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Craig Boone, Novac Guard
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier · {1}{R}{W} · Red/White commander
What Craig Boone, Novac Guard 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 · attackWhenever you attack with two or more creatures, put two quest counters on Craig Boone. When you do, Craig Boone deals damage equal to the number of quest counters on it to up to one target creature un
- Keyword · reachreach
- Keyword · lifelinklifelink
- Keyword · one for my babyone for my baby
What a Craig Boone, Novac Guard deck needs
Plays as combat trigger. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- a wide board that attacks every turn (the trigger fires on the attack)
The Craig Boone, Novac Guard deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 20× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- 9× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 3× Answer a whole board at once
- 12× Refill your hand
- 5× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Craig Boone, Novac Guard
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
- Replicating Ring3 mana
- Elspeth, Storm Slayer5 mana
- Hero of Bladehold4 mana
- Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate0 mana
- Elspeth, Sun's Champion6 mana
- Andúril, Flame of the West3 mana
- Cosmogrand Zenith3 mana
- Hanweir Garrison3 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
- Generous Gift3 mana
- Erode1 mana
- Unwanted Remake1 mana
- Angelic Ascension2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Open the Armory2 mana
- Enlightened Tutor1 mana
- Kellan, the Fae-Blooded // Birthright Boon3 mana
- Templar Knight2 mana
- Idyllic Tutor3 mana
- Imperial Recruiter3 mana
- Ranger-Captain of Eos3 mana
- Loyal Tutor1 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Wrath of God4 mana
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Chain Reaction4 mana
- Day of Judgment4 mana
- Street Spasm1 mana
- Shatter the Sky4 mana
- Split Up3 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
- Archivist of Oghma2 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Sticky Fingers1 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Bastion Protector3 mana
- Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
- Coppercoat Vanguard2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Boros Signet2 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
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