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Kari Zev, Skyship Raider

Legendary Creature — Human Pirate · {1}{R} · Red commander

First strike, menace Whenever Kari Zev attacks, create Ragavan, a legendary 2/1 red Monkey creature token. Ragavan enters tapped and attacking. Exile that token at end of combat.

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What Kari Zev, Skyship Raider 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 Kari Zev attacks, create Ragavan, a legendary 2/1 red Monkey creature token. Ragavan enters tapped and attacking. Exile that token at end of combat.
• Keyword · first strikefirst strike
• Keyword · menacemenace

What a Kari Zev, Skyship Raider deck needs

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

• token payoffs — anthems, sacrifice outlets and go-wide finishers (it makes tokens on repeat)
• haste, evasion and protection for the commander, and extra combats (its own attack is the engine)

The Kari Zev, Skyship Raider deck plan

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

• 8× Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
• 6× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
• 14× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
• 6× A team pump that actually pumps tokens
• 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 1× Answer a whole board at once
• 7× Refill your hand
• 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

Best cards for Kari Zev, Skyship Raider

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.

Combos with Kari Zev, Skyship Raider

Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Kari Zev, Skyship Raider is a piece of, and how many decks list them.

• Kari Zev, Skyship Raider + éomer, Marshal Of Rohan + Helm Of The Host + Goblin Bombardment32 decks
• Kari Zev, Skyship Raider + éomer, Marshal Of Rohan + Helm Of The Host + Ashnod's Altar24 decks
• Kari Zev, Skyship Raider + éomer, Marshal Of Rohan + Helm Of The Host + Phyrexian Altar14 decks
• Kari Zev, Skyship Raider + éomer, Marshal Of Rohan + Helm Of The Host + Altar Of Dementia6 decks
• Kari Zev, Skyship Raider + éomer, Marshal Of Rohan + Nim Deathmantle + Ashnod's Altar1 decks
• Kari Zev, Skyship Raider + éomer, Marshal Of Rohan + Helm Of The Host + Thermopod

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