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Invasion of Ikoria // Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria

Battle — Siege // Legendary Creature — Dinosaur · {X}{G}{G} · Green commander

(As a Siege enters, choose an opponent to protect it. You and others can attack it. When it's defeated, exile it, then cast it transformed.) When this Siege enters, search your library and/or graveyard for a non-Human creature card with mana value X or less and put it onto the battlefield. If you search your library this way, shuffle. Reach For each non-Human creature you control, you may have that creature assign its combat damage as though it weren't blocked.

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What Invasion of Ikoria // Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria 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 · etbWhen this Siege enters, search your library and/or graveyard for a non-Human creature card with mana value X or less and put it onto the battlefield. If you search your library this wa
• Static ability · evasion_grantFor each non-Human creature you control, you may have that creature assign its combat damage as though it weren't blocked.
• Keyword · reachreach
• Keyword · transformtransform

What an Invasion of Ikoria // Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria deck wants

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

• 9× Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
• 10× A permanent whose own trigger fires on attacking — the fuel an attack-trigger doubler multiplies, and the payoff an attack commander wants beside it
• 10× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
• 12× Creatures you are happy to sacrifice — a free sac outlet on the commander is worthless with nothing to feed it
• 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 1× Answer a whole board at once
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 7× Refill your hand
• 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

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