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Johan

Johan

Legendary Creature — Human Wizard · {3}{R}{G}{W} · Green/Red/White commander

At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may have Johan gain "Johan can't attack" until end of combat. If you do, attacking doesn't cause creatures you control to tap this combat if Johan is untapped.
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What Johan actually does

Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.

What a Johan deck wants

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

Best cards for Johan

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.

A permanent that does something every turn it is on the battlefield — the deck's body, for a commander whose text asks for nothing specific

  1. Mosswort Bridge0 mana
  2. Mox Diamond0 mana
  3. Chromatic Lantern3 mana
  4. Arcane Lighthouse0 mana
  5. Castle Embereth0 mana
  6. Eye of Ugin0 mana
  7. Crashing Drawbridge2 mana
  8. Cryptolith Rite2 mana

Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it

  1. Path to Exile1 mana
  2. Swords to Plowshares1 mana
  3. Wild Magic Surge2 mana
  4. March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
  5. Flicker of Fate2 mana
  6. Beast Within3 mana
  7. Generous Gift3 mana
  8. Nature's Claim1 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Final Showdown1 mana
  2. Vanquish the Horde8 mana
  3. Martyr's Cry2 mana
  4. Split Up3 mana
  5. Blasphemous Act9 mana
  6. Cathedral Membrane2 mana
  7. Citywide Bust3 mana
  8. Harsh Mercy3 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
  2. Nature's Rhythm2 mana
  3. Celestial Reunion1 mana
  4. Worldly Tutor1 mana
  5. March of Burgeoning Life1 mana
  6. Archdruid's Charm3 mana
  7. Chord of Calling3 mana
  8. Eldritch Evolution3 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Esper Sentinel1 mana
  2. Skullclamp1 mana
  3. Garruk's Uprising3 mana
  4. Archivist of Oghma2 mana
  5. Beast Whisperer4 mana
  6. Smothering Tithe4 mana
  7. The One Ring4 mana
  8. Pip-Boy 30001 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
  2. Hexing Squelcher2 mana
  3. Innkeeper's Talent2 mana
  4. Bastion Protector3 mana
  5. Greater Auramancy2 mana
  6. Sterling Grove2 mana
  7. Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
  8. Guardian Augmenter3 mana

Get ahead on mana

  1. Chrome Mox0 mana
  2. Everflowing Chalice0 mana
  3. Mox Amber0 mana
  4. Mox Diamond0 mana
  5. Mox Opal0 mana
  6. Birds of Paradise1 mana
  7. Crop Rotation1 mana
  8. Delighted Halfling1 mana

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