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Lulu, Stern Guardian
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard · {2}{U} · Blue commander
Whenever an opponent attacks you, choose target creature attacking you. Put a stun counter on that creature.
{3}{U}: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
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What Lulu, Stern Guardian 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 an opponent attacks you, choose target creature attacking you. Put a stun counter on that creature.
- Activated ability{3}{U}: Proliferate.
What a Lulu, Stern Guardian deck needs
Plays as pillowfort. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- proliferate and counters of every kind (its {3}{U} proliferates the stun counters on attackers)
- pillowfort — every creature that attacks you is stunned
The Lulu, Stern Guardian deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 8× Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
- 12× Proliferate — every counter already placed is placed again
- 6× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 3× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 2× Answer a whole board at once
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Lulu, Stern Guardian
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 +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
- Thrummingbird2 mana
- Vexing Radgull2 mana
- Kid Loki1 mana
- Dreamtide Whale3 mana
- Flux Channeler3 mana
- Glistening Sphere3 mana
- Walking Ballista0 mana
- Forge of Heroes0 mana
Proliferate — every counter already placed is placed again
- Karn's Bastion0 mana
- Thrummingbird2 mana
- Contagion Clasp2 mana
- Dreamtide Whale3 mana
- Flux Channeler3 mana
- Staff of Compleation3 mana
- Sword of Truth and Justice3 mana
- Throne of Geth2 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
- Titan's Presence3 mana
- Icy Prison2 mana
- Kozilek's Command2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Reshape2 mana
- Mask of the Mimic1 mana
- Long-Term Plans3 mana
- Whir of Invention3 mana
- Merchant Scroll2 mana
- Mystical Tutor1 mana
- Muddle the Mixture2 mana
- Personal Tutor1 mana
Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- Mindbreak Trap4 mana
- Fierce Guardianship3 mana
- Force of Negation3 mana
- Force of Will5 mana
- Flare of Denial3 mana
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- An Offer You Can't Refuse1 mana
- Arcane Denial2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Desynchronization4 mana
- Wave Goodbye4 mana
- Whelming Wave4 mana
- Consuming Tide4 mana
- Selective Obliteration5 mana
- Evacuation5 mana
- Perplexing Test5 mana
- Cyclonic Rift2 mana
Refill your hand
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Rhystic Study3 mana
- Faerie Mastermind2 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Combat Research1 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Lost in the Maze2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- The Walls of Ba Sing Se8 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
- Wayfarer's Bauble1 mana
Combos with Lulu, Stern Guardian
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Lulu, Stern Guardian is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Lulu, Stern Guardian + Magistrate's Scepter2,020 decks
- Lulu, Stern Guardian + Crystalline Crawler + Workhorse + Cryptic Trilobite49 decks
- Lulu, Stern Guardian + The Legend Of Kuruk + Y'shtola Rhul27 decks
- Lulu, Stern Guardian + The Legend Of Kuruk + Thassa, Deep-Dwelling23 decks
- Lulu, Stern Guardian + The Legend Of Kuruk + Conjurer's Closet17 decks
- Lulu, Stern Guardian + The Legend Of Kuruk + Airbender Ascension13 decks