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Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist

Legendary Creature — Kor Scout · {2}{W} · White commander

At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may attach any number of Auras and Equipment you control to target permanent or player. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

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What Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist 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 · beginning_of_combatAt the beginning of combat on your turn, you may attach any number of Auras and Equipment you control to target permanent or player.
• Keyword · partnerpartner

What an Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist deck needs

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

• auras and equipment with steep equip or attach costs (he attaches everything free each combat)
• curses and Pacifism-style auras (he can attach them to an opponent's creature or player)
• bodies worth suiting up, and evasion for whoever carries the gear

The Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist deck plan

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

• 28× Equipment and Auras — the things a suit-up commander's trigger and plan are actually made of
• 10× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
• 6× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 2× Answer a whole board at once
• 8× Refill your hand
• 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 11× Get ahead on mana

Best cards for Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist

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.

Combos with Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist

Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist is a piece of, and how many decks list them.

• Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist + Godo, Bandit Warlord + Sword Of Hearth And Home2,291 decks
• Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist + Combat Celebrant + Sword Of Hearth And Home796 decks
• Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist + Ares, God Of War + Deathrender + Breath Of Fury

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