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Jeong Jeong, the Deserter

Legendary Creature — Human Rebel Ally · {2}{R} · Red commander

Firebending 1 (Whenever this creature attacks, add {R}. This mana lasts until end of combat.) Exhaust — {3}: Put a +1/+1 counter on Jeong Jeong. When you next cast a Lesson spell this turn, copy it and you may choose new targets for the copy. (Activate each exhaust ability only once.)

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What Jeong Jeong, the Deserter 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{3}: Put a +1/+1 counter on Jeong Jeong. When you next cast a Lesson spell this turn, copy it and you may choose new targets for the copy.
• Keyword · firebendingfirebending
• Keyword · exhaustexhaust

What a Jeong Jeong, the Deserter deck needs

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

• Lesson spells (its exhaust copies the next one)

The Jeong Jeong, the Deserter deck plan

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

• 20× Instants and sorceries — for a magecraft/prowess commander the spell COUNT is the engine
• 8× Mana from a NONLAND permanent — a commander that doubles nonland mana gets nothing from lands
• 9× 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

Best cards for Jeong Jeong, the Deserter

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