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Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
Legendary Enchantment Creature — Demigod · {W}{W} · White commander
What Daxos, Blessed by the Sun 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 · deathWhenever another creature you control enters or dies, you gain 1 life.
What a Daxos, Blessed by the Sun deck needs
Plays as aristocrats. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- creatures entering and dying every turn — cheap bodies, tokens, blink and sacrifice outlets (each one gains a life)
- lifegain payoffs (Ajani's Pridemate class — the life is the trigger, not the safety net)
- devotion to white (his toughness is your white pips)
The Daxos, Blessed by the Sun deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 17× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- 11× Creatures you are happy to sacrifice — a free sac outlet on the commander is worthless with nothing to feed it
- 7× Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
- 6× Sacrifice a creature for no mana, repeatably
- 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 Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
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 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
Creatures you are happy to sacrifice — a free sac outlet on the commander is worthless with nothing to feed it
- Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization6 mana
- Phyrexian Triniform9 mana
- Enduring Innocence3 mana
- Hangarback Walker0 mana
- Golden Guardian // Gold-Forge Garrison4 mana
- Dunes of the Dead0 mana
- Belonging6 mana
- Platoon Dispenser5 mana
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
Sacrifice a creature for no mana, repeatably
- Altar of Dementia2 mana
- Spawning Pit2 mana
- Ashnod's Altar3 mana
- Phyrexian Altar3 mana
- Fanatical Devotion3 mana
- Martyr's Cause3 mana
- Bound by Moonsilver3 mana
- High Market0 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
- Greater Auramancy2 mana
- Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Chaplain of Alms // Chapel Shieldgeist1 mana
Combos with Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Daxos, Blessed by the Sun is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Daxos, Blessed by the Sun + Darien, King Of Kjeldor + Blasting Station1,903 decks
- Daxos, Blessed by the Sun + Cleric Class + Scurry Oak730 decks
- Daxos, Blessed by the Sun + Heliod, Sun-Crowned + Scurry Oak605 decks
- Daxos, Blessed by the Sun + Archangel Of Thune + Scurry Oak363 decks
- Daxos, Blessed by the Sun + Cleric Class + Herd Baloth334 decks
- Daxos, Blessed by the Sun + Basking Broodscale + Cleric Class333 decks
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