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Iroh, Tea Master
Legendary Creature — Human Citizen Ally · {1}{R}{W} · Red/White commander
What Iroh, Tea Master 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 Iroh enters, create a Food token.
- Triggered ability · beginning_of_combatAt the beginning of combat on your turn, you may have target opponent gain control of target permanent you control. When you do, create a 1/1 white Ally creature token. Put a +1/+1 counter on that tok
What an Iroh, Tea Master deck needs
Plays as donate. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- permanents to give away — drawback permanents and tokens (each combat gift makes a growing Ally)
The Iroh, Tea Master deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 12× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- 6× Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
- 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
- 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
Best cards for Iroh, Tea Master
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.
Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- Replicating Ring3 mana
- Elspeth, Storm Slayer5 mana
- Hero of Bladehold4 mana
- Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate0 mana
- Elspeth, Sun's Champion6 mana
- Andúril, Flame of the West3 mana
- Cosmogrand Zenith3 mana
- Hanweir Garrison3 mana
Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
- Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion3 mana
- Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp1 mana
- Yoshimaru, Beloved Companion3 mana
- Grateful Apparition2 mana
- Metastatic Evangel2 mana
- Ainok Bond-Kin2 mana
- Generous Pup2 mana
- Martyr for the Cause2 mana
A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- Intangible Virtue2 mana
- Caretaker's Talent3 mana
- Inspiring Leader3 mana
- Prava of the Steel Legion3 mana
- Gideon's Memorial2 mana
- Mite Overseer4 mana
- Phantom General4 mana
- Castle Embereth0 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
- Generous Gift3 mana
- Erode1 mana
- Unwanted Remake1 mana
- Angelic Ascension2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Open the Armory2 mana
- Enlightened Tutor1 mana
- Kellan, the Fae-Blooded // Birthright Boon3 mana
- Templar Knight2 mana
- Idyllic Tutor3 mana
- Imperial Recruiter3 mana
- Ranger-Captain of Eos3 mana
- Loyal Tutor1 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Wrath of God4 mana
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Chain Reaction4 mana
- Day of Judgment4 mana
- Street Spasm1 mana
- Shatter the Sky4 mana
- Split Up3 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
- Archivist of Oghma2 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Sticky Fingers1 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Bastion Protector3 mana
- Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
- Coppercoat Vanguard2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Boros Signet2 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
Combos with Iroh, Tea Master
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Iroh, Tea Master is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Iroh, Tea Master + Demonic Pact528 decks
- Iroh, Tea Master + Yarus, Roar Of The Old Gods + Karlov Watchdog + Altar Of Dementia6 decks
- Iroh, Tea Master + Yarus, Roar Of The Old Gods + Karlov Watchdog + Goblin Bombardment2 decks
- Iroh, Tea Master + Yarus, Roar Of The Old Gods + Karlov Watchdog + Thermopod1 decks
- Iroh, Tea Master + Body Of Knowledge + Orcish Bowmasters1 decks
- Iroh, Tea Master + Yarus, Roar Of The Old Gods + Karlov Watchdog + Ashnod's Altar
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