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Council of Reeds
Legendary Creature — Human Scientist Hero · {2}{U} · Blue commander
What Council of Reeds 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 · beginning_of_combatAt the beginning of combat on your turn, if you've cast a noncreature spell this turn, create a token that's a copy of Council of Reeds.
What a Council of Reeds deck needs
Plays as tokens. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- a cheap noncreature spell to cast every turn (it does nothing on a turn you haven't cast one)
- token payoffs — anthems, sacrifice outlets and go-wide finishers (it makes tokens on repeat)
The Council of Reeds deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 16× A card that is CAST to trigger the commander — reanimating or blinking it does not count
- 15× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- 8× A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
Best cards for Council of Reeds
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.
Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- Kozilek's Unsealing3 mana
- Replicating Ring3 mana
- Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate0 mana
- Andúril, Flame of the West3 mana
- Field of the Dead0 mana
- Fountainport0 mana
- Phyrexian Triniform9 mana
- Spawnbed Protector7 mana
A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- Heraldic Banner3 mana
- Chief of the Foundry3 mana
- Master of Etherium3 mana
- Caged Sun6 mana
- Favorable Winds2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Heroes' Podium5 mana
- Endurance Bobblehead3 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
- Titan's Presence3 mana
- Icy Prison2 mana
- Kozilek's Command2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Reshape2 mana
- Mask of the Mimic1 mana
- Long-Term Plans3 mana
- Whir of Invention3 mana
- Merchant Scroll2 mana
- Mystical Tutor1 mana
- Muddle the Mixture2 mana
- Personal Tutor1 mana
Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- Mindbreak Trap4 mana
- Fierce Guardianship3 mana
- Force of Negation3 mana
- Force of Will5 mana
- Flare of Denial3 mana
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- An Offer You Can't Refuse1 mana
- Arcane Denial2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Desynchronization4 mana
- Wave Goodbye4 mana
- Whelming Wave4 mana
- Consuming Tide4 mana
- Selective Obliteration5 mana
- Evacuation5 mana
- Perplexing Test5 mana
- Cyclonic Rift2 mana
Refill your hand
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Rhystic Study3 mana
- Faerie Mastermind2 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Combat Research1 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Lost in the Maze2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- The Walls of Ba Sing Se8 mana
Combos with Council of Reeds
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Council of Reeds is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Council of Reeds + Prismari, The Inspiration + Inspired Skypainter13 decks
- Council of Reeds + Breath Of Fury + Frostcliff Siege2 decks
- Council of Reeds + Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest + Rite Of Replication1 decks
- Council of Reeds + Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest + Orthion, Hero Of Lavabrink1 decks
- Council of Reeds + Volrath, The Shapestealer + Marwyn, The Nurturer + Gilder Bairn1 decks
- Council of Reeds + Magistrate's Scepter + Mirage Mirror1 decks
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