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Kang, Temporal Tyrant

Legendary Creature — Human Villain · {2}{U}{B} · Black/Blue commander

Whenever Kang attacks, he connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.) Whenever you draw your second card each turn, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

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What Kang, Temporal Tyrant 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 · attackWhenever Kang attacks, he connives.
• Triggered ability · otherWhenever you draw your second card each turn, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

What a Kang, Temporal Tyrant deck needs

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

• cantrips and one extra draw every turn (its trigger fires on your second card each turn)
• drain and life-loss payoffs (the damage is not combat damage)
• haste, evasion and protection for the commander, and extra combats (its own attack is the engine)

The Kang, Temporal Tyrant deck plan

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

• 12× Life loss that is not combat damage — each opponent loses life, repeatably
• 7× Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
• 5× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
• 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 Kang, Temporal Tyrant

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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