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Madame Vastra

Legendary Creature — Lizard Detective · {2}{G}{U} · Green/Blue commander

Partner with Jenny Flint (When this creature enters, target player may put Jenny Flint into their hand from their library, then shuffle.) Madame Vastra must be blocked if able. Whenever a creature dealt damage by Madame Vastra this turn dies, create a Clue token and a Food token.

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What Madame Vastra 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 · deathWhenever a creature dealt damage by Madame Vastra this turn dies, create a Clue token and a Food token.
• AbilityMadame Vastra must be blocked if able.

What a Madame Vastra deck needs

Plays as removal payoff. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.

• its partner Jenny Flint
• fight and forced-block effects (each creature it damaged dying makes a Clue and a Food)

The Madame Vastra deck plan

The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.

• 9× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 5× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
• 3× Answer a whole board at once
• 12× Refill your hand
• 5× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 11× Get ahead on mana

Best cards for Madame Vastra

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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