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Human Torch

Legendary Creature — Human Hero · {3}{R} · Green/Red/Blue/White commander

At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you've cast a noncreature spell this turn, Human Torch gains flying, double strike, and haste until end of turn. Whenever Human Torch attacks, you may pay {R}{G}{W}{U}. If you do, until end of turn, whenever he deals combat damage to an opponent, he deals that much damage to each other opponent.

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What Human Torch 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 · beginning_of_combatAt the beginning of combat on your turn, if you've cast a noncreature spell this turn, Human Torch gains flying, double strike, and haste until end of turn.
• Triggered ability · attackWhenever Human Torch attacks, you may pay {R}{G}{W}{U}. If you do, until end of turn, whenever he deals combat damage to an opponent, he deals that much damage to each other opponent.
• Keyword · double strikedouble strike

What a Human Torch deck wants

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

• 11× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
• 20× A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
• 8× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 1× Answer a whole board at once
• 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 7× Refill your hand
• 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

Best cards for Human Torch

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.

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