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Kellan, Inquisitive Prodigy // Tail the Suspect

Legendary Creature — Human Faerie Detective // Sorcery — Adventure · {2}{G}{U} // {G}{U} · Green/Blue commander

Flying, vigilance Whenever Kellan attacks, destroy up to one target artifact. If you controlled that permanent, draw a card. Investigate. You may play an additional land this turn. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)

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What Kellan, Inquisitive Prodigy // Tail the Suspect 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 Kellan attacks, destroy up to one target artifact. If you controlled that permanent, draw a card.
• Keyword · flyingflying
• Keyword · vigilancevigilance
• AbilityInvestigate. You may play an additional land this turn.

What a Kellan, Inquisitive Prodigy // Tail the Suspect deck needs

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

• evasion and protection for the commander (each attack destroys an artifact)
• Clue and artifact payoffs (the adventure investigates)

The Kellan, Inquisitive Prodigy // Tail the Suspect deck plan

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

• 6× Put a land onto the battlefield — for a landfall commander this triggers where a normal land drop does not
• 10× Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
• 7× 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

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