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Danitha, Spear of Agony

Legendary Creature — Human Knight · {2}{B} · Black commander

First strike Whenever you cast a spell that targets an opponent or a creature an opponent controls, put a +1/+1 counter on Danitha.

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What Danitha, Spear of Agony 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 · cast_spellWhenever you cast a spell that targets an opponent or a creature an opponent controls, put a +1/+1 counter on Danitha.
• Keyword · first strikefirst strike

What a Danitha, Spear of Agony deck needs

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

• cheap removal and burn that target opponents or their creatures (each such spell triggers it)
• counter doublers and proliferate (it grows only itself with +1/+1 counters)

The Danitha, Spear of Agony deck plan

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

• 12× Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
• 6× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 2× Answer a whole board at once
• 8× Refill your hand
• 3× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 11× Get ahead on mana

Best cards for Danitha, Spear of Agony

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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