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Elbrus, the Binding Blade // Withengar Unbound

Legendary Artifact — Equipment // Legendary Creature — Demon · {7} · Black commander

Equipped creature gets +1/+0. When equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, unattach Elbrus, then transform it. Equip {1} Flying, intimidate, trample (A creature with intimidate can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.) Whenever a player loses the game, put thirteen +1/+1 counters on Withengar Unbound.

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What Elbrus, the Binding Blade // Withengar Unbound 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 · deals_damageWhen equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, unattach Elbrus, then transform it.
• Triggered ability · otherWhenever a player loses the game, put thirteen +1/+1 counters on Withengar Unbound.
• Keyword · flyingflying
• Keyword · transformtransform
• Keyword · trampletrample
• Keyword · equipequip
• Keyword · intimidateintimidate

What an Elbrus, the Binding Blade // Withengar Unbound deck wants

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

• 7× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
• 14× Equipment and Auras — the things a suit-up commander's trigger and plan are actually made of
• 15× Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
• 5× 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
• 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

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