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Kiora of Salt and Sand
Legendary Creature — Merfolk Noble · {1}{G}{U} · Green/Blue commander
Whenever you attack, if you've activated a loyalty ability this turn, untap target attacking creature. It can't be blocked this turn.
Planeswalkers you control have "[−8]: Create an 8/8 blue Leviathan creature token with hexproof."
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What Kiora of Salt and Sand 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 you attack, if you've activated a loyalty ability this turn, untap target attacking creature. It can't be blocked this turn.
- Activated abilityPlaneswalkers you control have "[−8]: Create an 8/8 blue Leviathan creature token with hexproof."
What a Kiora of Salt and Sand deck needs
Plays as superfriends. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- planeswalkers (activating one turns on its unblockable untap, and each can make an 8/8)
- attackers to untap and push through
The Kiora of Salt and Sand deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 22× A permanent of the exact NON-creature type the commander counts — artifacts for an artifact commander, enchantments for an enchantress
- 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
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Kiora of Salt and Sand
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 permanent of the exact NON-creature type the commander counts — artifacts for an artifact commander, enchantments for an enchantress
- Narset, Parter of Veils3 mana
- Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar1 mana
- Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner3 mana
- Oko, Thief of Crowns3 mana
- Tezzeret, Cruel Captain3 mana
- Wrenn and Realmbreaker3 mana
- Jace Reawakened2 mana
- Jace, Vryn's Prodigy // Jace, Telepath Unbound2 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- Suspend1 mana
- Snap2 mana
- Into the Flood Maw1 mana
- Unsummon1 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
- Nature's Rhythm2 mana
- Neoform2 mana
- Worldly Tutor1 mana
- Reshape2 mana
- March of Burgeoning Life1 mana
- Mask of the Mimic1 mana
- Long-Term Plans3 mana
Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- Mindbreak Trap4 mana
- Fierce Guardianship3 mana
- Force of Negation3 mana
- Force of Will5 mana
- Flare of Denial3 mana
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- An Offer You Can't Refuse1 mana
- Arcane Denial2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Desynchronization4 mana
- Wave Goodbye4 mana
- Whelming Wave4 mana
- Consuming Tide4 mana
- Oversimplify5 mana
- Selective Obliteration5 mana
- Needle Storm3 mana
- Evacuation5 mana
Refill your hand
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Sylvan Library2 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Rhystic Study3 mana
- Faerie Mastermind2 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Guardian Augmenter3 mana
- Saryth, the Viper's Fang4 mana
- Lost in the Maze2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Asceticism5 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Incubation Druid2 mana
- Simic Signet2 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Ilysian Caryatid2 mana
- Heritage Druid1 mana
- Llanowar Tribe3 mana