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Colfenor, the Last Yew

Colfenor, the Last Yew

Legendary Creature — Treefolk Shaman · {3}{W}{B}{G} · Black/Green/White commander

Reach, vigilance Whenever Colfenor or another creature you control dies, return up to one other target creature card with lesser toughness from your graveyard to your hand.
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What Colfenor, the Last Yew actually does

Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.

What a Colfenor, the Last Yew deck needs

Plays as aristocrats. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.

The Colfenor, the Last Yew deck plan

The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.

Best cards for Colfenor, the Last Yew

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.

Creatures you are happy to sacrifice — a free sac outlet on the commander is worthless with nothing to feed it

  1. Hildibrand Manderville // Gentleman's Rise2 mana
  2. Old-Growth Troll3 mana
  3. Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal // Temple of the Dead5 mana
  4. Edgar, Charmed Groom // Edgar Markov's Coffin4 mana
  5. Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization6 mana
  6. Phyrexian Triniform9 mana
  7. Nurgle's Rot1 mana
  8. Exquisite Huntmaster4 mana

A permanent that pays off creatures dying — the trigger a death-trigger doubler multiplies

  1. Vraan, Executioner Thane2 mana
  2. Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer3 mana
  3. Pawn of Ulamog3 mana
  4. Vito, Fanatic of Aclazotz4 mana
  5. Carth the Lion4 mana
  6. Sifter of Skulls4 mana
  7. Beifong's Bounty Hunters4 mana
  8. Joel, Resolute Survivor5 mana

Sacrifice a creature for no mana, repeatably

  1. Carrion Feeder1 mana
  2. Viscera Seer1 mana
  3. Ashnod's Altar3 mana
  4. Bartolomé del Presidio2 mana
  5. Hammerhead, Maggia Boss2 mana
  6. Umbral Collar Zealot2 mana
  7. Phyrexian Altar3 mana
  8. Dross Hopper2 mana

Put your own cards into your graveyard as a resource

  1. Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm1 mana
  2. Molt Tender1 mana
  3. Deathbonnet Sprout // Deathbonnet Hulk1 mana
  4. Stitcher's Supplier1 mana
  5. Excavated Wall1 mana
  6. Patchwork Beastie1 mana
  7. Rick Jones, Destined Sidekick1 mana
  8. Dark Matter Manipulator1 mana

Get your board back after a wipe

  1. Aftermath Analyst2 mana
  2. Eiganjo Dynastorian // Replenish3 mana
  3. Gisa, Glorious Resurrector4 mana
  4. Balthor the Defiled4 mana
  5. Summon: Titan5 mana
  6. Sigardian Savior5 mana
  7. Nethroi, Apex of Death5 mana
  8. Living End0 mana

A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses

  1. Kinetic Ooze1 mana
  2. Cauldron Familiar1 mana
  3. Chainweb Aracnir1 mana
  4. Cenote Scout1 mana
  5. Jadelight Spelunker1 mana
  6. Dream Beavers1 mana
  7. Mabel, Bitter Recluse1 mana
  8. Lightstall Inquisitor1 mana

Put a chosen card from your library into your graveyard — the reanimator's tutor (Entomb, Buried Alive)

  1. Cynical Loner2 mana
  2. Carnivorous Cultivator // Enroot2 mana
  3. Entomb1 mana
  4. Oriq Loremage4 mana
  5. Vile Entomber4 mana
  6. Unmarked Grave2 mana
  7. Lively Dirge2 mana
  8. Corpse Connoisseur5 mana

Lets YOU discard on demand — looting, rummaging, discard costs — for a commander that rewards your own discards

  1. Llanowar Mentor1 mana
  2. Liliana the Faultless1 mana
  3. Cryptbreaker1 mana
  4. Stampede Driver1 mana
  5. Thraben Standard Bearer1 mana
  6. Charm Peddler1 mana
  7. Ridged Kusite1 mana
  8. Stern Constable1 mana

Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it

  1. Tear Asunder2 mana
  2. Assassin's Trophy2 mana
  3. High Priest of Penance2 mana
  4. Despark2 mana
  5. Swords to Plowshares1 mana
  6. Deadly Rollick4 mana
  7. Abrupt Decay2 mana
  8. Anguished Unmaking3 mana

Combos with Colfenor, the Last Yew

Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Colfenor, the Last Yew is a piece of, and how many decks list them.

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