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Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas
Legendary Creature — Giant Soldier · {2}{R}{W} · Red/White commander
Double strike, vigilance
Whenever you cast a creature spell with mana value 5 or greater, you get an experience counter.
Kalemne gets +1/+1 for each experience counter you have.
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What Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas 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 creature spell with mana value 5 or greater, you get an experience counter.
- Keyword · vigilancevigilance
- Keyword · double strikedouble strike
What a Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas deck wants
The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.
- 18× A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
- 23× 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
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas
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 that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
- Okaun, Eye of Chaos // Okaun, Eye of Chaos0 mana
- Twinferno2 mana
- Fireshrieker3 mana
- Two-Handed Axe // Sweeping Cleave3 mana
- Blacksmith's Talent1 mana
- Lightning, Army of One3 mana
- Solphim, Mayhem Dominus4 mana
- Gavel of the Righteous2 mana
A card that is CAST to trigger the commander — reanimating or blinking it does not count
- Ornithopter0 mana
- Walking Ballista0 mana
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Hangarback Walker0 mana
- Memnite0 mana
- Phyrexian Walker0 mana
- Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh0 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
- Flicker of Fate2 mana
- Generous Gift3 mana
- Erode1 mana
- Getaway Glamer1 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Final Showdown1 mana
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Martyr's Cry2 mana
- Split Up3 mana
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Cathedral Membrane2 mana
- Citywide Bust3 mana
- Harsh Mercy3 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Open the Armory2 mana
- Enlightened Tutor1 mana
- Goblin Recruiter2 mana
- Templar Knight2 mana
- Idyllic Tutor3 mana
- Imperial Recruiter3 mana
- Dragon's Approach3 mana
- Ranger-Captain of Eos3 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Archivist of Oghma2 mana
- Smothering Tithe4 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Pip-Boy 30001 mana
- Sticky Fingers1 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Bastion Protector3 mana
- Greater Auramancy2 mana
- Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
- Cryptothrall4 mana
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Amber0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mox Opal0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Wayfarer's Bauble1 mana