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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

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

• Triggered ability · attackWhenever Cult of Skaro attacks, choose one at random —

What a Cult of Skaro deck needs

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

• artifacts (its text counts them)
• drain and life-loss payoffs (the damage is not combat damage)
• creatures that grow with +1/+1 counters and counter payoffs (it spreads counters across your team)
• token payoffs — anthems, sacrifice outlets and go-wide finishers (it makes tokens on repeat)
• haste, evasion and protection for the commander, and extra combats (its own attack is the engine)

The Cult of Skaro deck plan

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

• 12× Life loss that is not combat damage — each opponent loses life, repeatably
• 6× Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
• 22× A permanent of the exact NON-creature type the commander counts — artifacts for an artifact commander, enchantments for an enchantress
• 4× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
• 14× Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
• 12× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
• 4× 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

Best cards for Cult of Skaro

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.

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