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Inalla, Archmage Ritualist
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard · {2}{U}{B}{R} · Black/Red/Blue commander
What Inalla, Archmage Ritualist 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 · etbWhenever another nontoken Wizard you control enters, if Inalla is in the command zone or on the battlefield, you may pay {1}. If you do, create a token that's a copy of that Wizard. The token gains ha
- Activated abilityTap five untapped Wizards you control: Target player loses 7 life.
What an Inalla, Archmage Ritualist deck needs
Plays as copy engine. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- high-value creatures and activated-ability creatures worth copying or borrowing
- wizard creatures (its text counts them)
The Inalla, Archmage Ritualist deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 12× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- 26× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- 4× A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
Best cards for Inalla, Archmage Ritualist
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.
A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
- Accursed Marauder2 mana
- Baleful Strix2 mana
- Solemn Simulacrum4 mana
- Cauldron Familiar1 mana
- Thousand-Faced Shadow1 mana
- Dualcaster Mage3 mana
- Fleshbag Marauder3 mana
A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- Viscera Seer1 mana
- Faerie Seer1 mana
- Siren Stormtamer1 mana
- Coruscation Mage2 mana
- Goblin Electromancer2 mana
- Harmonic Prodigy2 mana
- Stormcatch Mentor2 mana
- Thassa's Oracle2 mana
A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- Patchwork Banner3 mana
- Castle Embereth0 mana
- Great Train Heist1 mana
- Heraldic Banner3 mana
- Rising of the Day3 mana
- Purphoros, God of the Forge4 mana
- Kavaron, Memorial World0 mana
- Adaptive Automaton3 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- Defile1 mana
- Tragic Slip1 mana
- Infernal Grasp2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Demonic Tutor2 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Vampiric Tutor1 mana
- Imperial Seal1 mana
- Demonic Consultation1 mana
- Grim Tutor3 mana
- Tainted Pact2 mana
- Scheming Symmetry1 mana
Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- Mindbreak Trap4 mana
- Fierce Guardianship3 mana
- Force of Negation3 mana
- Force of Will5 mana
- Flare of Denial3 mana
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- An Offer You Can't Refuse1 mana
- Arcane Denial2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Toxic Deluge3 mana
- Damnation4 mana
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Chain Reaction4 mana
- Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
- Street Spasm1 mana
- Sickening Dreams2 mana
- Crypt Rats3 mana
Refill your hand
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Black Market Connections3 mana
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
- Herald's Horn3 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Lost in the Maze2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
Combos with Inalla, Archmage Ritualist
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Inalla, Archmage Ritualist is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Inalla, Archmage Ritualist + Bloodline Necromancer + Ruthless Technomancer5,179 decks
- Inalla, Archmage Ritualist + Timestream Navigator + Riptide Laboratory3,923 decks
- Inalla, Archmage Ritualist + Bloodline Necromancer + Ashnod's Altar3,286 decks
- Inalla, Archmage Ritualist + Persist + Burnt Offering + Archaeomancer1,465 decks
- Inalla, Archmage Ritualist + Timestream Navigator + Conjurer's Closet1,374 decks
- Inalla, Archmage Ritualist + Wanderwine Prophets1,274 decks
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