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Etrata, the Silencer

Legendary Creature — Vampire Assassin · {2}{U}{B} · Black/Blue commander

Etrata can't be blocked. Whenever Etrata deals combat damage to a player, exile target creature that player controls and put a hit counter on that card. That player loses the game if they own three or more exiled cards with hit counters on them. Etrata's owner shuffles Etrata into their library.

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What Etrata, the Silencer 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_damageWhenever Etrata deals combat damage to a player, exile target creature that player controls and put a hit counter on that card. That player loses the game if they own three or more exiled cards with h

What an Etrata, the Silencer deck needs

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

• pump, equipment and protection for the commander (it connects on its own — turn the hits into kills)
• evasion and protection for the commander (the trigger needs its combat damage to connect)

The Etrata, the Silencer deck plan

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

• 12× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
• 9× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 5× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
• 3× Answer a whole board at once
• 12× Refill your hand
• 5× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 11× Get ahead on mana

Best cards for Etrata, the Silencer

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.

Combos with Etrata, the Silencer

Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Etrata, the Silencer is a piece of, and how many decks list them.

• Etrata, the Silencer + Strionic Resonator + Lithoform Engine911 decks
• Etrata, the Silencer + Gogo, Master Of Mimicry769 decks
• Etrata, the Silencer + Strionic Resonator + Adric, Mathematical Genius663 decks
• Etrata, the Silencer + Roaming Throne + Strionic Resonator653 decks
• Etrata, the Silencer + Lithoform Engine + Adric, Mathematical Genius493 decks
• Etrata, the Silencer + Roaming Throne + Lithoform Engine442 decks

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