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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.

The Johan deck plan

The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards 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. Crashing Drawbridge2 mana
  2. Ozolith, the Shattered Spire2 mana
  3. Cleric Class1 mana
  4. Bontu's Monument3 mana
  5. Enduring Vitality3 mana
  6. Kami of Whispered Hopes3 mana
  7. Mirror Entity3 mana
  8. Oketra's Monument3 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. Beast Within3 mana
  6. Generous Gift3 mana
  7. Nature's Claim1 mana
  8. Erode1 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
  2. Nature's Rhythm2 mana
  3. Worldly Tutor1 mana
  4. March of Burgeoning Life1 mana
  5. Archdruid's Charm3 mana
  6. Chord of Calling3 mana
  7. Eldritch Evolution3 mana
  8. Eladamri's Call2 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Vanquish the Horde8 mana
  2. Wrath of God4 mana
  3. Blasphemous Act9 mana
  4. Chain Reaction4 mana
  5. Day of Judgment4 mana
  6. Street Spasm1 mana
  7. Shatter the Sky4 mana
  8. Split Up3 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Esper Sentinel1 mana
  2. Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
  3. Skullclamp1 mana
  4. Sylvan Library2 mana
  5. Garruk's Uprising3 mana
  6. Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
  7. Archivist of Oghma2 mana
  8. Beast Whisperer4 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
  2. Hexing Squelcher2 mana
  3. Bastion Protector3 mana
  4. Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
  5. Guardian Augmenter3 mana
  6. Saryth, the Viper's Fang4 mana
  7. Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
  8. Coppercoat Vanguard2 mana

Get ahead on mana

  1. Sol Ring1 mana
  2. Boros Signet2 mana
  3. Gruul Signet2 mana
  4. Incubation Druid2 mana
  5. Palladium Myr3 mana
  6. Worn Powerstone3 mana
  7. Ilysian Caryatid2 mana
  8. Selesnya Signet2 mana

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