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Astor, Bearer of Blades

Astor, Bearer of Blades

Legendary Creature — Human Warrior · {2}{R}{W} · Red/White commander

When Astor enters, look at the top seven cards of your library. You may reveal an Equipment or Vehicle card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. Equipment you control have equip {1}. Vehicles you control have crew 1.
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What Astor, Bearer of Blades actually does

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What an Astor, Bearer of Blades deck wants

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Best cards for Astor, Bearer of Blades

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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

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

  1. Lion Sash2 mana
  2. Lizard Blades2 mana
  3. Crystal Fragments // Summon: Alexander1 mana
  4. Rabbit Battery1 mana
  5. Crystal Fragments // Summon: Alexander1 mana
  6. Simian Sling1 mana
  7. Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms4 mana
  8. Ogre-Head Helm2 mana

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

  1. Chrome Mox0 mana
  2. Temple of Triumph0 mana
  3. Boros Garrison0 mana
  4. Cabaretti Courtyard0 mana
  5. Elegant Parlor0 mana
  6. Lotus Field0 mana
  7. Riveteers Overlook0 mana
  8. Talon Gates of Madara0 mana

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

  1. Path to Exile1 mana
  2. Swords to Plowshares1 mana
  3. Wild Magic Surge2 mana
  4. March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
  5. Flicker of Fate2 mana
  6. Generous Gift3 mana
  7. Erode1 mana
  8. Getaway Glamer1 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. Blasphemous Act9 mana
  6. Cathedral Membrane2 mana
  7. Citywide Bust3 mana
  8. Harsh Mercy3 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Steelshaper's Gift1 mana
  2. Open the Armory2 mana
  3. Cloud, Midgar Mercenary2 mana
  4. Fighter Class2 mana
  5. Enlightened Tutor1 mana
  6. Goblin Recruiter2 mana
  7. Stoneforge Mystic2 mana
  8. Templar Knight2 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Esper Sentinel1 mana
  2. Skullclamp1 mana
  3. Archivist of Oghma2 mana
  4. Sram, Senior Edificer2 mana
  5. Smothering Tithe4 mana
  6. The One Ring4 mana
  7. Pip-Boy 30001 mana
  8. Sticky Fingers1 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
  2. Hexing Squelcher2 mana
  3. Bastion Protector3 mana
  4. Greater Auramancy2 mana
  5. Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
  6. Cryptothrall4 mana
  7. Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
  8. Coppercoat Vanguard2 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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