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Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied

Legendary Creature — Human Mutant Wizard // Legendary Creature — Avatar Wizard · {2}{B}{R} · Black/Red commander

At the beginning of your end step, create a tapped 0/1 black Wizard creature token with "Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this token deals 1 damage to each opponent." Then if you control four or more Wizards, transform Kuja. Flare Star — If a Wizard you control would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals double that damage instead.

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What Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied 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 · end_stepAt the beginning of your end step, create a tapped 0/1 black Wizard creature token with "Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this token deals 1 damage to each opponent." Then if you control four or
• Replacement effect · damage_doublerIf a Wizard you control would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals double that damage instead.

What a Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied deck needs

Plays as wizard typal. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.

• wizard creatures (four Wizards transform it; every Wizard deals double damage)
• noncreature spells (each Wizard token pings every opponent per spell)
• many small, repeatable damage sources (Wizards deal double)

The Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied deck plan

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

• 26× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
• 16× A repeatable source of damage — a commander that adds to each damage event wants many small events, not one big one
• 6× A card that is CAST to trigger the commander — reanimating or blinking it does not count
• 4× 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
• 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

Best cards for Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied

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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