat3 mana

A team pump that actually pumps tokens

  1. Intangible Virtue2 mana
  2. Caretaker's Talent3 mana
  3. Inspiring Leader3 mana
  4. Prava of the Steel Legion3 mana
  5. Mite Overseer4 mana
  6. Phantom General4 mana
  7. Nesting Grounds0 mana
  8. Mother of Runes1 mana

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

  1. Dalkovan Encampment0 mana
  2. Elenda's Hierophant3 mana
  3. Hero of Bladehold4 mana
  4. Myrel, Shield of Argive4 mana
  5. Parhelion II // Parhelion II0 mana
  6. Trendy Circus Pirate0 mana
  7. Myr Battlesphere7 mana
  8. Champions from Beyond2 mana

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

  1. Path to Exile1 mana
  2. Swords to Plowshares1 mana
  3. March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
  4. Flicker of Fate2 mana
  5. Generous Gift3 mana
  6. Erode1 mana
  7. Getaway Glamer1 mana
  8. Unwanted Remake1 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Final Showdown1 mana
  2. Vanquish the Horde8 mana
  3. Martyr's Cry2 mana
  4. Split Up3 mana
  5. Cathedral Membrane2 mana
  6. Citywide Bust3 mana
  7. Harsh Mercy3 mana
  8. Retribution of the Meek3 mana

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