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Mai and Zuko

Mai and Zuko

Legendary Creature — Human Noble Ally · {1}{U}{B}{R} · Black/Red/Blue commander

Firebending 3 You may cast Ally spells and artifact spells as though they had flash.
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What Mai and Zuko actually does

Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.

What a Mai and Zuko deck wants

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

Best cards for Mai and Zuko

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.

A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one

  1. Fire Nation Palace0 mana
  2. Firebending Student2 mana
  3. Zuko, Firebending Master2 mana
  4. Fire Sages2 mana
  5. Sozin's Comet5 mana
  6. Azula, Ruthless Firebender3 mana
  7. Boiling Rock Rioter3 mana
  8. Jeong Jeong, the Deserter3 mana

A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality

  1. Zulaport Cutthroat2 mana
  2. Gran-Gran1 mana
  3. Drana, Liberator of Malakir3 mana
  4. Katara, Waterbending Master2 mana
  5. Mai, Scornful Striker2 mana
  6. Zuko, Firebending Master2 mana
  7. Halimar Excavator2 mana
  8. Jwari Shapeshifter2 mana

Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it

  1. Reality Shift2 mana
  2. Wild Magic Surge2 mana
  3. Pongify1 mana
  4. Rapid Hybridization1 mana
  5. Resculpt2 mana
  6. Defile1 mana
  7. Tragic Slip1 mana
  8. Suspend1 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Do or Die2 mana
  2. Force of Despair3 mana
  3. Blasphemous Act9 mana
  4. Displacement Wave2 mana
  5. Accursed Marauder2 mana
  6. Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
  7. Innocent Blood1 mana
  8. Breaking Point3 mana

Answer a spell or ability before it resolves

  1. Pact of Negation0 mana
  2. Counterspell2 mana
  3. Three Steps Ahead1 mana
  4. Long River's Pull2 mana
  5. Force of Will5 mana
  6. Abjure1 mana
  7. Archmage's Charm3 mana
  8. Cancel3 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Demonic Tutor2 mana
  2. Diabolic Intent2 mana
  3. Vampiric Tutor1 mana
  4. Imperial Seal1 mana
  5. Insatiable Avarice1 mana
  6. Diabolic Intent2 mana
  7. Grim Tutor3 mana
  8. Liliana Vess // Liliana Vess0 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Mystic Remora1 mana
  2. Skullclamp1 mana
  3. Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
  4. Curiosity1 mana
  5. Wizard Class1 mana
  6. Black Market Connections3 mana
  7. Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
  8. Morbid Opportunist3 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Hexing Squelcher2 mana
  2. Gleaming Overseer3 mana
  3. Cryptothrall4 mana
  4. Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus4 mana
  5. Lost in the Maze2 mana
  6. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  7. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  8. Eldrazi Monument5 mana

Get ahead on mana

  1. Chrome Mox0 mana
  2. Everflowing Chalice0 mana
  3. Mox Amber0 mana
  4. Mox Diamond0 mana
  5. Mox Opal0 mana
  6. Mana Vault1 mana
  7. Sol Ring1 mana
  8. Wayfarer's Bauble1 mana

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