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Durnan of the Yawning Portal

Legendary Creature — Human Warrior · {3}{G} · Green commander

Whenever Durnan attacks, look at the top four cards of your library. You may exile a creature card from among them. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. For as long as that card remains exiled, you may cast it. That spell has undaunted. (It costs {1} less to cast for each opponent.) Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

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What Durnan of the Yawning Portal 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 Durnan attacks, look at the top four cards of your library. You may exile a creature card from among them. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. For as long
• Keyword · choose a backgroundchoose a background

What a Durnan of the Yawning Portal deck wants

The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.

• 23× A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
• 18× 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
• 1× Answer a whole board at once
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 7× Refill your hand
• 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 11× Get ahead on mana

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