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Captain America, Super-Soldier
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier Hero · {1}{W}{W} · White commander
First strike
Captain America enters with a shield counter on him. (If he would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from him instead.)
As long as Captain America has a shield counter on him, you and other Heroes you control have hexproof.
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What Captain America, Super-Soldier actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Static ability · keyword_grantAs long as Captain America has a shield counter on him, you and other Heroes you control have hexproof.
- Keyword · first strikefirst strike
What a Captain America, Super-Soldier deck needs
Plays as hero typal. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- creatures that profit from hexproof (it grants the team it)
- hero creatures (its text counts them)
The Captain America, Super-Soldier deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 33× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- 7× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 3× Answer a whole board at once
- 9× Refill your hand
- 3× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Captain America, Super-Soldier
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.
A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- Spectacular Spider-Man2 mana
- Agent Maria Hill1 mana
- Winter Soldier, Bucky Barnes1 mana
- Iron Spider, Stark Upgrade3 mana
- Agent of Atlas2 mana
- Agent Phil Coulson2 mana
- Ant-Man, Scott Lang2 mana
- Brave Brawler2 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
- Generous Gift3 mana
- Erode1 mana
- Unwanted Remake1 mana
- Angelic Ascension2 mana
- You Cannot Pass!1 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Open the Armory2 mana
- Enlightened Tutor1 mana
- Templar Knight2 mana
- Idyllic Tutor3 mana
- Ranger-Captain of Eos3 mana
- Loyal Tutor1 mana
- Recruiter of the Guard3 mana
- Search for Glory3 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Wrath of God4 mana
- Day of Judgment4 mana
- Shatter the Sky4 mana
- Split Up3 mana
- Winds of Abandon2 mana
- Depopulate4 mana
- No Witnesses4 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Herald's Horn3 mana
- Archivist of Oghma2 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
- Caretaker's Talent3 mana
- Enduring Innocence3 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
- Bastion Protector3 mana
- Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
- Coppercoat Vanguard2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Chaplain of Alms // Chapel Shieldgeist1 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
- Wayfarer's Bauble1 mana