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Firkraag, Cunning Instigator

Firkraag, Cunning Instigator

Legendary Creature — Dragon · {3}{U}{R} · Red/Blue commander

Flying, haste Whenever one or more Dragons you control attack an opponent, goad target creature that player controls. Whenever a creature deals combat damage to one of your opponents, if that creature had to attack this combat, you put a +1/+1 counter on Firkraag and you draw a card.
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What Firkraag, Cunning Instigator actually does

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What a Firkraag, Cunning Instigator deck wants

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Best cards for Firkraag, Cunning Instigator

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Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers

  1. Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive2 mana
  2. Archetype of Aggression3 mana
  3. Frostcliff Siege3 mana
  4. Galerider Sliver1 mana
  5. Herald of Secret Streams4 mana
  6. Favorable Winds2 mana
  7. Eldrazi Monument5 mana
  8. Colossus Hammer1 mana

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

  1. Grenzo, Havoc Raiser2 mana
  2. Taunting Kobold1 mana
  3. Agitator Ant3 mana
  4. Vengeful Ancestor4 mana
  5. Bjorna, Nightfall Alchemist2 mana
  6. Insufferable Balladeer2 mana
  7. Bothersome Quasit3 mana
  8. Glóin, Dwarf Emissary3 mana

A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality

  1. Shivan Devastator1 mana
  2. Slumbering Dragon1 mana
  3. Deceptive Frostkite2 mana
  4. Invasion of Tarkir // Defiant Thundermaw2 mana
  5. Reckless Barbarian2 mana
  6. Sprite Dragon2 mana
  7. Atsushi, the Blazing Sky4 mana
  8. Leyline Tyrant4 mana

Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there

  1. Karn's Bastion0 mana
  2. Ripples of Potential2 mana
  3. Thrummingbird2 mana
  4. Contagion Clasp2 mana
  5. Contentious Plan2 mana
  6. Experimental Augury2 mana
  7. Tezzeret's Gambit4 mana
  8. Dreamtide Whale3 mana

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

  1. Reality Shift2 mana
  2. Wild Magic Surge2 mana
  3. Pongify1 mana
  4. Rapid Hybridization1 mana
  5. Resculpt2 mana
  6. Suspend1 mana
  7. Snap2 mana
  8. Into the Flood Maw1 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Blasphemous Act9 mana
  2. Displacement Wave2 mana
  3. Breaking Point3 mana
  4. Crack the Earth1 mana
  5. Filter Out3 mana
  6. Kozilek's Return3 mana
  7. Akki Blizzard-Herder2 mana
  8. Devastating Dreams2 mana

Answer a spell or ability before it resolves

  1. Pact of Negation0 mana
  2. Counterspell2 mana
  3. Three Steps Ahead1 mana
  4. Long River's Pull2 mana
  5. Force of Will5 mana
  6. Abjure1 mana
  7. Archmage's Charm3 mana
  8. Cancel3 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Reshape2 mana
  2. Mask of the Mimic1 mana
  3. Long-Term Plans3 mana
  4. Whir of Invention3 mana
  5. Merchant Scroll2 mana
  6. Mystical Tutor1 mana
  7. Muddle the Mixture2 mana
  8. Goblin Recruiter2 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Mystic Remora1 mana
  2. Skullclamp1 mana
  3. Curiosity1 mana
  4. Wizard Class1 mana
  5. Rhystic Study3 mana
  6. Faerie Mastermind2 mana
  7. The One Ring4 mana
  8. Combat Research1 mana

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