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Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines

Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor · {4}{W} · White commander

Vigilance If a permanent entering causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time. Permanents entering don't cause abilities of permanents your opponents control to trigger.

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What Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines actually does

Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.

• Replacement effect · trigger_doublerIf a permanent entering causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.
• Static ability · hoserPermanents entering don't cause abilities of permanents your opponents control to trigger.
• Keyword · vigilancevigilance

What an Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines deck wants

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

• 17× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
• 13× A tax, lock or hoser aimed at the opponents — the deck's parity break
• 7× Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
• 4× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 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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