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Glarb, Calamity's Augur

Glarb, Calamity's Augur

Legendary Creature — Frog Wizard Noble · {B}{G}{U} · Black/Green/Blue commander

Deathtouch You may look at the top card of your library any time. You may play lands and cast spells with mana value 4 or greater from the top of your library. {T}: Surveil 2.
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What Glarb, Calamity's Augur actually does

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What a Glarb, Calamity's Augur deck wants

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Best cards for Glarb, Calamity's Augur

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Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise

  1. Thousand-Year Elixir3 mana
  2. Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler3 mana
  3. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  4. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  5. Runadi, Behemoth Caller3 mana
  6. Akroma's Memorial7 mana
  7. Super State7 mana
  8. Ulvenwald Oddity // Ulvenwald Behemoth4 mana

Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot

  1. Bear Umbra4 mana
  2. Sword of Feast and Famine3 mana
  3. Wilderness Reclamation4 mana
  4. Amulet of Vigor1 mana
  5. Beledros Witherbloom7 mana
  6. Freed from the Real3 mana
  7. Nature's Will4 mana
  8. Pemmin's Aura3 mana

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

  1. Umbral Collar Zealot2 mana
  2. Dawnhand Dissident1 mana
  3. Faerie Dreamthief1 mana
  4. Snarling Gorehound1 mana
  5. Barrier of Bones1 mana
  6. Diviner of Victory // Unwind History1 mana
  7. Desmond Miles2 mana
  8. Dogged Detective2 mana

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

  1. Assassin's Trophy2 mana
  2. Reality Shift2 mana
  3. Pongify1 mana
  4. Rapid Hybridization1 mana
  5. Resculpt2 mana
  6. Defile1 mana
  7. Tragic Slip1 mana
  8. Suspend1 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Do or Die2 mana
  2. Force of Despair3 mana
  3. Displacement Wave2 mana
  4. Accursed Marauder2 mana
  5. Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
  6. Innocent Blood1 mana
  7. Coils of the Medusa2 mana
  8. Forced March3 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. Demonic Tutor2 mana
  2. Diabolic Intent2 mana
  3. Vampiric Tutor1 mana
  4. Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
  5. Imperial Seal1 mana
  6. Insatiable Avarice1 mana
  7. Diabolic Intent2 mana
  8. Nature's Rhythm2 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Mystic Remora1 mana
  2. Skullclamp1 mana
  3. Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
  4. Curiosity1 mana
  5. Wizard Class1 mana
  6. Black Market Connections3 mana
  7. Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
  8. Garruk's Uprising3 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Innkeeper's Talent2 mana
  2. Gleaming Overseer3 mana
  3. Guardian Augmenter3 mana
  4. Cryptothrall4 mana
  5. Saryth, the Viper's Fang4 mana
  6. Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus4 mana
  7. Lost in the Maze2 mana
  8. Lightning Greaves2 mana

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