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Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca
Legendary Creature — Merfolk Shaman · {1}{G}{U} · Green/Blue commander
What Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Activated abilityTap another untapped Merfolk you control: Kumena can't be blocked this turn.
- Activated abilityTap three untapped Merfolk you control: Draw a card.
- Activated abilityTap five untapped Merfolk you control: Put a +1/+1 counter on each Merfolk you control.
What a Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca deck needs
Plays as merfolk typal. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- creatures with combat-damage triggers and big single attackers (it makes one unblockable or evasive on demand)
- +1/+1 counter producers and payoffs (its text places or reads +1/+1 counters)
- pump, equipment and protection for the commander (it connects on its own — turn the hits into kills)
- merfolk creatures (its text counts them)
The Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca 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
- 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
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca
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.
A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- Mist-Cloaked Herald1 mana
- Triton Shorestalker1 mana
- Thassa's Oracle2 mana
- Kiora's Follower2 mana
- Thieving Skydiver2 mana
- Thrasios, Triton Hero2 mana
- Benthic Biomancer1 mana
- Emry, Lurker of the Loch3 mana
Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
- Branching Evolution3 mana
- Hardened Scales1 mana
- Ozolith, the Shattered Spire2 mana
- Kami of Whispered Hopes3 mana
- Benevolent Hydra2 mana
- Michelangelo, Weirdness to 112 mana
- The Earth Crystal4 mana
- High Score3 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- Beast Within3 mana
- Nature's Claim1 mana
- Emerald Charm1 mana
- Naturalize2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
- Nature's Rhythm2 mana
- Neoform2 mana
- Celestial Reunion1 mana
- Worldly Tutor1 mana
- Reshape2 mana
- March of Burgeoning Life1 mana
- Mask of the Mimic1 mana
Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- Mindbreak Trap4 mana
- Fierce Guardianship3 mana
- Force of Negation3 mana
- Force of Will5 mana
- Flare of Denial3 mana
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- An Offer You Can't Refuse1 mana
- Arcane Denial2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Desynchronization4 mana
- Wave Goodbye4 mana
- Whelming Wave4 mana
- Consuming Tide4 mana
- Oversimplify5 mana
- Selective Obliteration5 mana
- Needle Storm3 mana
- Evacuation5 mana
Refill your hand
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Sylvan Library2 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Herald's Horn3 mana
- Rhystic Study3 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Innkeeper's Talent2 mana
- Guardian Augmenter3 mana
- Saryth, the Viper's Fang4 mana
- Lost in the Maze2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Asceticism5 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Incubation Druid2 mana
- Simic Signet2 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Ilysian Caryatid2 mana
- Heritage Druid1 mana
- Llanowar Tribe3 mana
Combos with Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca + Deeproot Pilgrimage + Intruder Alarm4,406 decks
- Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca + Deeproot Pilgrimage + Faces Of The Past + Phyrexian Altar6 decks
- Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca + Deeproot Pilgrimage + Faces Of The Past + Altar Of Dementia3 decks
- Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca + Deeproot Pilgrimage + Faces Of The Past + Ashnod's Altar2 decks
- Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca + Deeproot Pilgrimage + Faces Of The Past + Blasting Station1 decks
- Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca + The Locust God + Intruder Alarm
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