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Kyler, Sigardian Emissary
Legendary Creature — Human Cleric · {3}{G}{W} · Green/White commander
Whenever another Human you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on Kyler.
Other Humans you control get +1/+1 for each counter on Kyler.
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What Kyler, Sigardian Emissary 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 · etbWhenever another Human you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on Kyler.
- Static ability · lordOther Humans you control get +1/+1 for each counter on Kyler.
What a Kyler, Sigardian Emissary deck needs
Plays as human typal. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- counter doublers and proliferate (it grows only itself with +1/+1 counters)
- human creatures (its text counts them)
The Kyler, Sigardian Emissary deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 31× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- 10× 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
- 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 Kyler, Sigardian Emissary
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
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Avacyn's Pilgrim1 mana
- Mother of Runes1 mana
- Serra Ascendant1 mana
- Soul Warden1 mana
- Soul's Attendant1 mana
- Sylvan Safekeeper1 mana
- Grand Abolisher2 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
- Conclave Mentor2 mana
- Kami of Whispered Hopes3 mana
- Benevolent Hydra2 mana
- Michelangelo, Weirdness to 112 mana
- Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion3 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
- Beast Within3 mana
- Generous Gift3 mana
- Nature's Claim1 mana
- Erode1 mana
- Unwanted Remake1 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
- Nature's Rhythm2 mana
- Celestial Reunion1 mana
- Worldly Tutor1 mana
- March of Burgeoning Life1 mana
- Archdruid's Charm3 mana
- Chord of Calling3 mana
- Eldritch Evolution3 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Wrath of God4 mana
- Day of Judgment4 mana
- Shatter the Sky4 mana
- Split Up3 mana
- Winds of Abandon2 mana
- Depopulate4 mana
- No Witnesses4 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Sylvan Library2 mana
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Herald's Horn3 mana
- Archivist of Oghma2 mana
- Beast Whisperer4 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
- Bastion Protector3 mana
- Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
- Guardian Augmenter3 mana
- Saryth, the Viper's Fang4 mana
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
- Coppercoat Vanguard2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Incubation Druid2 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Ilysian Caryatid2 mana
- Selesnya Signet2 mana
- Heritage Druid1 mana
- Llanowar Tribe3 mana
Combos with Kyler, Sigardian Emissary
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Kyler, Sigardian Emissary is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Kyler, Sigardian Emissary + Presence Of Gond + Devoted Druid + Maskwood Nexus7 decks
- Kyler, Sigardian Emissary + Presence Of Gond + Barrenton Medic + Maskwood Nexus1 decks