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Aron, Benalia's Ruin

Aron, Benalia's Ruin

Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Human · {W}{W}{B} · Black/White commander

Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) {W}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice another creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
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What Aron, Benalia's Ruin actually does

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What an Aron, Benalia's Ruin deck wants

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Best cards for Aron, Benalia's Ruin

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Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise

  1. Thousand-Year Elixir3 mana
  2. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  3. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  4. Akroma's Memorial7 mana
  5. Super State7 mana
  6. Lavaspur Boots1 mana
  7. Sting, the Glinting Dagger2 mana
  8. Krang, Utrom Warlord9 mana

Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot

  1. Reconnaissance1 mana
  2. Sword of Feast and Famine3 mana
  3. Amulet of Vigor1 mana
  4. Sting, the Glinting Dagger2 mana
  5. Umbral Mantle3 mana
  6. Genji Glove5 mana
  7. Honor-Worn Shaku3 mana
  8. Tiller Engine2 mana

Creatures you are happy to sacrifice — a free sac outlet on the commander is worthless with nothing to feed it

  1. Hangarback Walker0 mana
  2. Skeleton Crew4 mana
  3. "Lifetime" Pass Holder1 mana
  4. Death Tyrant5 mana
  5. Bastion of Remembrance3 mana
  6. Crawling Chorus1 mana
  7. Doomed Traveler1 mana
  8. Hunted Witness1 mana

Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there

  1. Karn's Bastion0 mana
  2. Blightbelly Rat2 mana
  3. Contagion Clasp2 mana
  4. Drown in Ichor2 mana
  5. Grateful Apparition2 mana
  6. Metastatic Evangel2 mana
  7. Yawgmoth, Thran Physician4 mana
  8. Glistening Sphere3 mana

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

  1. Path to Exile1 mana
  2. Swords to Plowshares1 mana
  3. Defile1 mana
  4. Tragic Slip1 mana
  5. March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
  6. Infernal Grasp2 mana
  7. Flicker of Fate2 mana
  8. Fatal Push1 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Final Showdown1 mana
  2. Vanquish the Horde8 mana
  3. Amalia Benavides Aguirre2 mana
  4. Do or Die2 mana
  5. Martyr's Cry2 mana
  6. Pest Control2 mana
  7. Force of Despair3 mana
  8. Split Up3 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. Esper Sentinel1 mana
  2. Skullclamp1 mana
  3. Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
  4. Black Market Connections3 mana
  5. Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
  6. Morbid Opportunist3 mana
  7. Phyrexian Arena3 mana
  8. Archivist of Oghma2 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
  2. Bastion Protector3 mana
  3. Greater Auramancy2 mana
  4. Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
  5. Cryptothrall4 mana
  6. Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
  7. Coppercoat Vanguard2 mana
  8. General's Enforcer2 mana

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