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Dáin Ironfoot

Dáin Ironfoot

Legendary Creature — Dwarf Warrior · {2}{R} · Red commander

When Dáin enters, create a colorless Equipment artifact token named Axe with "Equipped creature gets +1/+0" and equip {2}. When you do, attach it to target creature you control. Whenever Dáin attacks, each equipped attacking creature gains double strike until end of turn.
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What Dáin Ironfoot actually does

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What a Dáin Ironfoot deck wants

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Best cards for Dáin Ironfoot

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

  1. Okaun, Eye of Chaos // Okaun, Eye of Chaos0 mana
  2. Twinferno2 mana
  3. Fireshrieker3 mana
  4. Two-Handed Axe // Sweeping Cleave3 mana
  5. Blacksmith's Talent1 mana
  6. Solphim, Mayhem Dominus4 mana
  7. Gavel of the Righteous2 mana
  8. Berserkers' Onslaught5 mana

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

  1. Pashalik Mons3 mana
  2. Siege-Gang Lieutenant4 mana
  3. Trendy Circus Pirate0 mana
  4. Myr Battlesphere7 mana
  5. Anax, Hardened in the Forge3 mana
  6. Andúril, Flame of the West3 mana
  7. Chandra, Acolyte of Flame3 mana
  8. Hanweir Garrison3 mana

Equipment and Auras — the things a suit-up commander's trigger and plan are actually made of

  1. Basilisk Collar1 mana
  2. Skullclamp1 mana
  3. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  4. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  5. Sword of the Animist2 mana
  6. Shadowspear1 mana
  7. Paradise Mantle0 mana
  8. Trailblazer's Boots2 mana

A team pump that actually pumps tokens

  1. Nesting Grounds0 mana
  2. Patchwork Banner3 mana
  3. Castle Embereth0 mana
  4. Fire Nation Palace0 mana
  5. Crashing Drawbridge2 mana
  6. Hexing Squelcher2 mana
  7. Crash Through1 mana
  8. Eldritch Immunity1 mana

Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers

  1. Archetype of Aggression3 mana
  2. Eldrazi Monument5 mana
  3. Colossus Hammer1 mana
  4. Shadowspear1 mana
  5. Goblin War Drums3 mana
  6. Akroma's Memorial7 mana
  7. Chronicle of Victory6 mana
  8. Super State7 mana

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

  1. Pashalik Mons3 mana
  2. Siege-Gang Lieutenant4 mana
  3. Trendy Circus Pirate0 mana
  4. Myr Battlesphere7 mana
  5. Anax, Hardened in the Forge3 mana
  6. Andúril, Flame of the West3 mana
  7. Chandra, Acolyte of Flame3 mana
  8. Hanweir Garrison3 mana

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

  1. Wild Magic Surge2 mana
  2. Crush1 mana
  3. Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
  4. Titan's Presence3 mana
  5. Abrade2 mana
  6. Untimely Malfunction2 mana
  7. Chaos Warp3 mana
  8. Kozilek's Command2 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Blasphemous Act9 mana
  2. Breaking Point3 mana
  3. Crack the Earth1 mana
  4. Kozilek's Return3 mana
  5. Akki Blizzard-Herder2 mana
  6. Devastating Dreams2 mana
  7. Tectonic Break2 mana
  8. Tremble2 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Goblin Recruiter2 mana
  2. Imperial Recruiter3 mana
  3. Dragon's Approach3 mana
  4. Magda, Brazen Outlaw2 mana
  5. Flamekin Harbinger1 mana
  6. Goblin Matron3 mana
  7. Sarkhan's Triumph3 mana
  8. Dwarven Recruiter3 mana

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