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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.
• AbilityI, II — Mesmerize — Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
• AbilityIII — Cold Snap — Tap all lands your opponents control. Exile Shiva, then return it to the battlefield .

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

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

• blink and recursion aimed at the commander itself (its value is its own enter trigger)
• haste and untap effects that reach the commander (a tap ability is unusable the turn it lands)

The Jill, Shiva's Dominant // Shiva, Warden of Ice deck plan

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

• 11× Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
• 9× Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
• 8× Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot
• 11× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
• 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

Best cards for Jill, Shiva's Dominant // Shiva, Warden of Ice

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.

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