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Kambal, Consul of Allocation
Legendary Creature — Human Advisor · {1}{W}{B} · Black/White commander
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, that player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
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What Kambal, Consul of Allocation 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 an opponent casts a noncreature spell, that player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
What a Kambal, Consul of Allocation deck wants
The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.
- 14× Punishes the opponents' own actions — casting, drawing, searching, attacking cost them
- 12× A tax, lock or hoser aimed at the opponents — the deck's parity break
- 15× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 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 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
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.
Punishes the opponents' own actions — casting, drawing, searching, attacking cost them
- Archivist of Oghma2 mana
- Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff2 mana
- Kederekt Parasite1 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
- Boromir, Warden of the Tower3 mana
- Scrawling Crawler3 mana
- Tataru Taru2 mana
- Sheoldred, the Apocalypse4 mana
A tax, lock or hoser aimed at the opponents — the deck's parity break
- Grand Abolisher2 mana
- Authority of the Consuls1 mana
- Shadowspear1 mana
- Ghostly Prison3 mana
- Arcane Lighthouse0 mana
- Blind Obedience2 mana
- Drannith Magistrate2 mana
- Voice of Victory2 mana
Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- Dash Hopes2 mana
- Mana Tithe1 mana
- Rebuff the Wicked1 mana
- Dawn Charm2 mana
- Withering Boon2 mana
- Frontline Medic3 mana
- Lapse of Certainty3 mana
- Kozilek, the Great Distortion10 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- Defile1 mana
- Tragic Slip1 mana
- March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
- Infernal Grasp2 mana
- Flicker of Fate2 mana
- Fatal Push1 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Final Showdown1 mana
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Amalia Benavides Aguirre2 mana
- Do or Die2 mana
- Martyr's Cry2 mana
- Pest Control2 mana
- Force of Despair3 mana
- Split Up3 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Demonic Tutor2 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Vampiric Tutor1 mana
- Imperial Seal1 mana
- Insatiable Avarice1 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Grim Tutor3 mana
- Liliana Vess // Liliana Vess0 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
- Black Market Connections3 mana
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
- Morbid Opportunist3 mana
- Phyrexian Arena3 mana
- Archivist of Oghma2 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
- Bastion Protector3 mana
- Greater Auramancy2 mana
- Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
- Cryptothrall4 mana
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
- Coppercoat Vanguard2 mana
- General's Enforcer2 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