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Crosis, the Purger
Legendary Creature — Dragon · {3}{U}{B}{R} · Black/Red/Blue commander
Flying
Whenever Crosis deals combat damage to a player, you may pay {2}{B}. If you do, choose a color, then that player reveals their hand and discards all cards of that color.
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What Crosis, the Purger 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 · deals_damageWhenever Crosis deals combat damage to a player, you may pay {2}{B}. If you do, choose a color, then that player reveals their hand and discards all cards of that color.
- Keyword · flyingflying
What a Crosis, the Purger deck wants
The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.
- 12× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- 8× Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch
- 9× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 3× Answer a whole board at once
- 5× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 12× Refill your hand
- 5× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Crosis, the Purger
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 the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive2 mana
- Archetype of Aggression3 mana
- Frostcliff Siege3 mana
- Gleaming Overseer3 mana
- Galerider Sliver1 mana
- Favorable Winds2 mana
- Rogue Class2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch
- Secret Tunnel0 mana
- Dragon Tempest2 mana
- Crash Through1 mana
- Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive2 mana
- Irenicus's Vile Duplication4 mana
- Archetype of Aggression3 mana
- Frostcliff Siege3 mana
- Rhonas's Monument3 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- Defile1 mana
- Tragic Slip1 mana
- Suspend1 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Do or Die2 mana
- Force of Despair3 mana
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Displacement Wave2 mana
- Accursed Marauder2 mana
- Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
- Innocent Blood1 mana
- Breaking Point3 mana
Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- Counterspell2 mana
- Three Steps Ahead1 mana
- Long River's Pull2 mana
- Force of Will5 mana
- Abjure1 mana
- Archmage's Charm3 mana
- Cancel3 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Demonic Tutor2 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Vampiric Tutor1 mana
- Imperial Seal1 mana
- Insatiable Avarice1 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Grim Tutor3 mana
- Liliana Vess // Liliana Vess0 mana
Refill your hand
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Black Market Connections3 mana
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
- Morbid Opportunist3 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Gleaming Overseer3 mana
- Cryptothrall4 mana
- Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus4 mana
- Lost in the Maze2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Amber0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mox Opal0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Wayfarer's Bauble1 mana