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Doctor Strange, Surgeon

Legendary Creature — Human Doctor Hero · {4}{W} · White commander

Lifelink If you would gain life, you gain twice that much life instead. At the beginning of each combat, if you have at least 10 life more than your starting life total, creatures you control get +2/+2 and gain vigilance until end of turn.

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What Doctor Strange, Surgeon 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 · beginning_of_combatAt the beginning of each combat, if you have at least 10 life more than your starting life total, creatures you control get +2/+2 and gain vigilance until end of turn.
• Replacement effect · otherIf you would gain life, you gain twice that much life instead.
• Keyword · lifelinklifelink

What a Doctor Strange, Surgeon deck needs

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

• repeatable lifegain — lifelink, gain-life triggers and Food (every life gained is its trigger)
• a wide board of creatures and tokens for the team pump
• creatures that profit from vigilance (it grants the team it)

The Doctor Strange, Surgeon deck plan

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

• 22× Gain life repeatedly — for a commander that converts life gained into drain, the gain IS the damage
• 19× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
• 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
• 11× Get ahead on mana

Best cards for Doctor Strange, Surgeon

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