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Loki Laufeyson

Loki Laufeyson

Legendary Creature — God Sorcerer Villain · {1}{R} · Red commander

{1}, {T}: When you next cast an instant or sorcery spell with mana value less than or equal to Loki's power this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy. Power-up — {4}{R}: Put two +1/+1 counters on Loki. (Activate each power-up ability only once. Reduce the cost by his mana cost if he entered this turn.)
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What Loki Laufeyson actually does

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What a Loki Laufeyson deck wants

The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.

Best cards for Loki Laufeyson

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.

Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise

  1. Rising of the Day3 mana
  2. Thousand-Year Elixir3 mana
  3. Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki3 mana
  4. Goblin Chieftain3 mana
  5. Blacksmith's Talent1 mana
  6. The Fire Crystal4 mana
  7. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  8. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana

Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot

  1. Aggravated Assault3 mana
  2. Sword of Feast and Famine3 mana
  3. Amulet of Vigor1 mana
  4. Sting, the Glinting Dagger2 mana
  5. Umbral Mantle3 mana
  6. Genji Glove5 mana
  7. Akki Battle Squad6 mana
  8. Éomer, Marshal of Rohan4 mana

A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one

  1. Quicksilver, Brash Blur1 mana
  2. Extremis Elite2 mana
  3. Iron Fist, Hero for Hire2 mana
  4. Loki Laufeyson2 mana
  5. Human Torch, Johnny Storm3 mana
  6. Jack of Hearts, Volatile Hero3 mana
  7. Molly Hayes, Runaway3 mana
  8. Ultron Drone3 mana

Instants and sorceries — for a magecraft/prowess commander the spell COUNT is the engine

  1. Faithless Looting1 mana
  2. Gamble1 mana
  3. Lightning Bolt1 mana
  4. Vandalblast1 mana
  5. Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege0 mana
  6. Pyroblast1 mana
  7. Red Elemental Blast1 mana
  8. Redirect Lightning1 mana

Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there

  1. Karn's Bastion0 mana
  2. Contagion Clasp2 mana
  3. Glistening Sphere3 mana
  4. Staff of Compleation3 mana
  5. Sword of Truth and Justice3 mana
  6. Carnival Elephant Meteor0 mana
  7. Sword of Hours2 mana
  8. Throne of Geth2 mana

Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it

  1. Wild Magic Surge2 mana
  2. Crush1 mana
  3. Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
  4. Titan's Presence3 mana
  5. Abrade2 mana
  6. Untimely Malfunction2 mana
  7. Chaos Warp3 mana
  8. Kozilek's Command2 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Blasphemous Act9 mana
  2. Breaking Point3 mana
  3. Crack the Earth1 mana
  4. Kozilek's Return3 mana
  5. Akki Blizzard-Herder2 mana
  6. Devastating Dreams2 mana
  7. Tectonic Break2 mana
  8. Tremble2 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Goblin Recruiter2 mana
  2. Imperial Recruiter3 mana
  3. Dragon's Approach3 mana
  4. Flamekin Harbinger1 mana
  5. Goblin Matron3 mana
  6. Sarkhan's Triumph3 mana
  7. Dwarven Recruiter3 mana
  8. Myr Kinsmith4 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Skullclamp1 mana
  2. The One Ring4 mana
  3. Pip-Boy 30001 mana
  4. Sticky Fingers1 mana
  5. Vexing Bauble1 mana
  6. Artist's Talent2 mana
  7. Fear of Missing Out2 mana
  8. Key to the City2 mana

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