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Gorbag of Minas Morgul
Legendary Creature — Orc Soldier · {1}{B} · Black commander
Whenever a Goblin or Orc you control deals combat damage to a player, you may sacrifice it. When you do, choose one —
• Draw a card.
• Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
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What Gorbag of Minas Morgul 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 a Goblin or Orc you control deals combat damage to a player, you may sacrifice it. When you do, choose one —
- Keyword · treasuretreasure
What a Gorbag of Minas Morgul deck wants
The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.
- 6× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- 16× A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
- 26× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- 4× A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
Best cards for Gorbag of Minas Morgul
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.
Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Colossus Hammer1 mana
- Shadowspear1 mana
- Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar3 mana
- Skorpekh Lord3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- Chronicle of Victory6 mana
- Super State7 mana
A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
- Greedy Freebooter1 mana
- Academy Manufactor3 mana
- Shambling Ghast1 mana
- Warren Soultrader3 mana
- Pitiless Plunderer4 mana
- Forsworn Paladin1 mana
- Mari, the Killing Quill3 mana
- Grim Hireling4 mana
A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
- Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog3 mana
- Warren Soultrader3 mana
- Bile-Vial Boggart1 mana
- Prickly Boggart1 mana
- Stalactite Stalker1 mana
- Merciless Executioner3 mana
- Frogtosser Banneret2 mana
A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- Nesting Grounds0 mana
- Zulaport Cutthroat2 mana
- Patchwork Banner3 mana
- Crashing Drawbridge2 mana
- Eldritch Immunity1 mana
- Not Dead After All1 mana
- Ayara, First of Locthwain3 mana
- Bastion of Remembrance3 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Defile1 mana
- Tragic Slip1 mana
- Infernal Grasp2 mana
- Fatal Push1 mana
- Bitter Triumph2 mana
- Black Sun's Twilight1 mana
- Cut Down1 mana
- Erebos's Intervention1 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Do or Die2 mana
- Force of Despair3 mana
- Accursed Marauder2 mana
- Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
- Innocent Blood1 mana
- Coils of the Medusa2 mana
- Forced March3 mana
- Nature's Ruin3 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Demonic Tutor2 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Vampiric Tutor1 mana
- Imperial Seal1 mana
- Insatiable Avarice1 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Grim Tutor3 mana
- Liliana Vess // Liliana Vess0 mana
Refill your hand
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
- Black Market Connections3 mana
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
- Morbid Opportunist3 mana
- Phyrexian Arena3 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Kederekt Parasite1 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Cryptothrall4 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- The Walls of Ba Sing Se8 mana