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Gyruda, Doom of Depths

Legendary Creature — Demon Kraken · {4}{U/B}{U/B} · Black/Blue commander

Companion — Your starting deck contains only cards with even mana values. (If this card is your chosen companion, you may put it into your hand from outside the game for {3} as a sorcery.) When Gyruda enters, each player mills four cards. Put a creature card with an even mana value from among the milled cards onto the battlefield under your control.

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What Gyruda, Doom of Depths 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 · etbWhen Gyruda enters, each player mills four cards. Put a creature card with an even mana value from among the milled cards onto the battlefield under your control.
• Keyword · companioncompanion
• Keyword · millmill

What a Gyruda, Doom of Depths deck wants

The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.

• 7× Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
• 16× A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
• 9× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
• 7× Put your own cards into your graveyard as a resource
• 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 1× Answer a whole board at once
• 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 7× Refill your hand

Best cards for Gyruda, Doom of Depths

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