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Kíli the Resourceful
Legendary Creature — Dwarf Scout · {1}{W} · White commander
Storied (If you control three or more artifacts, legendaries, and/or Sagas, you have an enduring story for the rest of the game.)
As long as you have an enduring story, you may pay {0} rather than pay the equip cost of the first equip ability you activate each turn.
Whenever another Dwarf or Equipment you control enters, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
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What Kíli the Resourceful 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 · etbWhenever another Dwarf or Equipment you control enters, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
What a Kíli the Resourceful deck wants
The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.
- 41× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- 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
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Kíli the Resourceful
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.
A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- Sram, Senior Edificer2 mana
- Lion Sash2 mana
- Tataru Taru2 mana
- Crystal Fragments // Summon: Alexander1 mana
- Bofur, Reliable Guardian // Concerted Care1 mana
- Crystal Fragments // Summon: Alexander1 mana
- Staunch Shieldmate1 mana
- Toolcraft Exemplar1 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
- Flicker of Fate2 mana
- Generous Gift3 mana
- Erode1 mana
- Getaway Glamer1 mana
- Unwanted Remake1 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Final Showdown1 mana
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Martyr's Cry2 mana
- Split Up3 mana
- Cathedral Membrane2 mana
- Citywide Bust3 mana
- Harsh Mercy3 mana
- Retribution of the Meek3 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Steelshaper's Gift1 mana
- Open the Armory2 mana
- Cloud, Midgar Mercenary2 mana
- Enlightened Tutor1 mana
- Stoneforge Mystic2 mana
- Templar Knight2 mana
- Idyllic Tutor3 mana
- Ranger-Captain of Eos3 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Archivist of Oghma2 mana
- Sram, Senior Edificer2 mana
- Smothering Tithe4 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Pip-Boy 30001 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
- Bastion Protector3 mana
- Greater Auramancy2 mana
- Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
- Cryptothrall4 mana
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Amber0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mox Opal0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Wayfarer's Bauble1 mana