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Iroh, Dragon of the West

Iroh, Dragon of the West

Legendary Creature — Human Noble Ally · {2}{R}{R} · Red commander

Haste Mentor (Whenever this creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on target attacking creature with lesser power.) At the beginning of combat on your turn, each creature you control with a counter on it gains firebending 2 until end of turn. (Whenever it attacks, add {R}{R}. This mana lasts until end of combat.)
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What Iroh, Dragon of the West actually does

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What an Iroh, Dragon of the West deck needs

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

The Iroh, Dragon of the West deck plan

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

Best cards for Iroh, Dragon of the West

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Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there

  1. Cacophony Scamp1 mana
  2. Gallia, the Merrymaker2 mana
  3. Glistening Sphere3 mana
  4. Walking Ballista0 mana
  5. Forge of Heroes0 mana
  6. Hangarback Walker0 mana
  7. Stonecoil Serpent0 mana
  8. Opal Palace0 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

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Imperial Recruiter3 mana
  2. Shield-Wall Sentinel4 mana
  3. Skyship Weatherlight4 mana
  4. Moonsilver Key2 mana
  5. Pattern Matcher4 mana
  6. Gamble1 mana
  7. Hoarding Dragon5 mana
  8. Shrine Steward5 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Blasphemous Act9 mana
  2. Chain Reaction4 mana
  3. Street Spasm1 mana
  4. Selective Obliteration5 mana
  5. Mizzium Mortars2 mana
  6. Delete2 mana
  7. Earthquake1 mana
  8. Apocalypse5 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
  2. Skullclamp1 mana
  3. Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
  4. The One Ring4 mana
  5. Sticky Fingers1 mana
  6. Vexing Bauble1 mana
  7. Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty3 mana
  8. Adaptive Omnitool2 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Hexing Squelcher2 mana
  2. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  3. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  4. Eldrazi Monument5 mana
  5. Commander's Plate1 mana
  6. Mithril Coat3 mana
  7. Akroma's Memorial7 mana
  8. The Walls of Ba Sing Se8 mana

Get ahead on mana

  1. Sol Ring1 mana
  2. Palladium Myr3 mana
  3. Worn Powerstone3 mana
  4. Chrome Mox0 mana
  5. Everflowing Chalice0 mana
  6. Mox Diamond0 mana
  7. Mana Vault1 mana
  8. Wayfarer's Bauble1 mana

A permanent that does something every turn it is on the battlefield — the deck's body, for a commander whose text asks for nothing specific

  1. Crashing Drawbridge2 mana
  2. Bontu's Monument3 mana
  3. Oketra's Monument3 mana
  4. Artist's Talent2 mana
  5. Goro-Goro, Disciple of Ryusei2 mana
  6. Roiling Vortex2 mana
  7. Hazoret's Monument3 mana
  8. Rhonas's Monument3 mana

Combos with Iroh, Dragon of the West

Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Iroh, Dragon of the West is a piece of, and how many decks list them.

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