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Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald
Legendary Creature — Human Druid · {1}{R}{G} · Green/Red commander
Whenever you cast a spell from exile or a land you control enters from exile, create a 2/2 green Wolf creature token.
{1}, {T}, Discard a card: Exile the top card of your library. You may play it this turn.
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What Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald 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 · cast_spellWhenever you cast a spell from exile or a land you control enters from exile, create a 2/2 green Wolf creature token.
- Activated ability{1}, {T}, Discard a card: Exile the top card of your library. You may play it this turn.
What a Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald deck needs
Plays as cast from anywhere. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- spells cast from exile — foretell, plot, impulse draw, adventure (each makes a Wolf)
- lands played from exile (each makes a Wolf)
- discard fodder for its own impulse ability
The Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 8× Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
- 4× Put a land onto the battlefield — for a landfall commander this triggers where a normal land drop does not
- 18× A spell you cast from outside your hand — flashback, foretell, escape, adventure, cascade, plot and their kin
- 12× Exiles from your own library and lets you play it — the card flow of an exile-matters commander
- 10× Lets YOU discard on demand — looting, rummaging, discard costs — for a commander that rewards your own discards
- 5× Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot
- 12× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- 4× A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
Best cards for Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald
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.
Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
- Rising of the Day3 mana
- Thousand-Year Elixir3 mana
- The Fire Crystal4 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Urabrask the Hidden5 mana
- Fervor3 mana
- Hammer of Purphoros3 mana
Put a land onto the battlefield — for a landfall commander this triggers where a normal land drop does not
- Exploration1 mana
- Explore2 mana
- Dryad of the Ilysian Grove3 mana
- Exploration Broodship1 mana
- Azusa, Lost but Seeking3 mana
- Loot, Exuberant Explorer3 mana
- Wayward Swordtooth3 mana
- Druid Class2 mana
A spell you cast from outside your hand — flashback, foretell, escape, adventure, cascade, plot and their kin
- Sol Talisman0 mana
- Underworld Breach2 mana
- Six3 mana
- Faithless Looting1 mana
- Hidden Nursery0 mana
- Hidden Volcano0 mana
- Lotus Bloom0 mana
- Mox Tantalite0 mana
Exiles from your own library and lets you play it — the card flow of an exile-matters commander
- Ugin's Labyrinth0 mana
- Party Thrasher2 mana
- Passionate Archaeologist2 mana
- Endless Sands0 mana
- Mimic Vat3 mana
- Squee, the Immortal3 mana
- Valakut Exploration3 mana
- Bag of Holding1 mana
Lets YOU discard on demand — looting, rummaging, discard costs — for a commander that rewards your own discards
- Geier Reach Sanitarium0 mana
- Fomori Vault0 mana
- Pip-Boy 30001 mana
- Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty3 mana
- Artist's Talent2 mana
- Collector's Vault2 mana
- Fauna Shaman2 mana
- Inti, Seneschal of the Sun2 mana
Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot
- Aggravated Assault3 mana
- Bear Umbra4 mana
- Sting, the Glinting Dagger2 mana
- Umbral Mantle3 mana
- Genji Glove5 mana
- Copperhorn Scout1 mana
- Éomer, Marshal of Rohan4 mana
- Honor-Worn Shaku3 mana
Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- Replicating Ring3 mana
- Esika's Chariot4 mana
- Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate0 mana
- Wrenn and Seven5 mana
- Andúril, Flame of the West3 mana
- Hanweir Garrison3 mana
- Rampant Frogantua3 mana
- Sarkhan, Fireblood3 mana
A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- Castle Embereth0 mana
- Finale of Devastation2 mana
- Great Train Heist1 mana
- Beastmaster Ascension3 mana
- Heraldic Banner3 mana
- Rising of the Day3 mana
- Return of the Wildspeaker5 mana
- Assault Formation2 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Beast Within3 mana
- Nature's Claim1 mana
- Crush1 mana
- Emerald Charm1 mana
- Naturalize2 mana
- Origin of Metalbending2 mana
- Natural State1 mana
Combos with Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald + Eternal Scourge + Ashnod's Altar + Mimic Vat8 decks
- Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald + Eternal Scourge + Ashnod's Altar + Rest In Peace2 decks
- Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald + Intruder Alarm + Harmonized Trio1 decks
- Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald + Eternal Scourge + Ashnod's Altar + Planar Void1 decks
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