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Kirol, Attentive First-Year
Legendary Creature — Vampire Cleric · {1}{R/W}{R/W} · Red/White commander
Tap two untapped creatures you control: Copy target triggered ability you control. You may choose new targets for the copy. Activate only once each turn.
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What Kirol, Attentive First-Year actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Activated abilityTap two untapped creatures you control: Copy target triggered ability you control. You may choose new targets for the copy. Activate only once each turn.
What a Kirol, Attentive First-Year deck needs
Plays as copy engine. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- creatures with strong triggered abilities (it copies one each turn)
- creatures to tap for its cost
The Kirol, Attentive First-Year deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 24× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- 9× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 3× Answer a whole board at once
- 12× Refill your hand
- 5× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Kirol, Attentive First-Year
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 whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- Knight of the White Orchid2 mana
- Spirited Companion2 mana
- Solemn Simulacrum4 mana
- Dualcaster Mage3 mana
- Imperial Recruiter3 mana
- Loran of the Third Path3 mana
- Ranger-Captain of Eos3 mana
- Dire Fleet Daredevil2 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
- Generous Gift3 mana
- Erode1 mana
- Unwanted Remake1 mana
- Angelic Ascension2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Open the Armory2 mana
- Enlightened Tutor1 mana
- Kellan, the Fae-Blooded // Birthright Boon3 mana
- Templar Knight2 mana
- Idyllic Tutor3 mana
- Imperial Recruiter3 mana
- Ranger-Captain of Eos3 mana
- Loyal Tutor1 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Wrath of God4 mana
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Chain Reaction4 mana
- Day of Judgment4 mana
- Street Spasm1 mana
- Shatter the Sky4 mana
- Split Up3 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
- Archivist of Oghma2 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Sticky Fingers1 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Bastion Protector3 mana
- Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Chaplain of Alms // Chapel Shieldgeist1 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Boros Signet2 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
Combos with Kirol, Attentive First-Year
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Kirol, Attentive First-Year is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Kirol, Attentive First-Year + Helm Of The Host + Mondrak, Glory Dominus250 decks
- Kirol, Attentive First-Year + Helm Of The Host + Anointed Procession225 decks
- Kirol, Attentive First-Year + Helm Of The Host + Elspeth, Storm Slayer202 decks
- Kirol, Attentive First-Year + Helm Of The Host + Exalted Sunborn177 decks
- Kirol, Attentive First-Year + Brago, King Eternal177 decks
- Kirol, Attentive First-Year + Helm Of The Host + Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation166 decks