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Cid, Freeflier Pilot
Legendary Creature — Human Warrior Pilot · {1}{W} · White commander
Equipment and Vehicle spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Jump — During your turn, Cid has flying.
{2}, {T}: Return target Equipment or Vehicle card from your graveyard to your hand.
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What Cid, Freeflier Pilot actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Activated ability{2}, {T}: Return target Equipment or Vehicle card from your graveyard to your hand.
- Static ability · cost_reductionEquipment and Vehicle spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
- Keyword · jumpjump
What a Cid, Freeflier Pilot deck wants
The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.
- 8× Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
- 5× Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot
- 16× A cheap spell of any kind — casts per turn are the engine for an unrestricted cast trigger
- 16× A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
- 26× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- 6× Put your own cards into your graveyard as a resource
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
Best cards for Cid, Freeflier Pilot
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.
Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
- Thousand-Year Elixir3 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- Super State7 mana
- Lavaspur Boots1 mana
- Sting, the Glinting Dagger2 mana
- Krang, Utrom Warlord9 mana
Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot
- Reconnaissance1 mana
- Sword of Feast and Famine3 mana
- Amulet of Vigor1 mana
- Sting, the Glinting Dagger2 mana
- Umbral Mantle3 mana
- Genji Glove5 mana
- Honor-Worn Shaku3 mana
- Tiller Engine2 mana
A cheap spell of any kind — casts per turn are the engine for an unrestricted cast trigger
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Walking Ballista0 mana
- Hangarback Walker0 mana
- Mishra's Bauble0 mana
- Sol Talisman0 mana
- Tormod's Crypt0 mana
- Urza's Bauble0 mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
- Cid, Freeflier Pilot2 mana
A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- Lion Sash2 mana
- Crystal Fragments // Summon: Alexander1 mana
- Crystal Fragments // Summon: Alexander1 mana
- Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms4 mana
- Cloudsteel Kirin3 mana
- Razorfield Ripper3 mana
- Harvest Hand // Scrounged Scythe3 mana
Put your own cards into your graveyard as a resource
- Altar of Dementia2 mana
- Mindcrank2 mana
- Codex Shredder1 mana
- Eden, Seat of the Sanctum0 mana
- Trenchpost0 mana
- Mesmeric Orb2 mana
- Millikin2 mana
- Perpetual Timepiece2 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
- Flicker of Fate2 mana
- Generous Gift3 mana
- Erode1 mana
- Getaway Glamer1 mana
- Unwanted Remake1 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Final Showdown1 mana
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Martyr's Cry2 mana
- Split Up3 mana
- Cathedral Membrane2 mana
- Citywide Bust3 mana
- Harsh Mercy3 mana
- Retribution of the Meek3 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Steelshaper's Gift1 mana
- Open the Armory2 mana
- Cloud, Midgar Mercenary2 mana
- Enlightened Tutor1 mana
- Stoneforge Mystic2 mana
- Templar Knight2 mana
- Idyllic Tutor3 mana
- Ranger-Captain of Eos3 mana
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