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Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient
Legendary Creature — Ogre Spirit · {2}{R}{R} · Red commander
What Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient 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 · otherWhenever you activate an ability of an artifact, if it isn't a mana ability, you may pay {R}. If you do, copy that ability. You may choose new targets for the copy.
What a Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient deck needs
Plays as copy engine. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- artifacts with activated abilities (it copies each non-mana activation for {R})
The Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 32× A creature with an activated ability worth copying or borrowing
- 7× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 3× Answer a whole board at once
- 9× Refill your hand
- 4× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
- 20× A permanent of the exact NON-creature type the commander counts — artifacts for an artifact commander, enchantments for an enchantress
Best cards for Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient
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 creature with an activated ability worth copying or borrowing
- Ornithopter of Paradise2 mana
- Hangarback Walker0 mana
- Crashing Drawbridge2 mana
- Steel Overseer2 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Goblin Engineer2 mana
- Iron Myr2 mana
- Millikin2 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Crush1 mana
- Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
- Titan's Presence3 mana
- Abrade2 mana
- Untimely Malfunction2 mana
- Chaos Warp3 mana
- Kozilek's Command2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Imperial Recruiter3 mana
- Shield-Wall Sentinel4 mana
- Skyship Weatherlight4 mana
- Moonsilver Key2 mana
- Pattern Matcher4 mana
- Gamble1 mana
- Hoarding Dragon5 mana
- Shrine Steward5 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Chain Reaction4 mana
- Street Spasm1 mana
- Selective Obliteration5 mana
- Mizzium Mortars2 mana
- Delete2 mana
- Earthquake1 mana
- Apocalypse5 mana
Refill your hand
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Sticky Fingers1 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
- Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty3 mana
- Adaptive Omnitool2 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- The Walls of Ba Sing Se8 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
- Wayfarer's Bauble1 mana
Combos with Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient + Gilded Lotus + Voltaic Key519 decks
- Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient + Magistrate's Scepter + Voltaic Key220 decks
- Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient + Basalt Monolith + Mycosynth Lattice173 decks
- Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient + Chromatic Orrery + Voltaic Key153 decks
- Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient + Coveted Jewel + Voltaic Key146 decks
- Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient + Basalt Monolith + Chromatic Orrery124 decks
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