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Jolene, Plundering Pugilist

Jolene, Plundering Pugilist

Legendary Creature — Human Mercenary · {1}{R}{G} · Green/Red commander

Whenever you attack with one or more creatures with power 4 or greater, create a Treasure token. {1}{R}, Sacrifice a Treasure: Jolene deals 1 damage to any target.
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What Jolene, Plundering Pugilist actually does

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What a Jolene, Plundering Pugilist deck needs

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

The Jolene, Plundering Pugilist deck plan

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

Best cards for Jolene, Plundering Pugilist

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 creature at or above the commander's power floor — its text only counts them (dossier vet 2026-09-26: Bugenhagen, Gwenna, Ruby)

  1. Impervious Greatwurm10 mana
  2. Ancient Stone Idol10 mana
  3. Ghalta, Primal Hunger12 mana
  4. Emrakul, the Promised End13 mana
  5. Baloth Prime4 mana
  6. Worldspine Wurm11 mana
  7. Quakestrider Ceratops6 mana
  8. Hierophant Bio-Titan12 mana

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

  1. Wild Magic Surge2 mana
  2. Beast Within3 mana
  3. Nature's Claim1 mana
  4. Crush1 mana
  5. Emerald Charm1 mana
  6. Naturalize2 mana
  7. Origin of Metalbending2 mana
  8. Natural State1 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. Summoner's Pact0 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Blasphemous Act9 mana
  2. Chain Reaction4 mana
  3. Street Spasm1 mana
  4. Selective Obliteration5 mana
  5. Mizzium Mortars2 mana
  6. Delete2 mana
  7. Earthquake1 mana
  8. Needle Storm3 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
  2. Skullclamp1 mana
  3. Sylvan Library2 mana
  4. Garruk's Uprising3 mana
  5. Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
  6. Beast Whisperer4 mana
  7. The One Ring4 mana
  8. Sticky Fingers1 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Hexing Squelcher2 mana
  2. Guardian Augmenter3 mana
  3. Saryth, the Viper's Fang4 mana
  4. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  5. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  6. Asceticism5 mana
  7. Eldrazi Monument5 mana
  8. Commander's Plate1 mana

Get ahead on mana

  1. Sol Ring1 mana
  2. Gruul Signet2 mana
  3. Incubation Druid2 mana
  4. Palladium Myr3 mana
  5. Worn Powerstone3 mana
  6. Ilysian Caryatid2 mana
  7. Heritage Druid1 mana
  8. Llanowar Tribe3 mana

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