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Kraum, Ludevic's Opus

Legendary Creature — Zombie Horror · {3}{U}{R} · Red/Blue commander

Flying, haste Whenever an opponent casts their second spell each turn, draw a card. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

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What Kraum, Ludevic's Opus 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 · cast_spellWhenever an opponent casts their second spell each turn, draw a card.
• Keyword · flyingflying
• Keyword · hastehaste
• Keyword · partnerpartner

What a Kraum, Ludevic's Opus deck needs

Plays as opponents' casts. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.

• a partner commander
• evasion for a hasty flier

The Kraum, Ludevic's Opus deck plan

The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.

• 9× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 4× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
• 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
• 14× A permanent that does something every turn it is on the battlefield — the deck's body, for a commander whose text asks for nothing specific

Best cards for Kraum, Ludevic's Opus

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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