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Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis

Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor // Enchantment — Saga · {3}{U}{U} · Blue commander

Ward {2} Whenever you cast a noncreature spell with mana value 3 or greater, draw a card. {3}{U}: Exile Jin-Gitaxias, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery and only if you have seven or more cards in hand. (As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.) I — Draw cards equal to the number of cards in your hand. You have no maximum hand size for as long as you control this Saga. II — Return all non-Phyrexian creatures to their owners' hands. III — You may cast any number of spells from your hand without paying their mana costs. Exile this Saga, then return it to the battlefield (front face up).

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What Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis 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 · cast_spellWhenever you cast a noncreature spell with mana value 3 or greater, draw a card.
• Activated ability{3}{U}: Exile Jin-Gitaxias, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery and only if you have seven or more cards in hand.
• Keyword · wardward
• AbilityI — Draw cards equal to the number of cards in your hand. You have no maximum hand size for as long as you control this Saga.
• AbilityII — Return all non-Phyrexian creatures to their owners' hands.
• AbilityIII — You may cast any number of spells from your hand without paying their mana costs. Exile this Saga, then return it to the battlefield .

What a Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis deck needs

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

• big spells worth casting free (it casts them without paying their mana cost)
• noncreature spells (its trigger fires on each one you cast)
• noncreature spells with mana value 3 or greater (only those trigger it)

The Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis deck plan

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

• 13× Mana value at or above the floor — for a cascade commander a cheap card is a DEFECT, not a bargain
• 5× Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch
• 21× A card that is CAST to trigger the commander — reanimating or blinking it does not count
• 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
• 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

Best cards for Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis

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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