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Breeches, Eager Pillager

Breeches, Eager Pillager

Legendary Creature — Goblin Pirate · {2}{R} · Red commander

First strike Whenever a Pirate you control attacks, choose one that hasn't been chosen this turn — • Create a Treasure token. • Target creature can't block this turn. • Exile the top card of your library. You may play it this turn.
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What Breeches, Eager Pillager actually does

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What a Breeches, Eager Pillager deck wants

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Best cards for Breeches, Eager Pillager

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.

Exiles from your own library and lets you play it — the card flow of an exile-matters commander

  1. Ugin's Labyrinth0 mana
  2. Party Thrasher2 mana
  3. Passionate Archaeologist2 mana
  4. Endless Sands0 mana
  5. Mimic Vat3 mana
  6. Squee, the Immortal3 mana
  7. Valakut Exploration3 mana
  8. Bag of Holding1 mana

A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one

  1. Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
  2. Impulsive Pilferer1 mana
  3. Academy Manufactor3 mana
  4. Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
  5. Magda, Brazen Outlaw2 mana
  6. Magda, the Hoardmaster2 mana
  7. Reckless Lackey1 mana
  8. Xorn3 mana

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

  1. Pashalik Mons3 mana
  2. Siege-Gang Lieutenant4 mana
  3. Trendy Circus Pirate0 mana
  4. Myr Battlesphere7 mana
  5. Anax, Hardened in the Forge3 mana
  6. Andúril, Flame of the West3 mana
  7. Chandra, Acolyte of Flame3 mana
  8. Hanweir Garrison3 mana

A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality

  1. Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
  2. Impulsive Pilferer1 mana
  3. Dire Fleet Daredevil2 mana
  4. Fanatical Firebrand1 mana
  5. Marauding Mako1 mana
  6. Reckless Lackey1 mana
  7. Breeches, Eager Pillager3 mana
  8. Captain Lannery Storm3 mana

A team pump that actually pumps tokens

  1. Nesting Grounds0 mana
  2. Patchwork Banner3 mana
  3. Castle Embereth0 mana
  4. Fire Nation Palace0 mana
  5. Crashing Drawbridge2 mana
  6. Hexing Squelcher2 mana
  7. Crash Through1 mana
  8. Eldritch Immunity1 mana

Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it

  1. Wild Magic Surge2 mana
  2. Crush1 mana
  3. Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
  4. Titan's Presence3 mana
  5. Abrade2 mana
  6. Untimely Malfunction2 mana
  7. Chaos Warp3 mana
  8. Kozilek's Command2 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Blasphemous Act9 mana
  2. Breaking Point3 mana
  3. Crack the Earth1 mana
  4. Kozilek's Return3 mana
  5. Akki Blizzard-Herder2 mana
  6. Devastating Dreams2 mana
  7. Tectonic Break2 mana
  8. Tremble2 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Goblin Recruiter2 mana
  2. Imperial Recruiter3 mana
  3. Dragon's Approach3 mana
  4. Flamekin Harbinger1 mana
  5. Goblin Matron3 mana
  6. Sarkhan's Triumph3 mana
  7. Dwarven Recruiter3 mana
  8. Myr Kinsmith4 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Skullclamp1 mana
  2. The One Ring4 mana
  3. Pip-Boy 30001 mana
  4. Sticky Fingers1 mana
  5. Vexing Bauble1 mana
  6. Artist's Talent2 mana
  7. Fear of Missing Out2 mana
  8. Key to the City2 mana

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