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Harold and Bob, First Numens

Legendary Creature — Treefolk Mutant · {2}{G} · Green commander

Reach, vigilance When Harold and Bob dies, if it was a creature, return it to the battlefield. It's an Aura enchantment with enchant Forest you control and "Enchanted Forest has '{T}: Add three mana of any one color. You get two rad counters.'" Harold and Bob loses all other abilities.

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What Harold and Bob, First Numens 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 · deathWhen Harold and Bob dies, if it was a creature, return it to the battlefield. It's an Aura enchantment with enchant Forest you control and "Enchanted Forest has '{T}: Add three mana of any one color.
• Keyword · reachreach
• Keyword · vigilancevigilance

What a Harold and Bob, First Numens deck needs

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

• sacrifice outlets (its death turns it into a Forest Aura that taps for three)
• Forests

The Harold and Bob, First Numens deck plan

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

• 19× Equipment and Auras — the things a suit-up commander's trigger and plan are actually made of
• 7× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
• 5× Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot
• 4× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 8× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 1× Answer a whole board at once
• 9× Refill your hand
• 6× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 6× Get ahead on mana

Best cards for Harold and Bob, First Numens

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