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Ixidor, Reality Sculptor
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard · {3}{U}{U} · Blue commander
What Ixidor, Reality Sculptor actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Activated ability{2}{U}: Turn target face-down creature face up.
- AbilityFace-down creatures get +1/+1.
What an Ixidor, Reality Sculptor deck needs
Plays as face-down. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- morph, disguise, manifest and cloak cards (face-down creatures get +1/+1; it flips them)
The Ixidor, Reality Sculptor deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 33× 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
- 6× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 3× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 2× Answer a whole board at once
- 8× Refill your hand
- 3× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
- 20× A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
Best cards for Ixidor, Reality Sculptor
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.
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
- Crashing Drawbridge2 mana
- Bontu's Monument3 mana
- Oketra's Monument3 mana
- Hazoret's Monument3 mana
- Rhonas's Monument3 mana
- Twinning Staff3 mana
- K-9, Mark I1 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
- Titan's Presence3 mana
- Icy Prison2 mana
- Kozilek's Command2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Reshape2 mana
- Mask of the Mimic1 mana
- Long-Term Plans3 mana
- Whir of Invention3 mana
- Merchant Scroll2 mana
- Mystical Tutor1 mana
- Muddle the Mixture2 mana
- Personal Tutor1 mana
Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- Mindbreak Trap4 mana
- Fierce Guardianship3 mana
- Force of Negation3 mana
- Force of Will5 mana
- Flare of Denial3 mana
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- An Offer You Can't Refuse1 mana
- Arcane Denial2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Desynchronization4 mana
- Wave Goodbye4 mana
- Whelming Wave4 mana
- Consuming Tide4 mana
- Selective Obliteration5 mana
- Evacuation5 mana
- Perplexing Test5 mana
- Cyclonic Rift2 mana
Refill your hand
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Rhystic Study3 mana
- Faerie Mastermind2 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Combat Research1 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Lost in the Maze2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- The Walls of Ba Sing Se8 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
- Wayfarer's Bauble1 mana
Combos with Ixidor, Reality Sculptor
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Ixidor, Reality Sculptor is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Ixidor, Reality Sculptor + Missy + Pitiless Plunderer + Ashnod's Altar346 decks
- Ixidor, Reality Sculptor + Brine Elemental + Isochron Scepter + Backslide22 decks
- Ixidor, Reality Sculptor + Ashcloud Phoenix + Phyrexian Altar + Biomancer's Familiar
- Ixidor, Reality Sculptor + Ashcloud Phoenix + Phyrexian Altar + Zirda, The Dawnwaker
- Ixidor, Reality Sculptor + Ashcloud Phoenix + Phyrexian Altar + Training Grounds
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