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Codsworth, Handy Helper
Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot · {2}{W} · White commander
Commanders you control have ward {2}.
{T}: Add {W}{W}. Spend this mana only to cast Aura and/or Equipment spells.
{T}: Attach target Aura or Equipment you control to target creature you control. Activate only as a sorcery.
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What Codsworth, Handy Helper 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{T}: Add {W}{W}. Spend this mana only to cast Aura and/or Equipment spells.
- Activated ability{T}: Attach target Aura or Equipment you control to target creature you control. Activate only as a sorcery.
- Static ability · keyword_grantCommanders you control have ward {2}.
What a Codsworth, Handy Helper deck needs
Plays as aura & equipment support. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- Auras and Equipment (Codsworth pays for and attaches them)
- a voltron target; your commanders have ward
- protection for the suited creature
The Codsworth, Handy Helper deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 4× Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
- 4× Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot
- 26× Equipment and Auras — the things a suit-up commander's trigger and plan are actually made of
- 7× 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
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
Best cards for Codsworth, Handy Helper
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
- Lavaspur Boots1 mana
- Sting, the Glinting Dagger2 mana
- Krang, Utrom Warlord9 mana
- Haunted Cloak3 mana
Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot
- Sting, the Glinting Dagger2 mana
- Umbral Mantle3 mana
- Genji Glove5 mana
- Honor-Worn Shaku3 mana
- White Plume Adventurer3 mana
- Sword of the Paruns4 mana
- Unwinding Clock4 mana
- Gauntlets of Light3 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
- Mithril Coat3 mana
- Paradise Mantle0 mana
Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- Elspeth, Sun's Champion6 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Delney, Streetwise Lookout3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- On Wings of Gold4 mana
- Krang, Utrom Warlord9 mana
- Shadowspear1 mana
- Bilbo's Ring3 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
- Archivist of Oghma2 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
- Caretaker's Talent3 mana
- Enduring Innocence3 mana
- Mentor of the Meek3 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
- Bastion Protector3 mana
- Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
- Cryptothrall4 mana
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Chaplain of Alms // Chapel Shieldgeist1 mana