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Haliya, Ascendant Cadet

Haliya, Ascendant Cadet

Legendary Creature — Human Soldier · {2}{G}{W}{W} · Green/White commander

Whenever Haliya enters or attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. Whenever one or more creatures you control with +1/+1 counters on them deal combat damage to a player, draw a card.
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What Haliya, Ascendant Cadet actually does

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What a Haliya, Ascendant Cadet deck wants

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Best cards for Haliya, Ascendant Cadet

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

  1. Garruk's Uprising3 mana
  2. Delney, Streetwise Lookout3 mana
  3. Kodama of the West Tree3 mana
  4. Duskshell Crawler2 mana
  5. Sphere Grid2 mana
  6. Abzan Falconer3 mana
  7. Elspeth, Sun's Champion6 mana
  8. Bramblewood Paragon2 mana

Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses

  1. Airbender Ascension2 mana
  2. Eldrazi Displacer3 mana
  3. Eternal Acrobat Toast0 mana
  4. Conjurer's Closet5 mana
  5. Distinguished Conjurer2 mana
  6. Emiel the Blessed4 mana
  7. Felidar Guardian4 mana
  8. Restoration Angel4 mana

A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses

  1. Chrome Mox0 mana
  2. Cabaretti Courtyard0 mana
  3. Lotus Field0 mana
  4. Lush Portico0 mana
  5. Riveteers Overlook0 mana
  6. Selesnya Sanctuary0 mana
  7. Talon Gates of Madara0 mana
  8. Temple of Plenty0 mana

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

  1. Karn's Bastion0 mana
  2. Bristly Bill, Spine Sower2 mana
  3. Cankerbloom2 mana
  4. Thirsting Roots1 mana
  5. Evolution Sage3 mana
  6. Mossborn Hydra3 mana
  7. Contagion Clasp2 mana
  8. Fangs of Kalonia2 mana

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

  1. Path to Exile1 mana
  2. Swords to Plowshares1 mana
  3. March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
  4. Flicker of Fate2 mana
  5. Beast Within3 mana
  6. Generous Gift3 mana
  7. Nature's Claim1 mana
  8. Erode1 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Final Showdown1 mana
  2. Vanquish the Horde8 mana
  3. Martyr's Cry2 mana
  4. Split Up3 mana
  5. Cathedral Membrane2 mana
  6. Citywide Bust3 mana
  7. Harsh Mercy3 mana
  8. Retribution of the Meek3 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
  2. Nature's Rhythm2 mana
  3. Celestial Reunion1 mana
  4. Worldly Tutor1 mana
  5. March of Burgeoning Life1 mana
  6. Archdruid's Charm3 mana
  7. Chord of Calling3 mana
  8. Eldritch Evolution3 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Esper Sentinel1 mana
  2. Skullclamp1 mana
  3. Garruk's Uprising3 mana
  4. Archivist of Oghma2 mana
  5. Beast Whisperer4 mana
  6. Smothering Tithe4 mana
  7. The One Ring4 mana
  8. Pip-Boy 30001 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
  2. Innkeeper's Talent2 mana
  3. Bastion Protector3 mana
  4. Greater Auramancy2 mana
  5. Sterling Grove2 mana
  6. Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
  7. Guardian Augmenter3 mana
  8. Cryptothrall4 mana

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