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Aya of Alexandria

Aya of Alexandria

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

Menace, lifelink Whenever a historic creature you control deals combat damage to a player, create a 1/1 black Assassin creature token with menace. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
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What Aya of Alexandria 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 Aya of Alexandria deck needs

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

The Aya of Alexandria deck plan

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

Best cards for Aya of Alexandria

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A 0-1 mana creature that reliably attacks UNBLOCKED — the cost the commander's ability consumes, and the only way it gets onto the battlefield

  1. Gingerbrute1 mana
  2. Tin Street Dodger1 mana
  3. Firefright Mage1 mana
  4. Sneaking Guide1 mana
  5. Soltari Foot Soldier1 mana
  6. Skrelv, Defector Mite1 mana
  7. Stromkirk Noble1 mana
  8. Signal Pest1 mana

A team pump that actually pumps tokens

  1. Intangible Virtue2 mana
  2. Caretaker's Talent3 mana
  3. Inspiring Leader3 mana
  4. Prava of the Steel Legion3 mana
  5. Gideon's Memorial2 mana
  6. Mite Overseer4 mana
  7. Phantom General4 mana
  8. Castle Embereth0 mana

Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide

  1. Replicating Ring3 mana
  2. Elspeth, Storm Slayer5 mana
  3. Hero of Bladehold4 mana
  4. Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate0 mana
  5. Elspeth, Sun's Champion6 mana
  6. Andúril, Flame of the West3 mana
  7. Cosmogrand Zenith3 mana
  8. Hanweir Garrison3 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. Generous Gift3 mana
  6. Erode1 mana
  7. Unwanted Remake1 mana
  8. Angelic Ascension2 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Open the Armory2 mana
  2. Enlightened Tutor1 mana
  3. Kellan, the Fae-Blooded // Birthright Boon3 mana
  4. Templar Knight2 mana
  5. Idyllic Tutor3 mana
  6. Imperial Recruiter3 mana
  7. Ranger-Captain of Eos3 mana
  8. Loyal Tutor1 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Vanquish the Horde8 mana
  2. Wrath of God4 mana
  3. Blasphemous Act9 mana
  4. Chain Reaction4 mana
  5. Day of Judgment4 mana
  6. Street Spasm1 mana
  7. Shatter the Sky4 mana
  8. Split Up3 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Esper Sentinel1 mana
  2. Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
  3. Skullclamp1 mana
  4. Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
  5. Archivist of Oghma2 mana
  6. The One Ring4 mana
  7. Sticky Fingers1 mana
  8. Vexing Bauble1 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. Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
  5. Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
  6. Coppercoat Vanguard2 mana
  7. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  8. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana

Get ahead on mana

  1. Sol Ring1 mana
  2. Boros Signet2 mana
  3. Palladium Myr3 mana
  4. Worn Powerstone3 mana
  5. Chrome Mox0 mana
  6. Everflowing Chalice0 mana
  7. Mox Diamond0 mana
  8. Mana Vault1 mana

Combos with Aya of Alexandria

Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Aya of Alexandria is a piece of, and how many decks list them.

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