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Lorehold, the Historian

Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon · {3}{R}{W} · Red/White commander

Flying, haste Each instant and sorcery card in your hand has miracle {2}. (You may cast a card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.) At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.

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What Lorehold, the Historian 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 · otherAt the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.
• Keyword · flyingflying
• Keyword · hastehaste

What a Lorehold, the Historian deck wants

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

• 8× Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch
• 32× A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
• 6× 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 Lorehold, the Historian

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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