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Inquisitor Eisenhorn

Legendary Creature — Human Inquisitor · {2}{U}{B} · Black/Blue commander

You may reveal the first card you draw each turn as you draw it. Whenever you reveal an instant or sorcery card this way, create Cherubael, a legendary 4/4 black Demon creature token with flying. Whenever Inquisitor Eisenhorn deals combat damage to a player, investigate that many times. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

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What Inquisitor Eisenhorn 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 Inquisitor Eisenhorn deals combat damage to a player, investigate that many times.
• AbilityYou may reveal the first card you draw each turn as you draw it. Whenever you reveal an instant or sorcery card this way, create Cherubael, a legendary 4/4 black Demon creature token with flying.

What an Inquisitor Eisenhorn deck needs

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

• instants and sorceries (revealing one as your first draw makes Cherubael)
• evasion and protection for the commander (each hit investigates that many times)

The Inquisitor Eisenhorn deck plan

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

• 12× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
• 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
• 11× Get ahead on mana
• 24× Instants and sorceries — for a magecraft/prowess commander the spell COUNT is the engine

Best cards for Inquisitor Eisenhorn

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.

Combos with Inquisitor Eisenhorn

Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Inquisitor Eisenhorn is a piece of, and how many decks list them.

• Inquisitor Eisenhorn + Time Sieve1,277 decks

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