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Jackal, Genius Geneticist

Legendary Creature — Human Scientist Villain · {G}{U} · Green/Blue commander

Trample Whenever you cast a creature spell with mana value equal to Jackal's power, copy that spell, except the copy isn't legendary. Then put a +1/+1 counter on Jackal. (The copy becomes a token.)

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What Jackal, Genius Geneticist 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 · cast_spellWhenever you cast a creature spell with mana value equal to Jackal's power, copy that spell, except the copy isn't legendary. Then put a +1/+1 counter on Jackal.
• Keyword · trampletrample

What a Jackal, Genius Geneticist deck needs

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

• creature spells (its trigger fires on each one you cast)
• high-impact nonlegendary permanent spells — enter triggers and big threats (it copies permanent spells)
• counter doublers and proliferate (it grows only itself with +1/+1 counters)

The Jackal, Genius Geneticist deck plan

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

• 20× A card that is CAST to trigger the commander — reanimating or blinking it does not count
• 14× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
• 6× Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
• 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
• 1× Answer a whole board at once
• 7× Refill your hand
• 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

Best cards for Jackal, Genius Geneticist

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.

Combos with Jackal, Genius Geneticist

Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Jackal, Genius Geneticist is a piece of, and how many decks list them.

• Jackal, Genius Geneticist + Wildwood Scourge + Ego Erasure3 decks

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