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Hawkeye, Bowslinger

Hawkeye, Bowslinger

Legendary Creature — Human Archer Hero · {2}{W} · White commander

Reach, vigilance Whenever you cast a spell that targets a creature, put a +1/+1 counter on Hawkeye. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
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What Hawkeye, Bowslinger actually does

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What a Hawkeye, Bowslinger deck wants

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

Best cards for Hawkeye, Bowslinger

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.

A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one

  1. Charming Prince2 mana
  2. Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender2 mana
  3. Ruin-Lurker Bat1 mana
  4. Momo, Playful Pet1 mana
  5. Slumbering Keepguard1 mana
  6. Warden of the Inner Sky1 mana
  7. Rumor Gatherer3 mana
  8. Senu, Keen-Eyed Protector2 mana

A cheap spell of any kind — casts per turn are the engine for an unrestricted cast trigger

  1. Everflowing Chalice0 mana
  2. Walking Ballista0 mana
  3. Hangarback Walker0 mana
  4. Mishra's Bauble0 mana
  5. Sol Talisman0 mana
  6. Tormod's Crypt0 mana
  7. Urza's Bauble0 mana
  8. Chrome Mox0 mana

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

  1. Karn's Bastion0 mana
  2. Contagion Clasp2 mana
  3. Grateful Apparition2 mana
  4. Metastatic Evangel2 mana
  5. Glistening Sphere3 mana
  6. Patrolling Peacemaker3 mana
  7. Staff of Compleation3 mana
  8. Sword of Truth and Justice3 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. Generous Gift3 mana
  6. Erode1 mana
  7. Getaway Glamer1 mana
  8. Unwanted Remake1 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. Open the Armory2 mana
  2. Enlightened Tutor1 mana
  3. Templar Knight2 mana
  4. Idyllic Tutor3 mana
  5. Ranger-Captain of Eos3 mana
  6. Loyal Tutor1 mana
  7. Recruiter of the Guard3 mana
  8. Search for Glory3 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Esper Sentinel1 mana
  2. Skullclamp1 mana
  3. Archivist of Oghma2 mana
  4. Smothering Tithe4 mana
  5. The One Ring4 mana
  6. Pip-Boy 30001 mana
  7. Vexing Bauble1 mana
  8. Caretaker's Talent3 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
  2. Bastion Protector3 mana
  3. Greater Auramancy2 mana
  4. Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
  5. Cryptothrall4 mana
  6. Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
  7. Coppercoat Vanguard2 mana
  8. Lightning Greaves2 mana

Get ahead on mana

  1. Chrome Mox0 mana
  2. Everflowing Chalice0 mana
  3. Mox Amber0 mana
  4. Mox Diamond0 mana
  5. Mox Opal0 mana
  6. Mana Vault1 mana
  7. Sol Ring1 mana
  8. Wayfarer's Bauble1 mana

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