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Black Cat, Cunning Thief

Legendary Creature — Human Rogue Villain · {3}{B}{B} · Black commander

When Black Cat enters, look at the top nine cards of target opponent's library, exile two of them face down, then put the rest on the bottom of their library in a random order. You may play the exiled cards for as long as they remain exiled. Mana of any type can be spent to cast spells this way.

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What Black Cat, Cunning Thief 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 · etbWhen Black Cat enters, look at the top nine cards of target opponent's library, exile two of them face down, then put the rest on the bottom of their library in a random order. You ma

What a Black Cat, Cunning Thief deck wants

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

• 12× Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
• 16× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
• 9× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 3× Answer a whole board at once
• 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 10× Refill your hand
• 5× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 11× Get ahead on mana

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