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Doran, Besieged by Time

Legendary Creature — Treefolk Druid · {1}{W}{B}{G} · Black/Green/White commander

Each creature spell you cast with toughness greater than its power costs {1} less to cast. Whenever a creature you control attacks or blocks, it gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the difference between its power and toughness.

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What Doran, Besieged by Time 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 · attackWhenever a creature you control attacks or blocks, it gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the difference between its power and toughness.
• Static ability · cost_reductionEach creature spell you cast with toughness greater than its power costs {1} less to cast.

What a Doran, Besieged by Time deck needs

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

• cheap, dense creature spells (it makes them cheaper)
• high-toughness creatures — walls, defenders and +0/+X effects (its text reads the team's toughness)
• a wide board that attacks every turn (the trigger fires on the attack)

The Doran, Besieged by Time deck plan

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

• 25× 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
• 16× 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 Doran, Besieged by Time

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.

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