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Jared Carthalion, True Heir
Legendary Creature — Human Warrior · {R}{G}{W} · Green/Red/White commander
When Jared Carthalion enters, target opponent becomes the monarch. You can't become the monarch this turn.
If damage would be dealt to Jared Carthalion while you're the monarch, prevent that damage and put that many +1/+1 counters on it.
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What Jared Carthalion, True Heir 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 Jared Carthalion enters, target opponent becomes the monarch. You can't become the monarch this turn.
- AbilityIf damage would be dealt to Jared Carthalion while you're the monarch, prevent that damage and put that many +1/+1 counters on it.
What a Jared Carthalion, True Heir deck needs
Plays as monarch. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- evasive attackers to take the monarchy back (while you're monarch, damage to it becomes +1/+1 counters)
The Jared Carthalion, True Heir deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 10× 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
- 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
- 8× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
Best cards for Jared Carthalion, True Heir
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.
Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
- Branching Evolution3 mana
- Hardened Scales1 mana
- Ozolith, the Shattered Spire2 mana
- Conclave Mentor2 mana
- Kami of Whispered Hopes3 mana
- Benevolent Hydra2 mana
- Michelangelo, Weirdness to 112 mana
- Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion3 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
- Beast Within3 mana
- Generous Gift3 mana
- Nature's Claim1 mana
- Erode1 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
- Nature's Rhythm2 mana
- Worldly Tutor1 mana
- March of Burgeoning Life1 mana
- Archdruid's Charm3 mana
- Chord of Calling3 mana
- Eldritch Evolution3 mana
- Eladamri's Call2 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
- Sylvan Library2 mana
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
- Archivist of Oghma2 mana
- Beast Whisperer4 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Innkeeper's Talent2 mana
- Bastion Protector3 mana
- Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
- Guardian Augmenter3 mana
- Saryth, the Viper's Fang4 mana
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Boros Signet2 mana
- Gruul Signet2 mana
- Incubation Druid2 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Ilysian Caryatid2 mana
- Selesnya Signet2 mana
Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- Abzan Falconer3 mana
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Iroas, God of Victory4 mana
- Elspeth, Sun's Champion6 mana
- Kodama of the West Tree3 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Goblin War Drums3 mana
- Duskshell Crawler2 mana
Combos with Jared Carthalion, True Heir
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Jared Carthalion, True Heir is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Jared Carthalion, True Heir + Animation Module + Earthcraft + Goblin Bombardment2 decks
- Jared Carthalion, True Heir + Animation Module + Earthcraft + Blasting Station1 decks