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Aveline de Grandpré

Aveline de Grandpré

Legendary Creature — Human Assassin · {2}{G}{G} · Black/Green commander

Deathtouch Whenever a creature you control with deathtouch deals combat damage to a player, put that many +1/+1 counters on that creature. Disguise {B}{G} (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 Aveline de Grandpré actually does

Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.

What an Aveline de Grandpré deck wants

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

Best cards for Aveline de Grandpré

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.

Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers

  1. Garruk's Uprising3 mana
  2. Kodama of the West Tree3 mana
  3. Duskshell Crawler2 mana
  4. Sphere Grid2 mana
  5. Bramblewood Paragon2 mana
  6. Gnarlid Colony2 mana
  7. Primal Rage2 mana
  8. Eldrazi Monument5 mana

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

  1. Basilisk Collar1 mana
  2. Tinybones, the Pickpocket1 mana
  3. Fynn, the Fangbearer2 mana
  4. Nightshade Dryad2 mana
  5. Ankle Biter1 mana
  6. Bilious Skulldweller1 mana
  7. Dragon Sniper1 mana
  8. Fang of Shigeki1 mana

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

  1. Karn's Bastion0 mana
  2. Bristly Bill, Spine Sower2 mana
  3. Cankerbloom2 mana
  4. Thirsting Roots1 mana
  5. Evolution Sage3 mana
  6. Mossborn Hydra3 mana
  7. Blightbelly Rat2 mana
  8. Contagion Clasp2 mana

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

  1. Assassin's Trophy2 mana
  2. Defile1 mana
  3. Tragic Slip1 mana
  4. Infernal Grasp2 mana
  5. Fatal Push1 mana
  6. Beast Within3 mana
  7. Bitter Triumph2 mana
  8. Nature's Claim1 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Do or Die2 mana
  2. Force of Despair3 mana
  3. Accursed Marauder2 mana
  4. Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
  5. Innocent Blood1 mana
  6. Coils of the Medusa2 mana
  7. Forced March3 mana
  8. Nature's Ruin3 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Demonic Tutor2 mana
  2. Diabolic Intent2 mana
  3. Vampiric Tutor1 mana
  4. Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
  5. Imperial Seal1 mana
  6. Insatiable Avarice1 mana
  7. Diabolic Intent2 mana
  8. Nature's Rhythm2 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Skullclamp1 mana
  2. Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
  3. Black Market Connections3 mana
  4. Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
  5. Garruk's Uprising3 mana
  6. Morbid Opportunist3 mana
  7. Phyrexian Arena3 mana
  8. Beast Whisperer4 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Innkeeper's Talent2 mana
  2. Guardian Augmenter3 mana
  3. Cryptothrall4 mana
  4. Saryth, the Viper's Fang4 mana
  5. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  6. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  7. Asceticism5 mana
  8. Eldrazi Monument5 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. Birds of Paradise1 mana
  7. Crop Rotation1 mana
  8. Delighted Halfling1 mana

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