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Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier Mercenary · {W}{W} · White commander
When Cloud enters, search your library for an Equipment card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
As long as Cloud is equipped, if a triggered ability of Cloud or an Equipment attached to it triggers, that ability triggers an additional time.
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What Cloud, Midgar Mercenary 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 · etbWhen Cloud enters, search your library for an Equipment card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
- Replacement effect · trigger_doublerAs long as Cloud is equipped, if a triggered ability of Cloud or an Equipment attached to it triggers, that ability triggers an additional time.
What a Cloud, Midgar Mercenary deck wants
The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.
- 8× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- 6× A permanent whose own trigger fires on attacking — the fuel an attack-trigger doubler multiplies, and the payoff an attack commander wants beside it
- 6× A permanent that pays off creatures dying — the trigger a death-trigger doubler multiplies
- 6× Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
- 26× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- 14× Equipment and Auras — the things a suit-up commander's trigger and plan are actually made of
- 8× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- 5× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
Best cards for Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
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 permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Cabaretti Courtyard0 mana
- Lotus Field0 mana
- Riveteers Overlook0 mana
- Talon Gates of Madara0 mana
- Soul Warden1 mana
- Soul's Attendant1 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
A permanent whose own trigger fires on attacking — the fuel an attack-trigger doubler multiplies, and the payoff an attack commander wants beside it
- Guide of Souls1 mana
- Adeline, Resplendent Cathar3 mana
- Ainok Strike Leader2 mana
- Jacked Rabbit2 mana
- Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd2 mana
- Mangara, the Diplomat4 mana
- Weathered Sentinels3 mana
- Battle Angels of Tyr4 mana
A permanent that pays off creatures dying — the trigger a death-trigger doubler multiplies
- Blade of the Bloodchief1 mana
- Tarrian's Soulcleaver1 mana
- Mimic Vat3 mana
- Luminous Broodmoth4 mana
- Elemental Time Flamingo0 mana
- Norn's Wellspring2 mana
- Reluctant Role Model2 mana
- Bounty Board3 mana
Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
- Airbender Ascension2 mana
- Eldrazi Displacer3 mana
- Eternal Acrobat Toast0 mana
- Conjurer's Closet5 mana
- Distinguished Conjurer2 mana
- Felidar Guardian4 mana
- Restoration Angel4 mana
- Teleportation Circle4 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
Equipment and Auras — the things a suit-up commander's trigger and plan are actually made of
- Basilisk Collar1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Sword of the Animist2 mana
- Shadowspear1 mana
- Paradise Mantle0 mana
- Trailblazer's Boots2 mana
A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Cabaretti Courtyard0 mana
- Lotus Field0 mana
- Riveteers Overlook0 mana
- Talon Gates of Madara0 mana
- Soul Warden1 mana
- Soul's Attendant1 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- Delney, Streetwise Lookout3 mana
- Elspeth, Sun's Champion6 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Colossus Hammer1 mana
- Shadowspear1 mana
- Jackdaw Savior3 mana
- Toby, Beastie Befriender3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 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
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