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Dalakos, Crafter of Wonders

Dalakos, Crafter of Wonders

Legendary Creature — Merfolk Artificer · {1}{U}{R} · Red/Blue commander

{T}: Add {C}{C}. Spend this mana only to cast artifact spells or activate abilities of artifacts. Equipped creatures you control have flying and haste.
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What Dalakos, Crafter of Wonders actually does

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What a Dalakos, Crafter of Wonders deck needs

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

The Dalakos, Crafter of Wonders deck plan

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

Best cards for Dalakos, Crafter of Wonders

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.

A permanent whose own trigger fires on attacking — the fuel an attack-trigger doubler multiplies, and the payoff an attack commander wants beside it

  1. Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin3 mana
  2. Fear of Missing Out2 mana
  3. Ghostly Pilferer2 mana
  4. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun2 mana
  5. Captain Lannery Storm3 mana
  6. Combat Celebrant3 mana
  7. Gran-Gran1 mana
  8. Laelia, the Blade Reforged3 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. Mithril Coat3 mana
  8. Paradise Mantle0 mana

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

  1. Kozilek's Unsealing3 mana
  2. Replicating Ring3 mana
  3. Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate0 mana
  4. Andúril, Flame of the West3 mana
  5. Hanweir Garrison3 mana
  6. Sarkhan, Fireblood3 mana
  7. Field of the Dead0 mana
  8. Fountainport0 mana

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

  1. Archetype of Imagination6 mana
  2. Eldrazi Monument5 mana
  3. Goblin War Drums3 mana
  4. Akroma's Memorial7 mana
  5. Archetype of Aggression3 mana
  6. Frostcliff Siege3 mana
  7. Infiltrator's Magemark3 mana
  8. Beamtown Beatstick1 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. Crush1 mana
  7. Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
  8. Jilt2 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Reshape2 mana
  2. Mask of the Mimic1 mana
  3. Long-Term Plans3 mana
  4. Whir of Invention3 mana
  5. Merchant Scroll2 mana
  6. Mystical Tutor1 mana
  7. Muddle the Mixture2 mana
  8. Personal Tutor1 mana

Answer a spell or ability before it resolves

  1. Mindbreak Trap4 mana
  2. Fierce Guardianship3 mana
  3. Force of Negation3 mana
  4. Force of Will5 mana
  5. Flare of Denial3 mana
  6. Pact of Negation0 mana
  7. An Offer You Can't Refuse1 mana
  8. Arcane Denial2 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Blasphemous Act9 mana
  2. Chain Reaction4 mana
  3. Street Spasm1 mana
  4. Desynchronization4 mana
  5. Wave Goodbye4 mana
  6. Whelming Wave4 mana
  7. Consuming Tide4 mana
  8. Selective Obliteration5 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Mystic Remora1 mana
  2. Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
  3. Skullclamp1 mana
  4. Curiosity1 mana
  5. Wizard Class1 mana
  6. Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
  7. Rhystic Study3 mana
  8. Faerie Mastermind2 mana

Combos with Dalakos, Crafter of Wonders

Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Dalakos, Crafter of Wonders is a piece of, and how many decks list them.

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