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K-9, Mark I

Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot Dog · {U} · Blue commander

Negative — As long as K-9 is untapped, other legendary creatures you control have ward {1}. Affirmative — {1}{U}, {T}: Target legendary creature can't be blocked this turn. Doctor's companion (You can have two commanders if the other is the Doctor.)

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What K-9, Mark I actually does

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

• Activated ability{1}{U}, {T}: Target legendary creature can't be blocked this turn.
• Static ability · keyword_grantAs long as K-9 is untapped, other legendary creatures you control have ward {1}.
• Keyword · negativenegative
• Keyword · affirmativeaffirmative

What a K-9, Mark I deck needs

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

• legendary creatures (they have ward {1} while it is untapped, and its tap makes one unblockable)
• a big legendary attacker with combat-damage payoffs to make unblockable
• haste and untap effects that reach the commander (a tap ability is unusable the turn it lands)

The K-9, Mark I deck plan

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

• 11× Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
• 16× 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
• 8× Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot
• 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 K-9, Mark I

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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