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Iceman and Firestar

Legendary Creature — Mutant Hero · {2}{U/R}{U/R} · Red/Blue commander

Flying Whenever you cast a blue spell, tap up to one target creature. Whenever you cast a red spell, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.

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What Iceman and Firestar 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 · cast_spellWhenever you cast a blue spell, tap up to one target creature.
• Triggered ability · cast_spellWhenever you cast a red spell, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.
• Keyword · flyingflying

What an Iceman and Firestar deck needs

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

• cheap spells of any kind (its trigger fires on every cast)

The Iceman and Firestar deck plan

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

• 33× A cheap spell of any kind — casts per turn are the engine for an unrestricted cast trigger
• 6× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 3× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
• 2× Answer a whole board at once
• 8× Refill your hand
• 3× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 11× Get ahead on mana

Best cards for Iceman and Firestar

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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