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Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos

Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos

Legendary Creature — Ogre Demon · {3}{B} · Black/Red commander

{B}, Sacrifice a creature: Scry 2. {2}{R}, {T}: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn. When you exile a nonland card this way, Hidetsugu deals damage equal to the exiled card's mana value to any target.
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What Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos actually does

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What a Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos deck wants

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Best cards for Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos

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Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise

  1. Rising of the Day3 mana
  2. Thousand-Year Elixir3 mana
  3. Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki3 mana
  4. Goblin Chieftain3 mana
  5. Blacksmith's Talent1 mana
  6. The Fire Crystal4 mana
  7. Dragonlord Kolaghan // Dragonlord Kolaghan0 mana
  8. Lightning Greaves2 mana

Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot

  1. Aggravated Assault3 mana
  2. Sword of Feast and Famine3 mana
  3. Amulet of Vigor1 mana
  4. Sting, the Glinting Dagger2 mana
  5. Umbral Mantle3 mana
  6. Genji Glove5 mana
  7. Akki Battle Squad6 mana
  8. Éomer, Marshal of Rohan4 mana

Exiles from your own library and lets you play it — the card flow of an exile-matters commander

  1. Ugin's Labyrinth0 mana
  2. Party Thrasher2 mana
  3. Passionate Archaeologist2 mana
  4. Tinybones, Bauble Burglar2 mana
  5. Endless Sands0 mana
  6. Mimic Vat3 mana
  7. Squee, the Immortal3 mana
  8. Valakut Exploration3 mana

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

  1. Viscera Seer1 mana
  2. Greedy Freebooter1 mana
  3. Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender2 mana
  4. Haunt of the Dead Marshes1 mana
  5. Woe Strider3 mana
  6. Dream Beavers1 mana
  7. Inquisitive Puppet1 mana
  8. Burning Prophet2 mana

Creatures you are happy to sacrifice — a free sac outlet on the commander is worthless with nothing to feed it

  1. Vivi's Persistence2 mana
  2. Hangarback Walker0 mana
  3. Skeleton Crew4 mana
  4. "Lifetime" Pass Holder1 mana
  5. Death Tyrant5 mana
  6. Bastion of Remembrance3 mana
  7. Garland, Knight of Cornelia // Chaos, the Endless2 mana
  8. Infestation Sage1 mana

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

  1. Wild Magic Surge2 mana
  2. Defile1 mana
  3. Tragic Slip1 mana
  4. Infernal Grasp2 mana
  5. Terminate2 mana
  6. Fatal Push1 mana
  7. Bitter Triumph2 mana
  8. Black Sun's Twilight1 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Do or Die2 mana
  2. Force of Despair3 mana
  3. Blasphemous Act9 mana
  4. Accursed Marauder2 mana
  5. Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
  6. Innocent Blood1 mana
  7. Breaking Point3 mana
  8. Coils of the Medusa2 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Demonic Tutor2 mana
  2. Diabolic Intent2 mana
  3. Vampiric Tutor1 mana
  4. Imperial Seal1 mana
  5. Insatiable Avarice1 mana
  6. Diabolic Intent2 mana
  7. Grim Tutor3 mana
  8. Liliana Vess // Liliana Vess0 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Skullclamp1 mana
  2. Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
  3. Black Market Connections3 mana
  4. Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
  5. Morbid Opportunist3 mana
  6. Phyrexian Arena3 mana
  7. The One Ring4 mana
  8. Kederekt Parasite1 mana

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