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Balthier and Fran

Legendary Creature — Human Rabbit · {1}{R}{G} · Green/Red commander

Reach Vehicles you control get +1/+1 and have reach and vigilance. Whenever a Vehicle crewed by Balthier and Fran this turn attacks, if it's the first combat phase of the turn, you may pay {1}{R}{G}. If you do, after this phase, there is an additional combat phase.

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What Balthier and Fran 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 a Vehicle crewed by Balthier and Fran this turn attacks, if it's the first combat phase of the turn, you may pay {1}{R}{G}. If you do, after this phase, there is an additional combat phase.
• Static ability · anthemVehicles you control get +1/+1 and have reach and vigilance.
• Keyword · reachreach

What a Balthier and Fran deck needs

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

• vehicles (its text counts them)
• extra combat phases and attackers that profit from them
• a wide board that attacks every turn (the trigger fires on the attack)

The Balthier and Fran deck plan

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

• 14× A permanent of the exact NON-creature type the commander counts — artifacts for an artifact commander, enchantments for an enchantress
• 10× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
• 8× A permanent whose own trigger fires on attacking — the fuel an attack-trigger doubler multiplies, and the payoff an attack commander wants beside it
• 2× A card that pays off the permanent type the deck is made of — cast triggers, "for each artifact", cost cutters
• 4× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 8× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 1× Answer a whole board at once
• 9× Refill your hand
• 3× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

Best cards for Balthier and Fran

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.

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