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Depala, Pilot Exemplar

Depala, Pilot Exemplar

Legendary Creature — Dwarf Pilot · {1}{R}{W} · Red/White commander

Other Dwarves you control get +1/+1. Each Vehicle you control gets +1/+1 as long as it's a creature. Whenever Depala becomes tapped, you may pay {X}. If you do, reveal the top X cards of your library, put all Dwarf and Vehicle cards from among them into your hand, then put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
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What Depala, Pilot Exemplar actually does

Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.

What a Depala, Pilot Exemplar deck needs

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

The Depala, Pilot Exemplar deck plan

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

Best cards for Depala, Pilot Exemplar

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.

Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot

  1. Aggravated Assault3 mana
  2. Aurelia, the Warleader6 mana
  3. Sting, the Glinting Dagger2 mana
  4. Umbral Mantle3 mana
  5. Genji Glove5 mana
  6. Éomer, Marshal of Rohan4 mana
  7. Honor-Worn Shaku3 mana
  8. Lightning Runner5 mana

A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality

  1. Sram, Senior Edificer2 mana
  2. Erebor Flamesmith2 mana
  3. Magda, Brazen Outlaw2 mana
  4. Magda, the Hoardmaster2 mana
  5. Reyav, Master Smith2 mana
  6. Tataru Taru2 mana
  7. Storm-Kiln Artist4 mana
  8. Bloodfire Dwarf1 mana

A permanent of the exact NON-creature type the commander counts — artifacts for an artifact commander, enchantments for an enchantress

  1. Clown Car0 mana
  2. Smuggler's Copter2 mana
  3. Consulate Dreadnought1 mana
  4. Voyager Glidecar1 mana
  5. Cultivator's Caravan3 mana
  6. Mechtitan Core2 mana
  7. Reckoner Bankbuster2 mana
  8. TARDIS2 mana

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

  1. Path to Exile1 mana
  2. Swords to Plowshares1 mana
  3. Wild Magic Surge2 mana
  4. March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
  5. Generous Gift3 mana
  6. Erode1 mana
  7. Unwanted Remake1 mana
  8. Angelic Ascension2 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. From Father to Son2 mana
  2. Open the Armory2 mana
  3. Enlightened Tutor1 mana
  4. Kellan, the Fae-Blooded // Birthright Boon3 mana
  5. Templar Knight2 mana
  6. Idyllic Tutor3 mana
  7. Imperial Recruiter3 mana
  8. Ranger-Captain of Eos3 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Vanquish the Horde8 mana
  2. Wrath of God4 mana
  3. Blasphemous Act9 mana
  4. Chain Reaction4 mana
  5. Day of Judgment4 mana
  6. Street Spasm1 mana
  7. Shatter the Sky4 mana
  8. Split Up3 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Esper Sentinel1 mana
  2. Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
  3. Skullclamp1 mana
  4. Herald's Horn3 mana
  5. Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
  6. Archivist of Oghma2 mana
  7. Sram, Senior Edificer2 mana
  8. The One Ring4 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
  2. Hexing Squelcher2 mana
  3. Bastion Protector3 mana
  4. Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
  5. Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
  6. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  7. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  8. Chaplain of Alms // Chapel Shieldgeist1 mana

Get ahead on mana

  1. Sol Ring1 mana
  2. Boros Signet2 mana
  3. Palladium Myr3 mana
  4. Worn Powerstone3 mana
  5. Chrome Mox0 mana
  6. Everflowing Chalice0 mana
  7. Mox Diamond0 mana
  8. Mana Vault1 mana

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