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Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel

Legendary Creature — Siren Pirate · {1}{U} · Blue commander

Flash Flying Whenever Malcolm deals combat damage to a player, put a chorus counter on it. Draw a card, then discard a card. If there are four or more chorus counters on Malcolm, you may cast the discarded card without paying its mana cost.

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What Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel 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 · deals_damageWhenever Malcolm deals combat damage to a player, put a chorus counter on it. Draw a card, then discard a card. If there are four or more chorus counters on Malcolm, you may cast the discarded card wi
• Keyword · flashflash
• Keyword · flyingflying

What a Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel deck needs

Plays as commander connects — loot & free cast. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.

• protection for Malcolm (evasion is built in)
• big spells to discard and cast free at four chorus counters
• counter synergies

The Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel deck plan

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

• 14× Mana value at or above the floor — for a cascade commander a cheap card is a DEFECT, not a bargain
• 12× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
• 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 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel

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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