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Lord of Tresserhorn
Legendary Creature — Zombie · {1}{U}{B}{R} · Black/Red/Blue commander
What Lord of Tresserhorn 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 · etbWhen Lord of Tresserhorn enters, you lose 2 life, you sacrifice two creatures, and target opponent draws two cards.
- Activated ability{B}: Regenerate Lord of Tresserhorn.
What a Lord of Tresserhorn deck wants
The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.
- 6× Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch
- 7× Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
- 17× A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
- 9× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 7× Refill your hand
Best cards for Lord of Tresserhorn
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.
Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch
- Secret Tunnel0 mana
- Crash Through1 mana
- Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive2 mana
- Irenicus's Vile Duplication4 mana
- Archetype of Aggression3 mana
- Frostcliff Siege3 mana
- Rhonas's Monument3 mana
- Thassa, God of the Sea3 mana
Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
- Displacer Kitten4 mana
- Eternal Acrobat Toast0 mana
- Conjurer's Closet5 mana
- Nephalia Smuggler1 mana
- Y'shtola Rhul6 mana
- Escape Protocol2 mana
- Gandalf, Shadow's Foe7 mana
- Essence Flux1 mana
A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
- Zombie Master // Zombie Master0 mana
- Nightscape Familiar2 mana
- Crypt Sliver2 mana
- Will-o'-the-Wisp1 mana
- Skeletal Changeling2 mana
- Augur of Skulls2 mana
- Crimson Muckwader2 mana
- Mad Auntie3 mana
A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- Bojuka Bog0 mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Mystic Sanctuary0 mana
- Temple of Epiphany0 mana
- Bloodfell Caves0 mana
- Cabaretti Courtyard0 mana
- Dimir Aqueduct0 mana
- Dismal Backwater0 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- Defile1 mana
- Tragic Slip1 mana
- Suspend1 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Do or Die2 mana
- Force of Despair3 mana
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Displacement Wave2 mana
- Accursed Marauder2 mana
- Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
- Innocent Blood1 mana
- Breaking Point3 mana
Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- Counterspell2 mana
- Three Steps Ahead1 mana
- Long River's Pull2 mana
- Force of Will5 mana
- Abjure1 mana
- Archmage's Charm3 mana
- Cancel3 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Demonic Tutor2 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Vampiric Tutor1 mana
- Imperial Seal1 mana
- Insatiable Avarice1 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Grim Tutor3 mana
- Liliana Vess // Liliana Vess0 mana
Refill your hand
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Black Market Connections3 mana
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
- Morbid Opportunist3 mana
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