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Lara Croft, Tomb Raider

Legendary Creature — Human Ranger · {G}{U}{R} · Green/Red/Blue commander

First strike, reach Whenever Lara Croft attacks, exile up to one target legendary artifact card or legendary land card from a graveyard and put a discovery counter on it. You may play a card from exile with a discovery counter on it this turn. Raid — At end of combat on your turn, if you attacked this turn, create a Treasure token.

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What Lara Croft, Tomb Raider 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 Lara Croft attacks, exile up to one target legendary artifact card or legendary land card from a graveyard and put a discovery counter on it. You may play a card from exile with a discovery c
• Triggered ability · otherAt end of combat on your turn, if you attacked this turn, create a Treasure token.
• Keyword · first strikefirst strike
• Keyword · reachreach

What a Lara Croft, Tomb Raider deck needs

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

• cheap spells and lands to play off its impulse draw (exiled cards must be played that turn)
• haste, evasion and protection for the commander, and extra combats (its own attack is the engine)

The Lara Croft, Tomb Raider deck plan

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

• 11× 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
• 10× Put your own cards into your graveyard as a resource
• 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

Best cards for Lara Croft, Tomb Raider

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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