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Kang the Conqueror

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

Flying Power-up — {5}{U}{U}{U}: Put a +1/+1 counter on Kang. Take an extra turn after this one. During that turn, power-up abilities can't be activated. (Activate each power-up ability only once. Reduce the cost by his mana cost if he entered this turn.)

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What Kang the Conqueror 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{5}{U}{U}{U}: Put a +1/+1 counter on Kang. Take an extra turn after this one. During that turn, power-up abilities can't be activated.
• Keyword · flyingflying
• Keyword · power-uppower-up

What a Kang the Conqueror deck needs

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

• counter doublers and proliferate (it grows only itself with +1/+1 counters)
• mana rocks and dorks beyond the curve (its ability turns spare mana into value)

The Kang the Conqueror deck plan

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

• 20× Mana from a NONLAND permanent — a commander that doubles nonland mana gets nothing from lands
• 12× Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
• 7× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 3× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
• 2× Answer a whole board at once
• 8× Refill your hand
• 3× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 11× Get ahead on mana

Best cards for Kang the Conqueror

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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