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Danitha, Benalia's Hope
Legendary Creature — Human Knight · {4}{W} · White commander
First strike, vigilance, lifelink
When Danitha enters, you may put an Aura or Equipment card from your hand or graveyard onto the battlefield attached to Danitha.
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What Danitha, Benalia's Hope 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 · etbWhen Danitha enters, you may put an Aura or Equipment card from your hand or graveyard onto the battlefield attached to Danitha.
- Keyword · first strikefirst strike
- Keyword · vigilancevigilance
- Keyword · lifelinklifelink
What a Danitha, Benalia's Hope deck needs
Plays as voltron. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- blink and recursion aimed at the commander itself (its value is its own enter trigger)
- auras and equipment worth moving, and bodies to carry them (its text attaches or counts them)
The Danitha, Benalia's Hope deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 8× Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
- 16× Equipment and Auras — the things a suit-up commander's trigger and plan are actually made of
- 10× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- 7× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
Best cards for Danitha, Benalia's Hope
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.
Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
- Airbender Ascension2 mana
- Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd2 mana
- Eldrazi Displacer3 mana
- Flickerwisp3 mana
- Touch the Spirit Realm3 mana
- Conjurer's Closet5 mana
- Distinguished Conjurer2 mana
- Felidar Guardian4 mana
Equipment and Auras — the things a suit-up commander's trigger and plan are actually made of
- Basilisk Collar1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Sword of the Animist2 mana
- Shadowspear1 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
- Paradise Mantle0 mana
A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- Knight of the White Orchid2 mana
- Spirited Companion2 mana
- Solemn Simulacrum4 mana
- Loran of the Third Path3 mana
- Ranger-Captain of Eos3 mana
- Helpful Hunter2 mana
- Loyal Warhound2 mana
- Wall of Omens2 mana
Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- Elspeth, Sun's Champion6 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- On Wings of Gold4 mana
- Shadowspear1 mana
- Bilbo's Ring3 mana
- Cliffhaven Kitesail1 mana
- Gryff's Boon1 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
- Generous Gift3 mana
- Erode1 mana
- Unwanted Remake1 mana
- Angelic Ascension2 mana
- You Cannot Pass!1 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Open the Armory2 mana
- Enlightened Tutor1 mana
- Templar Knight2 mana
- Idyllic Tutor3 mana
- Ranger-Captain of Eos3 mana
- Loyal Tutor1 mana
- Recruiter of the Guard3 mana
- Search for Glory3 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Wrath of God4 mana
- Day of Judgment4 mana
- Shatter the Sky4 mana
- Split Up3 mana
- Winds of Abandon2 mana
- Depopulate4 mana
- No Witnesses4 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Archivist of Oghma2 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
- Caretaker's Talent3 mana
- Enduring Innocence3 mana
- Mentor of the Meek3 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
- Bastion Protector3 mana
- Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
- Coppercoat Vanguard2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Chaplain of Alms // Chapel Shieldgeist1 mana
Combos with Danitha, Benalia's Hope
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Danitha, Benalia's Hope is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Danitha, Benalia's Hope + Kaya's Ghostform + Bartolomé Del Presidio295 decks
- Danitha, Benalia's Hope + Bartolomé Del Presidio + Fungal Fortitude284 decks
- Danitha, Benalia's Hope + Bartolomé Del Presidio + Gift Of Immortality271 decks
- Danitha, Benalia's Hope + Bartolomé Del Presidio + Necrogen Communion270 decks
- Danitha, Benalia's Hope + Minion's Return + Bartolomé Del Presidio258 decks
- Danitha, Benalia's Hope + Bartolomé Del Presidio + Changing Loyalty255 decks
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