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Ayesha Tanaka, Armorer
Legendary Creature — Human Artificer · {3}{W}{U} · Blue/White commander
Whenever Ayesha Tanaka attacks, look at the top four cards of your library. You may put any number of artifact cards with mana value less than or equal to Ayesha Tanaka's power from among them onto the battlefield tapped. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Ayesha Tanaka can't be blocked as long as defending player controls three or more artifacts.
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What Ayesha Tanaka, Armorer actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Triggered ability · attackWhenever Ayesha Tanaka attacks, look at the top four cards of your library. You may put any number of artifact cards with mana value less than or equal to Ayesha Tanaka's power from among them
- Static ability · evasion_grantAyesha Tanaka can't be blocked as long as defending player controls three or more artifacts.
What an Ayesha Tanaka, Armorer deck wants
The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.
- 20× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- 9× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 3× Answer a whole board at once
- 5× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 12× Refill your hand
- 5× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Ayesha Tanaka, Armorer
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 creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- Chasm Skulker3 mana
- Dalkovan Encampment0 mana
- Elenda's Hierophant3 mana
- Kozilek's Unsealing3 mana
- Hero of Bladehold4 mana
- Myrel, Shield of Argive4 mana
- Parhelion II // Parhelion II0 mana
- Trendy Circus Pirate0 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
- Suspend1 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Final Showdown1 mana
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Martyr's Cry2 mana
- Split Up3 mana
- Cathedral Membrane2 mana
- Citywide Bust3 mana
- Displacement Wave2 mana
- Harsh Mercy3 mana
Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- Counterspell2 mana
- Three Steps Ahead1 mana
- Long River's Pull2 mana
- Force of Will5 mana
- Abjure1 mana
- Archmage's Charm3 mana
- Cancel3 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Reshape2 mana
- Mask of the Mimic1 mana
- Long-Term Plans3 mana
- Open the Armory2 mana
- Whir of Invention3 mana
- Merchant Scroll2 mana
- Enlightened Tutor1 mana
- Mystical Tutor1 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Rhystic Study3 mana
- Archivist of Oghma2 mana
- Faerie Mastermind2 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
- Bastion Protector3 mana
- Gold-Forged Thopteryx2 mana
- Greater Auramancy2 mana
- Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
- Cryptothrall4 mana
- Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus4 mana
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Amber0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mox Opal0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Wayfarer's Bauble1 mana