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Casey & Raph, Hotheads

Casey & Raph, Hotheads

Legendary Creature — Mutant Ninja Human Turtle · {4}{R} · Red commander

When Casey & Raph enter, choose one or both. Each mode must target a different player. • Target player exiles the top card of their library. Until that player's next end step, they may play that card without paying its mana cost. • Target player creates two Treasure tokens.
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What Casey & Raph, Hotheads actually does

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What a Casey & Raph, Hotheads deck wants

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

Best cards for Casey & Raph, Hotheads

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.

Mana value at or above the floor — for a cascade commander a cheap card is a DEFECT, not a bargain

  1. Excalibur, Sword of Eden12 mana
  2. Ancient Stone Idol10 mana
  3. Blightsteel Colossus12 mana
  4. Charred Foyer // Warped Space10 mana
  5. Darksteel Colossus11 mana
  6. Emrakul, the Promised End13 mana
  7. Emrakul, the World Anew12 mana
  8. Flayer of Loyalties10 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

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

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

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

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Hexing Squelcher2 mana
  2. Cryptothrall4 mana
  3. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  4. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  5. Eldrazi Monument5 mana
  6. Commander's Plate1 mana
  7. Mithril Coat3 mana
  8. Akroma's Memorial7 mana

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