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Kogla, the Titan Ape

Kogla, the Titan Ape

Legendary Creature — Ape · {3}{G}{G}{G} · Green commander

When Kogla enters, it fights up to one target creature you don't control. Whenever Kogla attacks, destroy target artifact or enchantment defending player controls. {1}{G}: Return target Human you control to its owner's hand. Kogla gains indestructible until end of turn.
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What Kogla, the Titan Ape actually does

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What a Kogla, the Titan Ape deck wants

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Best cards for Kogla, the Titan Ape

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Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch

  1. Garruk's Uprising3 mana
  2. Secret Tunnel0 mana
  3. Kodama of the West Tree3 mana
  4. Herd Heirloom2 mana
  5. Overprotect2 mana
  6. Ram Through2 mana
  7. Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma4 mana
  8. Ezuri, Renegade Leader3 mana

Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses

  1. Eternal Acrobat Toast0 mana
  2. Conjurer's Closet5 mana
  3. Eldrazi Confluence4 mana

A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one

  1. Ulvenwald Tracker1 mana
  2. Voracious Hydra2 mana
  3. Ayula, Queen Among Bears2 mana
  4. Kraul Harpooner2 mana
  5. Cherished Hatchling2 mana
  6. Golden Guardian // Gold-Forge Garrison4 mana
  7. Atzocan Archer3 mana
  8. Apex Altisaur9 mana

Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide

  1. Hornet Nest3 mana
  2. Esika's Chariot4 mana
  3. Trendy Circus Pirate0 mana
  4. Myr Battlesphere7 mana
  5. Broodhatch Nantuko2 mana
  6. Tervigon2 mana
  7. Andúril, Flame of the West3 mana
  8. Scepter of Celebration3 mana

A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality

  1. Sylvan Safekeeper1 mana
  2. Ulvenwald Tracker1 mana
  3. Destiny Spinner2 mana
  4. Eternal Witness3 mana
  5. Biophagus2 mana
  6. Fynn, the Fangbearer2 mana
  7. Hermit Druid2 mana
  8. Jolrael, Mwonvuli Recluse2 mana

A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses

  1. Chrome Mox0 mana
  2. Cabaretti Courtyard0 mana
  3. Lotus Field0 mana
  4. Riveteers Overlook0 mana
  5. Talon Gates of Madara0 mana
  6. Gilded Goose1 mana
  7. Eternal Witness3 mana
  8. Garruk's Uprising3 mana

Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it

  1. Beast Within3 mana
  2. Nature's Claim1 mana
  3. Emerald Charm1 mana
  4. Shrink1 mana
  5. Naturalize2 mana
  6. Origin of Metalbending2 mana
  7. Natural State1 mana
  8. Umezawa's Jitte2 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Simplify1 mana
  2. Aligned Hedron Network4 mana
  3. Coercive Portal4 mana
  4. Needle Storm3 mana
  5. Whirlwind4 mana
  6. Hurricane1 mana
  7. Worldslayer5 mana
  8. Corrosive Gale1 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
  2. Nature's Rhythm2 mana
  3. Celestial Reunion1 mana
  4. Worldly Tutor1 mana
  5. March of Burgeoning Life1 mana
  6. Archdruid's Charm3 mana
  7. Chord of Calling3 mana
  8. Eldritch Evolution3 mana

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