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Elder Arthur Maxson

Elder Arthur Maxson

Legendary Creature — Human Knight · {1}{W}{B} · Black/White commander

Creature tokens you control have training. (Whenever a creature token you control attacks with another creature with greater power, put a +1/+1 counter on that token.) Blind Betrayal — Sacrifice another creature: Elder Arthur Maxson gains indestructible until end of turn.
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What Elder Arthur Maxson actually does

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What an Elder Arthur Maxson deck wants

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

Best cards for Elder Arthur Maxson

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.

A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one

  1. Hopeful Initiate1 mana
  2. Parish-Blade Trainee2 mana
  3. Elder Arthur Maxson3 mana
  4. Warrior's Resolve3 mana
  5. Gryff Rider3 mana
  6. Savior of Ollenbock3 mana
  7. Gryffwing Cavalry4 mana

A permanent whose own trigger fires on attacking — the fuel an attack-trigger doubler multiplies, and the payoff an attack commander wants beside it

  1. Guide of Souls1 mana
  2. Adeline, Resplendent Cathar3 mana
  3. Ainok Strike Leader2 mana
  4. Jacked Rabbit2 mana
  5. Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd2 mana
  6. Valley Rotcaller2 mana
  7. Mangara, the Diplomat4 mana
  8. Breena, the Demagogue3 mana

Creatures you are happy to sacrifice — a free sac outlet on the commander is worthless with nothing to feed it

  1. Hangarback Walker0 mana
  2. Skeleton Crew4 mana
  3. "Lifetime" Pass Holder1 mana
  4. Death Tyrant5 mana
  5. Bastion of Remembrance3 mana
  6. Crawling Chorus1 mana
  7. Doomed Traveler1 mana
  8. Hunted Witness1 mana

Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide

  1. Dalkovan Encampment0 mana
  2. Elenda's Hierophant3 mana
  3. Elenda, the Dusk Rose4 mana
  4. Endless Ranks of the Dead4 mana
  5. Hero of Bladehold4 mana
  6. Myrel, Shield of Argive4 mana
  7. Parhelion II // Parhelion II0 mana
  8. Trendy Circus Pirate0 mana

Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it

  1. Path to Exile1 mana
  2. Swords to Plowshares1 mana
  3. Defile1 mana
  4. Tragic Slip1 mana
  5. March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
  6. Infernal Grasp2 mana
  7. Flicker of Fate2 mana
  8. Fatal Push1 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Final Showdown1 mana
  2. Vanquish the Horde8 mana
  3. Amalia Benavides Aguirre2 mana
  4. Do or Die2 mana
  5. Martyr's Cry2 mana
  6. Pest Control2 mana
  7. Force of Despair3 mana
  8. Split Up3 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Demonic Tutor2 mana
  2. Diabolic Intent2 mana
  3. Vampiric Tutor1 mana
  4. Imperial Seal1 mana
  5. Insatiable Avarice1 mana
  6. Diabolic Intent2 mana
  7. Grim Tutor3 mana
  8. Liliana Vess // Liliana Vess0 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Esper Sentinel1 mana
  2. Skullclamp1 mana
  3. Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
  4. Black Market Connections3 mana
  5. Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
  6. Morbid Opportunist3 mana
  7. Phyrexian Arena3 mana
  8. Archivist of Oghma2 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
  2. Bastion Protector3 mana
  3. Greater Auramancy2 mana
  4. Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
  5. Cryptothrall4 mana
  6. Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
  7. Coppercoat Vanguard2 mana
  8. General's Enforcer2 mana

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