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Jill, Shiva's Dominant // Shiva, Warden of Ice

Legendary Creature — Human Noble Warrior // Legendary Enchantment Creature — Saga Elemental · {2}{U} · Blue commander

When Jill enters, return up to one other target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. {3}{U}{U}, {T}: Exile Jill, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery. (As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.) I, II — Mesmerize — Target creature can't be blocked this turn. III — Cold Snap — Tap all lands your opponents control. Exile Shiva, then return it to the battlefield (front face up).

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What Jill, Shiva's Dominant // Shiva, Warden of Ice 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 Jill enters, return up to one other target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.
• Activated ability{3}{U}{U}, {T}: Exile Jill, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery.
• Static ability · evasion_grantI, II — Mesmerize — Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
• Keyword · transformtransform

What a Jill, Shiva's Dominant // Shiva, Warden of Ice deck wants

The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.

• 8× Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
• 5× Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot
• 6× Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
• 8× A permanent whose own trigger fires on attacking — the fuel an attack-trigger doubler multiplies, and the payoff an attack commander wants beside it
• 8× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
• 10× Creatures you are happy to sacrifice — a free sac outlet on the commander is worthless with nothing to feed it
• 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 1× Answer a whole board at once
• 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves

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