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Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur

Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor · {8}{U}{U} · Blue commander

Flash At the beginning of your end step, draw seven cards. Each opponent's maximum hand size is reduced by seven.

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What Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur 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 · end_stepAt the beginning of your end step, draw seven cards.
• Static ability · taxEach opponent's maximum hand size is reduced by seven.
• Keyword · flashflash

What a Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur deck needs

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

• protection and counterspells to keep him alive through a turn cycle (seven cards at your end step)
• no-maximum-hand-size effects and mana sinks to spend the cards
• wheels and forced draw (the hand-size tax makes opponents discard down to nothing)

The Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur deck plan

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

• 6× A tax, lock or hoser aimed at the opponents — the deck's parity break
• 7× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 8× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
• 2× Answer a whole board at once
• 4× Refill your hand
• 8× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 11× Get ahead on mana
• 8× Mana from a NONLAND permanent — a commander that doubles nonland mana gets nothing from lands

Best cards for Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur

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