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Arno Dorian

Arno Dorian

Legendary Creature — Human Assassin · {2}{B}{R} · Black/Red commander

Deathtouch Other Assassins you control get +2/+0. Disguise {B}{R} (You may cast this card face down for {3} as a 2/2 creature with ward {2}. Turn it face up any time for its disguise cost.)
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What Arno Dorian actually does

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What an Arno Dorian deck wants

The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.

Best cards for Arno Dorian

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

  1. Pyrotechnic Performer2 mana
  2. Fugitive Codebreaker2 mana
  3. Arno Dorian4 mana
  4. Alley Assailant3 mana
  5. Boltbender4 mana
  6. Nightdrinker Moroii4 mana
  7. Lumbering Laundry5 mana
  8. Offender at Large5 mana

A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality

  1. Iridescent Vinelasher1 mana
  2. Razorkin Needlehead2 mana
  3. Assassin Initiate1 mana
  4. Bile-Vial Boggart1 mana
  5. Guul Draz Assassin1 mana
  6. Hired Poisoner1 mana
  7. Hullcarver1 mana
  8. Ruthless Ripper1 mana

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

  1. Wild Magic Surge2 mana
  2. Defile1 mana
  3. Tragic Slip1 mana
  4. Infernal Grasp2 mana
  5. Terminate2 mana
  6. Fatal Push1 mana
  7. Bitter Triumph2 mana
  8. Black Sun's Twilight1 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Do or Die2 mana
  2. Force of Despair3 mana
  3. Blasphemous Act9 mana
  4. Accursed Marauder2 mana
  5. Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
  6. Innocent Blood1 mana
  7. Breaking Point3 mana
  8. Coils of the Medusa2 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Demonic Tutor2 mana
  2. Diabolic Intent2 mana
  3. Vampiric Tutor1 mana
  4. Imperial Seal1 mana
  5. Insatiable Avarice1 mana
  6. Diabolic Intent2 mana
  7. Grim Tutor3 mana
  8. Liliana Vess // Liliana Vess0 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Skullclamp1 mana
  2. Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
  3. Black Market Connections3 mana
  4. Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
  5. Morbid Opportunist3 mana
  6. Phyrexian Arena3 mana
  7. The One Ring4 mana
  8. Kederekt Parasite1 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Hexing Squelcher2 mana
  2. Cryptothrall4 mana
  3. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  4. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  5. Eldrazi Monument5 mana
  6. Commander's Plate1 mana
  7. Mithril Coat3 mana
  8. Akroma's Memorial7 mana

Get ahead on mana

  1. Chrome Mox0 mana
  2. Everflowing Chalice0 mana
  3. Mox Amber0 mana
  4. Mox Diamond0 mana
  5. Mox Opal0 mana
  6. Mana Vault1 mana
  7. Sol Ring1 mana
  8. Wayfarer's Bauble1 mana

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