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Falcon and Redwing

Legendary Creature — Human Bird Hero · {2}{W} · White commander

Flying Whenever Falcon and Redwing deal combat damage to a player, create that many 1/1 white Bird creature tokens with flying, then put a +1/+1 counter on Falcon and Redwing.

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What Falcon and Redwing 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 Falcon and Redwing deal combat damage to a player, create that many 1/1 white Bird creature tokens with flying, then put a +1/+1 counter on Falcon and Redwing.
• Keyword · flyingflying

What a Falcon and Redwing deck needs

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

• counter doublers and proliferate (it grows only itself with +1/+1 counters)
• token payoffs — anthems, sacrifice outlets and go-wide finishers (it makes tokens on repeat)
• evasion and protection for the commander (the trigger needs its combat damage to connect)

The Falcon and Redwing deck plan

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

• 10× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
• 15× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
• 9× Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
• 7× A team pump that actually pumps tokens
• 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 1× Answer a whole board at once
• 7× Refill your hand
• 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

Best cards for Falcon and Redwing

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.

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