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Grand Arbiter Augustin IV

Legendary Creature — Human Advisor · {2}{W}{U} · Blue/White commander

White spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Blue spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Spells your opponents cast cost {1} more to cast.

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What Grand Arbiter Augustin IV actually does

Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.

• Static ability · cost_reductionWhite spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
• Static ability · cost_reductionBlue spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
• Static ability · taxSpells your opponents cast cost {1} more to cast.

What a Grand Arbiter Augustin IV deck needs

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

• cheap, dense white and blue spells (it makes them cheaper)
• stax pieces, taxes and hatebears that break parity in your favor

The Grand Arbiter Augustin IV deck plan

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

• 14× A tax, lock or hoser aimed at the opponents — the deck's parity break
• 19× A cheap spell of any kind — casts per turn are the engine for an unrestricted cast trigger
• 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
• 1× Answer a whole board at once
• 7× Refill your hand
• 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 11× Get ahead on mana

Best cards for Grand Arbiter Augustin IV

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.

Combos with Grand Arbiter Augustin IV

Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Grand Arbiter Augustin IV is a piece of, and how many decks list them.

• Grand Arbiter Augustin IV + Appa, Steadfast Guardian + Restoration Angel + Pearl Medallion66 decks
• Grand Arbiter Augustin IV + Appa, Steadfast Guardian + Restoration Angel + Stormscape Familiar50 decks
• Grand Arbiter Augustin IV + Appa, Steadfast Guardian + Pearl Medallion + Felidar Guardian50 decks
• Grand Arbiter Augustin IV + Appa, Steadfast Guardian + Felidar Guardian + Stormscape Familiar50 decks
• Grand Arbiter Augustin IV + Appa, Steadfast Guardian + Icewind Stalwart + Stormscape Familiar45 decks
• Grand Arbiter Augustin IV + Appa, Steadfast Guardian + Restoration Angel + Cloud Key40 decks

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