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Imodane, the Pyrohammer
Legendary Creature — Human Knight · {2}{R}{R} · Red commander
What Imodane, the Pyrohammer 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 · deals_damageWhenever an instant or sorcery spell you control that targets only a single creature deals damage to that creature, Imodane deals that much damage to each opponent.
What an Imodane, the Pyrohammer deck needs
Plays as burn spells. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- damage instants and sorceries that target one creature (each also hits every opponent)
- damage amplifiers
The Imodane, the Pyrohammer deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 28× Instants and sorceries — for a magecraft/prowess commander the spell COUNT is the engine
- 10× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 3× Answer a whole board at once
- 9× Refill your hand
- 3× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Imodane, the Pyrohammer
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.
Instants and sorceries — for a magecraft/prowess commander the spell COUNT is the engine
- Faithless Looting1 mana
- Gamble1 mana
- Lightning Bolt1 mana
- Vandalblast1 mana
- Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege0 mana
- Pyroblast1 mana
- Red Elemental Blast1 mana
- Redirect Lightning1 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Crush1 mana
- Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
- Titan's Presence3 mana
- Abrade2 mana
- Untimely Malfunction2 mana
- Chaos Warp3 mana
- Kozilek's Command2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Imperial Recruiter3 mana
- Shield-Wall Sentinel4 mana
- Skyship Weatherlight4 mana
- Moonsilver Key2 mana
- Pattern Matcher4 mana
- Gamble1 mana
- Hoarding Dragon5 mana
- Shrine Steward5 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Chain Reaction4 mana
- Street Spasm1 mana
- Selective Obliteration5 mana
- Mizzium Mortars2 mana
- Delete2 mana
- Earthquake1 mana
- Apocalypse5 mana
Refill your hand
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Sticky Fingers1 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
- Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty3 mana
- Adaptive Omnitool2 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- The Walls of Ba Sing Se8 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
- Wayfarer's Bauble1 mana
Combos with Imodane, the Pyrohammer
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Imodane, the Pyrohammer is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Imodane, the Pyrohammer + Shivan Meteor + Grafted Exoskeleton589 decks
- Imodane, the Pyrohammer + Zada, Hedron Grinder + Fiery Emancipation587 decks
- Imodane, the Pyrohammer + Zada, Hedron Grinder + City On Fire473 decks
- Imodane, the Pyrohammer + Zada, Hedron Grinder + Dictate Of The Twin Gods425 decks
- Imodane, the Pyrohammer + Fire Covenant372 decks
- Imodane, the Pyrohammer + Zada, Hedron Grinder + Furnace Of Rath275 decks
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