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Jenny Flint
Legendary Creature — Human Detective · {1}{U}{R} · Red/Blue commander
Partner with Madame Vastra
First strike
Training (Whenever this creature attacks with another creature with greater power, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
Whenever you sacrifice a Clue or Food, put a +1/+1 counter on another target creature you control.
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What Jenny Flint 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 · sacrificeWhenever you sacrifice a Clue or Food, put a +1/+1 counter on another target creature you control.
- Keyword · first strikefirst strike
- Keyword · trainingtraining
What a Jenny Flint deck needs
Plays as counters. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- its partner Madame Vastra (Clues and Food)
- Clue and Food makers to sacrifice (each one sacrificed puts a counter on a creature)
The Jenny Flint deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 28× Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
- 7× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 4× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 3× Answer a whole board at once
- 9× Refill your hand
- 4× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Jenny Flint
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
- Thrummingbird2 mana
- Vexing Radgull2 mana
- Cacophony Scamp1 mana
- Kid Loki1 mana
- Gallia, the Merrymaker2 mana
- Dreamtide Whale3 mana
- Flux Channeler3 mana
- Glistening Sphere3 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- Crush1 mana
- Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
- Jilt2 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
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Chain Reaction4 mana
- Street Spasm1 mana
- Desynchronization4 mana
- Wave Goodbye4 mana
- Whelming Wave4 mana
- Consuming Tide4 mana
- Selective Obliteration5 mana
Refill your hand
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
- Rhystic Study3 mana
- Faerie Mastermind2 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- 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
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Izzet Signet2 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
Combos with Jenny Flint
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Jenny Flint is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Jenny Flint + Lonis, Genetics Expert + Peregrin Took1,058 decks
- Jenny Flint + Lonis, Genetics Expert + Krark-Clan Ironworks306 decks
- Jenny Flint + Lonis, Genetics Expert + Arcbound Ravager126 decks
- Jenny Flint + Lonis, Genetics Expert + Atog52 decks
- Jenny Flint + Lonis, Genetics Expert + Grinding Station47 decks
- Jenny Flint + Lonis, Genetics Expert + Megatog23 decks