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Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin

Legendary Creature — Goblin · {2}{R} · Red commander

Whenever Krenko attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on it, then create a number of 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens equal to Krenko's power.

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What Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin 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 Krenko attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on it, then create a number of 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens equal to Krenko's power.

What a Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin deck needs

Plays as commander attack — goblin tokens. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.

• haste, evasion and protection for Krenko (his attack makes the Goblins)
• +1/+1 counters on Krenko (more Goblins each attack)
• goblin and token payoffs

The Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin deck plan

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

• 4× Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
• 8× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
• 12× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
• 6× Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
• 5× A team pump that actually pumps tokens
• 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 1× Answer a whole board at once
• 7× Refill your hand

Best cards for Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin

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.

Combos with Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin

Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin is a piece of, and how many decks list them.

• Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin + Najeela, The Blade-Blossom + Phyrexian Altar7 decks

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