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Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator

Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator

Legendary Creature — Siren Pirate · {2}{U} · Blue commander

Flying Whenever one or more Pirates you control deal damage to your opponents, you create a Treasure token for each opponent dealt damage. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)
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What Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator actually does

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What a Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator deck wants

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Best cards for Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator

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

  1. Academy Manufactor3 mana
  2. Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator3 mana
  3. Prosperous Thief3 mana
  4. Gleaming Barrier2 mana
  5. Marching Duodrone2 mana
  6. Ticket Tortoise2 mana
  7. Corsair Captain3 mana
  8. Halo Scarab2 mana

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

  1. Siren Stormtamer1 mana
  2. Spectral Sailor1 mana
  3. Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel2 mana
  4. Spyglass Siren1 mana
  5. Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator3 mana
  6. Scrounging Skyray2 mana
  7. Timestream Navigator2 mana
  8. Warkite Marauder2 mana

A team pump that actually pumps tokens

  1. Nesting Grounds0 mana
  2. Patchwork Banner3 mana
  3. Crashing Drawbridge2 mana
  4. Eldritch Immunity1 mana
  5. Shore Up1 mana
  6. Heraldic Banner3 mana
  7. Cyberman Patrol2 mana
  8. It That Heralds the End2 mana

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

  1. Reality Shift2 mana
  2. Pongify1 mana
  3. Rapid Hybridization1 mana
  4. Resculpt2 mana
  5. Suspend1 mana
  6. Snap2 mana
  7. Into the Flood Maw1 mana
  8. Planar Incision2 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Displacement Wave2 mana
  2. Filter Out3 mana
  3. Aligned Hedron Network4 mana
  4. Coercive Portal4 mana
  5. Whelming Wave4 mana
  6. Consuming Tide4 mana
  7. Llawan, Cephalid Empress4 mana
  8. Part the Veil4 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. Reshape2 mana
  2. Mask of the Mimic1 mana
  3. Long-Term Plans3 mana
  4. Whir of Invention3 mana
  5. Merchant Scroll2 mana
  6. Mystical Tutor1 mana
  7. Muddle the Mixture2 mana
  8. Personal Tutor1 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Mystic Remora1 mana
  2. Skullclamp1 mana
  3. Curiosity1 mana
  4. Wizard Class1 mana
  5. Rhystic Study3 mana
  6. Faerie Mastermind2 mana
  7. The One Ring4 mana
  8. Combat Research1 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Cryptothrall4 mana
  2. Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus4 mana
  3. Lost in the Maze2 mana
  4. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  5. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  6. Eldrazi Monument5 mana
  7. Commander's Plate1 mana
  8. Mithril Coat3 mana

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