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Hraesvelgr of the First Brood

Hraesvelgr of the First Brood

Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon · {4}{U} · Blue commander

Flying, vigilance, ward {2} Shiva's Aid — When Hraesvelgr enters and whenever you cast a noncreature spell, target creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn.
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What Hraesvelgr of the First Brood actually does

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What a Hraesvelgr of the First Brood deck wants

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Best cards for Hraesvelgr of the First Brood

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Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch

  1. Secret Tunnel0 mana
  2. Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive2 mana
  3. Irenicus's Vile Duplication4 mana
  4. Rhonas's Monument3 mana
  5. Thassa, God of the Sea3 mana
  6. Galerider Sliver1 mana
  7. Glaring Spotlight1 mana
  8. Mothdust Changeling1 mana

A permanent whose own trigger fires on attacking — the fuel an attack-trigger doubler multiplies, and the payoff an attack commander wants beside it

  1. Weathered Sentinels3 mana
  2. Twenty-Toed Toad4 mana
  3. Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger // Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger0 mana
  4. Myr Battlesphere7 mana
  5. Katara, Waterbending Master2 mana
  6. Marching Duodrone2 mana
  7. Sword of the Animist2 mana
  8. Cryptolith Fragment // Aurora of Emrakul3 mana

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

  1. Hangarback Walker0 mana
  2. Chasm Skulker3 mana
  3. Urza's Saga0 mana
  4. Idol of False Gods2 mana
  5. Myr Sire2 mana
  6. Field of the Dead0 mana
  7. Fountainport0 mana
  8. Pongify1 mana

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

  1. Reality Shift2 mana
  2. Pongify1 mana
  3. Rapid Hybridization1 mana
  4. Resculpt2 mana
  5. Suspend1 mana
  6. Snap2 mana
  7. Into the Flood Maw1 mana
  8. Planar Incision2 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Displacement Wave2 mana
  2. Filter Out3 mana
  3. Aligned Hedron Network4 mana
  4. Coercive Portal4 mana
  5. Whelming Wave4 mana
  6. Consuming Tide4 mana
  7. Llawan, Cephalid Empress4 mana
  8. Part the Veil4 mana

Answer a spell or ability before it resolves

  1. Pact of Negation0 mana
  2. Counterspell2 mana
  3. Three Steps Ahead1 mana
  4. Long River's Pull2 mana
  5. Force of Will5 mana
  6. Abjure1 mana
  7. Archmage's Charm3 mana
  8. Cancel3 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Reshape2 mana
  2. Mask of the Mimic1 mana
  3. Long-Term Plans3 mana
  4. Whir of Invention3 mana
  5. Merchant Scroll2 mana
  6. Mystical Tutor1 mana
  7. Muddle the Mixture2 mana
  8. Personal Tutor1 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Mystic Remora1 mana
  2. Skullclamp1 mana
  3. Curiosity1 mana
  4. Wizard Class1 mana
  5. Rhystic Study3 mana
  6. Faerie Mastermind2 mana
  7. The One Ring4 mana
  8. Combat Research1 mana

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