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Karvanista, Loyal Lupari // Lupari Shield
Legendary Creature — Alien Dog Soldier // Sorcery — Adventure · {4}{G} // {1}{G} · Green commander
Vigilance, trample, haste
Whenever Karvanista attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on each Human you control.
Humans you control gain indestructible until your next turn. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)
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What Karvanista, Loyal Lupari // Lupari Shield 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 Karvanista attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on each Human you control.
- Keyword · vigilancevigilance
- Keyword · hastehaste
- Keyword · trampletrample
What a Karvanista, Loyal Lupari // Lupari Shield deck wants
The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.
- 4× Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch
- 10× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- 26× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- 14× Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
- 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
Best cards for Karvanista, Loyal Lupari // Lupari Shield
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.
Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Secret Tunnel0 mana
- Kodama of the West Tree3 mana
- Duskshell Crawler2 mana
- Herd Heirloom2 mana
- Overprotect2 mana
- Ram Through2 mana
- Sphere Grid2 mana
Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- Hornet Nest3 mana
- Esika's Chariot4 mana
- Trendy Circus Pirate0 mana
- Myr Battlesphere7 mana
- Broodhatch Nantuko2 mana
- Tervigon2 mana
- Andúril, Flame of the West3 mana
- Scepter of Celebration3 mana
A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- Sylvan Safekeeper1 mana
- Ulvenwald Tracker1 mana
- Destiny Spinner2 mana
- Eternal Witness3 mana
- Biophagus2 mana
- Fynn, the Fangbearer2 mana
- Hermit Druid2 mana
- Jolrael, Mwonvuli Recluse2 mana
Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
- Karn's Bastion0 mana
- Bristly Bill, Spine Sower2 mana
- Cankerbloom2 mana
- Thirsting Roots1 mana
- Evolution Sage3 mana
- Mossborn Hydra3 mana
- Contagion Clasp2 mana
- Fangs of Kalonia2 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Beast Within3 mana
- Nature's Claim1 mana
- Emerald Charm1 mana
- Shrink1 mana
- Naturalize2 mana
- Origin of Metalbending2 mana
- Natural State1 mana
- Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Simplify1 mana
- Aligned Hedron Network4 mana
- Coercive Portal4 mana
- Needle Storm3 mana
- Whirlwind4 mana
- Hurricane1 mana
- Worldslayer5 mana
- Corrosive Gale1 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
- Nature's Rhythm2 mana
- Celestial Reunion1 mana
- Worldly Tutor1 mana
- March of Burgeoning Life1 mana
- Archdruid's Charm3 mana
- Chord of Calling3 mana
- Eldritch Evolution3 mana
Refill your hand
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Beast Whisperer4 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Pip-Boy 30001 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
- Elemental Bond3 mana
- Selvala, Heart of the Wilds3 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Innkeeper's Talent2 mana
- Guardian Augmenter3 mana
- Cryptothrall4 mana
- Saryth, the Viper's Fang4 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Asceticism5 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana