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Don Andres, the Renegade

Legendary Creature — Vampire Pirate · {1}{U}{B}{R} · Black/Red/Blue commander

Each creature you control but don't own gets +2/+2, has menace and deathtouch, and is a Pirate in addition to its other types. Whenever you cast a noncreature spell you don't own, create two tapped Treasure tokens.

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What Don Andres, the Renegade 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 noncreature spell you don't own, create two tapped Treasure tokens.
• AbilityEach creature you control but don't own gets +2/+2, has menace and deathtouch, and is a Pirate in addition to its other types.

What a Don Andres, the Renegade deck needs

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

• theft — steal creatures and cast opponents' cards (stolen creatures get +2/+2, menace and deathtouch)

The Don Andres, the Renegade deck plan

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

• 6× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 3× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
• 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
• 16× A permanent that does something every turn it is on the battlefield — the deck's body, for a commander whose text asks for nothing specific

Best cards for Don Andres, the Renegade

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