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Bohn, Beguiling Balladeer

Legendary Creature — Human Bard · {1}{U}{R} · Red/Blue commander

Each nonland card in your hand without foretell has foretell. Its foretell cost is equal to its mana cost reduced by {2}. (During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile it from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.) Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, goad target creature an opponent controls.

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What Bohn, Beguiling Balladeer 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 · cast_spellWhenever you cast your second spell each turn, goad target creature an opponent controls.
• AbilityEach nonland card in your hand without foretell has foretell. Its foretell cost is equal to its mana cost reduced by {2}.

What a Bohn, Beguiling Balladeer deck needs

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

• cheap spells to foretell and cast two a turn (each second spell goads)

The Bohn, Beguiling Balladeer deck plan

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

• 33× A cheap spell of any kind — casts per turn are the engine for an unrestricted cast trigger
• 6× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 3× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
• 2× Answer a whole board at once
• 8× Refill your hand
• 3× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 11× Get ahead on mana

Best cards for Bohn, Beguiling Balladeer

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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