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Iraxxa, Empress of Mars

Iraxxa, Empress of Mars

Legendary Creature — Alien Warrior · {2}{R}{R} · Red commander

Trample Battle cry (Whenever this creature attacks, each other attacking creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.) Paradox — Whenever you cast a spell from anywhere other than your hand, create a 2/2 red Alien Warrior creature token.
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What Iraxxa, Empress of Mars actually does

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What an Iraxxa, Empress of Mars deck wants

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

Best cards for Iraxxa, Empress of Mars

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.

Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch

  1. Secret Tunnel0 mana
  2. Crash Through1 mana
  3. Archetype of Aggression3 mana
  4. Rhonas's Monument3 mana
  5. Glaring Spotlight1 mana
  6. Legion Loyalist1 mana
  7. Frantic Confrontation1 mana
  8. Lunar Frenzy1 mana

A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one

  1. Signal Pest1 mana
  2. Rosnakht, Heir of Rohgahh1 mana
  3. Goblin Wardriver2 mana
  4. Memory Worm2 mana
  5. Iraxxa, Empress of Mars4 mana
  6. Hero of Oxid Ridge4 mana
  7. Flaming Tyrannosaurus7 mana
  8. Kuldotha Ringleader5 mana

A cheap spell of any kind — casts per turn are the engine for an unrestricted cast trigger

  1. Everflowing Chalice0 mana
  2. Walking Ballista0 mana
  3. Hangarback Walker0 mana
  4. Mishra's Bauble0 mana
  5. Sol Talisman0 mana
  6. Tormod's Crypt0 mana
  7. Urza's Bauble0 mana
  8. Chrome Mox0 mana

A team pump that actually pumps tokens

  1. Nesting Grounds0 mana
  2. Patchwork Banner3 mana
  3. Castle Embereth0 mana
  4. Fire Nation Palace0 mana
  5. Crashing Drawbridge2 mana
  6. Hexing Squelcher2 mana
  7. Crash Through1 mana
  8. Eldritch Immunity1 mana

Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide

  1. Pashalik Mons3 mana
  2. Siege-Gang Lieutenant4 mana
  3. Trendy Circus Pirate0 mana
  4. Myr Battlesphere7 mana
  5. Anax, Hardened in the Forge3 mana
  6. Andúril, Flame of the West3 mana
  7. Chandra, Acolyte of Flame3 mana
  8. Hanweir Garrison3 mana

Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it

  1. Wild Magic Surge2 mana
  2. Crush1 mana
  3. Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
  4. Titan's Presence3 mana
  5. Abrade2 mana
  6. Untimely Malfunction2 mana
  7. Chaos Warp3 mana
  8. Kozilek's Command2 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Blasphemous Act9 mana
  2. Breaking Point3 mana
  3. Crack the Earth1 mana
  4. Kozilek's Return3 mana
  5. Akki Blizzard-Herder2 mana
  6. Devastating Dreams2 mana
  7. Tectonic Break2 mana
  8. Tremble2 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Goblin Recruiter2 mana
  2. Imperial Recruiter3 mana
  3. Dragon's Approach3 mana
  4. Flamekin Harbinger1 mana
  5. Goblin Matron3 mana
  6. Sarkhan's Triumph3 mana
  7. Dwarven Recruiter3 mana
  8. Myr Kinsmith4 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Skullclamp1 mana
  2. The One Ring4 mana
  3. Pip-Boy 30001 mana
  4. Sticky Fingers1 mana
  5. Vexing Bauble1 mana
  6. Artist's Talent2 mana
  7. Fear of Missing Out2 mana
  8. Key to the City2 mana

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