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Cult of Skaro

Cult of Skaro

Legendary Artifact Creature — Dalek · {1}{U}{B}{R} · Black/Red/Blue commander

Whenever Cult of Skaro attacks, choose one at random — • Thay — Put a +1/+1 counter on each artifact creature you control. • Caan — Draw two cards. • Sec — Create a 3/3 black Dalek artifact creature token with menace. • Jast — Each opponent loses 4 life.
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What Cult of Skaro actually does

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What a Cult of Skaro deck wants

The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.

Best cards for Cult of Skaro

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Life loss that is not combat damage — each opponent loses life, repeatably

  1. Zulaport Cutthroat2 mana
  2. Leechridden Swamp0 mana
  3. Marionette Apprentice2 mana
  4. The Meathook Massacre2 mana
  5. Mirkwood Bats4 mana
  6. Disciple of the Vault1 mana
  7. Ayara, First of Locthwain3 mana
  8. Bastion of Remembrance3 mana

A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one

  1. Cult of Skaro4 mana

Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide

  1. Chasm Skulker3 mana
  2. Kozilek's Unsealing3 mana
  3. Pashalik Mons3 mana
  4. Endless Ranks of the Dead4 mana
  5. Siege-Gang Lieutenant4 mana
  6. Trendy Circus Pirate0 mana
  7. Myr Battlesphere7 mana
  8. Anax, Hardened in the Forge3 mana

A permanent of the exact NON-creature type the commander counts — artifacts for an artifact commander, enchantments for an enchantress

  1. Chrome Mox0 mana
  2. Everflowing Chalice0 mana
  3. Lotus Petal0 mana
  4. Mox Amber0 mana
  5. Mox Diamond0 mana
  6. Mox Opal0 mana
  7. Lion's Eye Diamond0 mana
  8. Ornithopter0 mana

A team pump that actually pumps tokens

  1. Nesting Grounds0 mana
  2. Zulaport Cutthroat2 mana
  3. Patchwork Banner3 mana
  4. Castle Embereth0 mana
  5. Fire Nation Palace0 mana
  6. Crashing Drawbridge2 mana
  7. Hexing Squelcher2 mana
  8. Crash Through1 mana

Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there

  1. Karn's Bastion0 mana
  2. Ripples of Potential2 mana
  3. Thrummingbird2 mana
  4. Blightbelly Rat2 mana
  5. Contagion Clasp2 mana
  6. Contentious Plan2 mana
  7. Drown in Ichor2 mana
  8. Experimental Augury2 mana

Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide

  1. Chasm Skulker3 mana
  2. Kozilek's Unsealing3 mana
  3. Pashalik Mons3 mana
  4. Endless Ranks of the Dead4 mana
  5. Siege-Gang Lieutenant4 mana
  6. Trendy Circus Pirate0 mana
  7. Myr Battlesphere7 mana
  8. Anax, Hardened in the Forge3 mana

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

  1. Reality Shift2 mana
  2. Wild Magic Surge2 mana
  3. Pongify1 mana
  4. Rapid Hybridization1 mana
  5. Resculpt2 mana
  6. Defile1 mana
  7. Tragic Slip1 mana
  8. Suspend1 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Do or Die2 mana
  2. Force of Despair3 mana
  3. Blasphemous Act9 mana
  4. Displacement Wave2 mana
  5. Accursed Marauder2 mana
  6. Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
  7. Innocent Blood1 mana
  8. Breaking Point3 mana

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