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Korvold, Gleeful Glutton

Legendary Creature — Dragon Noble · {5}{B}{R}{G} · Black/Green/Red commander

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each card type among permanents you've sacrificed this turn. Flying, trample, haste Whenever Korvold deals combat damage to a player, put X +1/+1 counters on Korvold and draw X cards, where X is the number of permanent types among cards in your graveyard.

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What Korvold, Gleeful Glutton 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 · deals_damageWhenever Korvold deals combat damage to a player, put X +1/+1 counters on Korvold and draw X cards, where X is the number of permanent types among cards in your graveyard.
• Static ability · cost_reductionThis spell costs {1} less to cast for each card type among permanents you've sacrificed this turn.
• Keyword · flyingflying
• Keyword · hastehaste
• Keyword · trampletrample

What a Korvold, Gleeful Glutton deck wants

The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.

• 6× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
• 16× A cheap spell of any kind — casts per turn are the engine for an unrestricted cast trigger
• 6× Put your own cards into your graveyard as a resource
• 14× Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
• 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

Best cards for Korvold, Gleeful Glutton

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.

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