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Doctor Doom, King of Latveria
Legendary Creature — Human Noble Villain · {1}{U}{B}{R} · Black/Red/Blue commander
Whenever you discard one or more land cards, each opponent loses 2 life.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, target Villain you control gains menace until end of turn. It connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.)
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What Doctor Doom, King of Latveria 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 · discardWhenever you discard one or more land cards, each opponent loses 2 life.
- Triggered ability · beginning_of_combatAt the beginning of combat on your turn, target Villain you control gains menace until end of turn. It connives.
- Keyword · conniveconnive
What a Doctor Doom, King of Latveria deck wants
The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.
- 12× Life loss that is not combat damage — each opponent loses life, repeatably
- 10× Lets YOU discard on demand — looting, rummaging, discard costs — for a commander that rewards your own discards
- 16× A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
- 26× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 7× Refill your hand
Best cards for Doctor Doom, King of Latveria
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.
Life loss that is not combat damage — each opponent loses life, repeatably
- Zulaport Cutthroat2 mana
- Leechridden Swamp0 mana
- Marionette Apprentice2 mana
- The Meathook Massacre2 mana
- Mirkwood Bats4 mana
- Ayara, First of Locthwain3 mana
- Bastion of Remembrance3 mana
- Bontu's Monument3 mana
Lets YOU discard on demand — looting, rummaging, discard costs — for a commander that rewards your own discards
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Desolate Lighthouse0 mana
- Fomori Vault0 mana
- Pip-Boy 30001 mana
- Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty3 mana
- Necropotence3 mana
- Artist's Talent2 mana
- Collector's Vault2 mana
A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
- Ledger Shredder2 mana
- Norman Osborn // Green Goblin2 mana
- Hypnotic Grifter1 mana
- Atlantean Skirmisher2 mana
- Mob Lookout2 mana
- Red Room Recruit2 mana
- Swordsman, Sharp Scoundrel2 mana
- Doc Ock's Henchmen3 mana
A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor1 mana
- Electro, Assaulting Battery3 mana
- Norman Osborn // Green Goblin2 mana
- Aerial Doombot1 mana
- Kid Loki1 mana
- Whiplash, Vengeful Engineer1 mana
- Chameleon, Master of Disguise4 mana
- Common Crook2 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- Defile1 mana
- Tragic Slip1 mana
- Suspend1 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Do or Die2 mana
- Force of Despair3 mana
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Displacement Wave2 mana
- Accursed Marauder2 mana
- Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
- Innocent Blood1 mana
- Breaking Point3 mana
Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- Counterspell2 mana
- Three Steps Ahead1 mana
- Long River's Pull2 mana
- Force of Will5 mana
- Abjure1 mana
- Archmage's Charm3 mana
- Cancel3 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Demonic Tutor2 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Vampiric Tutor1 mana
- Imperial Seal1 mana
- Insatiable Avarice1 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Grim Tutor3 mana
- Liliana Vess // Liliana Vess0 mana
Refill your hand
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Black Market Connections3 mana
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
- Morbid Opportunist3 mana