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Dorothea, Vengeful Victim // Dorothea's Retribution

Legendary Creature — Spirit // Enchantment — Aura · {W}{U} · Blue/White commander

Flying When Dorothea attacks or blocks, sacrifice it at end of combat. Disturb {1}{W}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard transformed for its disturb cost.) Enchant creature Enchanted creature has "Whenever this creature attacks, create a 4/4 white Spirit creature token with flying that's tapped and attacking. Sacrifice that token at end of combat." If Dorothea's Retribution would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.

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What Dorothea, Vengeful Victim // Dorothea's Retribution 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 · attackWhen Dorothea attacks or blocks, sacrifice it at end of combat.
• Replacement effect · otherIf Dorothea's Retribution would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.
• Keyword · flyingflying
• Keyword · disturbdisturb
• AbilityEnchant creature
• AbilityEnchanted creature has "Whenever this creature attacks, create a 4/4 white Spirit creature token with flying that's tapped and attacking. Sacrifice that token at end of combat."

What a Dorothea, Vengeful Victim // Dorothea's Retribution deck needs

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

• creatures to enchant with its disturbed Aura (each attack makes a 4/4 flying Spirit)
• sacrifice outlets and self-mill (it must die to be disturbed)

The Dorothea, Vengeful Victim // Dorothea's Retribution deck plan

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

• 15× Equipment and Auras — the things a suit-up commander's trigger and plan are actually made of
• 6× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
• 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
• 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

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