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Killian, Ink Duelist
Legendary Creature — Human Warlock · {W}{B} · Black/White commander
What Killian, Ink Duelist actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Static ability · cost_reductionSpells you cast that target a creature cost {2} less to cast.
- Keyword · lifelinklifelink
- Keyword · menacemenace
What a Killian, Ink Duelist deck needs
Plays as auras. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- auras (each one targets a creature and costs {2} less)
- targeted pump, protection and removal spells (each costs {2} less)
The Killian, Ink Duelist deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 20× Equipment and Auras — the things a suit-up commander's trigger and plan are actually made of
- 8× 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
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Killian, Ink Duelist
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.
Equipment and Auras — the things a suit-up commander's trigger and plan are actually made of
- Basilisk Collar1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Sword of the Animist2 mana
- Shadowspear1 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
- Paradise Mantle0 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- Defile1 mana
- Tragic Slip1 mana
- March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
- Infernal Grasp2 mana
- Fatal Push1 mana
- Bitter Triumph2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Demonic Tutor2 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Vampiric Tutor1 mana
- Imperial Seal1 mana
- Demonic Consultation1 mana
- Grim Tutor3 mana
- Tainted Pact2 mana
- Scheming Symmetry1 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Damn2 mana
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Toxic Deluge3 mana
- Damnation4 mana
- Wrath of God4 mana
- Day of Judgment4 mana
- Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
- Kaya's Wrath4 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Black Market Connections3 mana
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
- Morbid Opportunist3 mana
- Phyrexian Arena3 mana
- Archivist of Oghma2 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
- Bastion Protector3 mana
- Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
- Coppercoat Vanguard2 mana
- General's Enforcer2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Orzhov Signet2 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
Combos with Killian, Ink Duelist
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Killian, Ink Duelist is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Killian, Ink Duelist + Fallen Ideal + Monastery Mentor + Pitiless Plunderer5 decks
- Killian, Ink Duelist + Ghostly Flicker + Archaeomancer5 decks
- Killian, Ink Duelist + Enduring Renewal + Phyrexian Altar + Cubwarden1 decks
- Killian, Ink Duelist + Ghostly Flicker + Salvager Of Secrets
- Killian, Ink Duelist + Ghostly Flicker + Mnemonic Wall
- Killian, Ink Duelist + Ghostly Flicker + Scholar Of The Ages
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