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Longshot, Rebel Bowman

Legendary Creature — Human Rebel Ally · {3}{R} · Red commander

Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.) Noncreature spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, Longshot deals 2 damage to each opponent.

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What Longshot, Rebel Bowman 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 · cast_spellWhenever you cast a noncreature spell, Longshot deals 2 damage to each opponent.
• Static ability · cost_reductionNoncreature spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
• Keyword · reachreach

What a Longshot, Rebel Bowman deck wants

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

• 20× Instants and sorceries — for a magecraft/prowess commander the spell COUNT is the engine
• 20× A card that is CAST to trigger the commander — reanimating or blinking it does not count
• 22× Instants and sorceries — for a magecraft/prowess commander the spell COUNT is the engine
• 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 1× Answer a whole board at once
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 7× Refill your hand
• 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 11× Get ahead on mana

Best cards for Longshot, Rebel Bowman

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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