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Maja, Bretagard Protector
Legendary Creature — Human Warrior · {2}{G}{W}{W} · Green/White commander
What Maja, Bretagard Protector 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 · etbWhenever a land you control enters, create a 1/1 white Human Warrior creature token.
- Static ability · anthemOther creatures you control get +1/+1.
What a Maja, Bretagard Protector deck needs
Plays as lands. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- land ramp, extra land drops and landfall payoffs (its text counts or triggers on lands)
- token payoffs — anthems, sacrifice outlets and go-wide finishers (it makes tokens on repeat)
- a wide board of creatures and tokens for the team pump
The Maja, Bretagard Protector deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 21× Put a land onto the battlefield — for a landfall commander this triggers where a normal land drop does not
- 17× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- 8× A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 6× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Maja, Bretagard Protector
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 a land onto the battlefield — for a landfall commander this triggers where a normal land drop does not
- Exploration1 mana
- Explore2 mana
- Dryad of the Ilysian Grove3 mana
- Exploration Broodship1 mana
- Azusa, Lost but Seeking3 mana
- Loot, Exuberant Explorer3 mana
- Wayward Swordtooth3 mana
- Druid Class2 mana
Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- Replicating Ring3 mana
- Elspeth, Storm Slayer5 mana
- Esika's Chariot4 mana
- Hero of Bladehold4 mana
- Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate0 mana
- Elspeth, Sun's Champion6 mana
- Wrenn and Seven5 mana
- Andúril, Flame of the West3 mana
A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- Intangible Virtue2 mana
- Caretaker's Talent3 mana
- Inspiring Leader3 mana
- Prava of the Steel Legion3 mana
- Gideon's Memorial2 mana
- Mite Overseer4 mana
- Phantom General4 mana
- Finale of Devastation2 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
- Beast Within3 mana
- Generous Gift3 mana
- Nature's Claim1 mana
- Erode1 mana
- Unwanted Remake1 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
- Nature's Rhythm2 mana
- Worldly Tutor1 mana
- March of Burgeoning Life1 mana
- Archdruid's Charm3 mana
- Chord of Calling3 mana
- Eldritch Evolution3 mana
- Eladamri's Call2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Wrath of God4 mana
- Day of Judgment4 mana
- Shatter the Sky4 mana
- Split Up3 mana
- Winds of Abandon2 mana
- Depopulate4 mana
- No Witnesses4 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Sylvan Library2 mana
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Archivist of Oghma2 mana
- Beast Whisperer4 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
- Bastion Protector3 mana
- Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
- Guardian Augmenter3 mana
- Saryth, the Viper's Fang4 mana
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
- Coppercoat Vanguard2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Incubation Druid2 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Ilysian Caryatid2 mana
- Selesnya Signet2 mana
- Heritage Druid1 mana
- Llanowar Tribe3 mana
Combos with Maja, Bretagard Protector
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Maja, Bretagard Protector is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Maja, Bretagard Protector + Kodama Of The East Tree + Selesnya Sanctuary1,149 decks
- Maja, Bretagard Protector + Kodama Of The East Tree + Golgari Rot Farm382 decks
- Maja, Bretagard Protector + Perilous Forays + Tireless Provisioner330 decks
- Maja, Bretagard Protector + Kodama Of The East Tree + Orzhov Basilica314 decks
- Maja, Bretagard Protector + Kodama Of The East Tree + Gruul Turf285 decks
- Maja, Bretagard Protector + Kodama Of The East Tree + Arid Archway276 decks
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