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Mary Read and Anne Bonny
Legendary Creature — Human Assassin Pirate · {1}{U}{R} · Red/Blue commander
Haste
{T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.
Whenever you discard an Island, Pirate, or Vehicle card, create a tapped Treasure token.
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What Mary Read and Anne Bonny actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Activated ability{T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.
- Triggered ability · discardWhenever you discard an Island, Pirate, or Vehicle card, create a tapped Treasure token.
- Keyword · hastehaste
What a Mary Read and Anne Bonny deck needs
Plays as self-discard. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- artifact and Treasure payoffs (it makes Treasures, Clues or Food on repeat)
- looting and discard outlets (it rewards your own discards)
- untap effects that reach the commander (it has haste; each untap repeats its tap ability)
The Mary Read and Anne Bonny deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 20× Lets YOU discard on demand — looting, rummaging, discard costs — for a commander that rewards your own discards
- 10× Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot
- 7× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 4× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 3× Answer a whole board at once
- 8× Refill your hand
- 3× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Mary Read and Anne Bonny
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.
Lets YOU discard on demand — looting, rummaging, discard costs — for a commander that rewards your own discards
- Geier Reach Sanitarium0 mana
- Desolate Lighthouse0 mana
- Fomori Vault0 mana
- Ledger Shredder2 mana
- Pip-Boy 30001 mana
- Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty3 mana
- Artist's Talent2 mana
- Baral, Chief of Compliance2 mana
Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot
- Aggravated Assault3 mana
- Freed from the Real3 mana
- Pemmin's Aura3 mana
- Sting, the Glinting Dagger2 mana
- Umbral Mantle3 mana
- Unstoppable Plan3 mana
- Genji Glove5 mana
- Éomer, Marshal of Rohan4 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- Crush1 mana
- Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
- Jilt2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Reshape2 mana
- Mask of the Mimic1 mana
- Long-Term Plans3 mana
- Whir of Invention3 mana
- Merchant Scroll2 mana
- Mystical Tutor1 mana
- Muddle the Mixture2 mana
- Personal Tutor1 mana
Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- Mindbreak Trap4 mana
- Fierce Guardianship3 mana
- Force of Negation3 mana
- Force of Will5 mana
- Flare of Denial3 mana
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- An Offer You Can't Refuse1 mana
- Arcane Denial2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Chain Reaction4 mana
- Street Spasm1 mana
- Desynchronization4 mana
- Wave Goodbye4 mana
- Whelming Wave4 mana
- Consuming Tide4 mana
- Selective Obliteration5 mana
Refill your hand
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
- Rhystic Study3 mana
- Faerie Mastermind2 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Lost in the Maze2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Izzet Signet2 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
Combos with Mary Read and Anne Bonny
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Mary Read and Anne Bonny is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Mary Read and Anne Bonny + Gilded Assault Cart + Xorn + Transplant Theorist144 decks
- Mary Read and Anne Bonny + Gilded Assault Cart + Xorn + Skyswimmer Koi123 decks
- Mary Read and Anne Bonny + Library Of Leng + Transplant Theorist86 decks
- Mary Read and Anne Bonny + Library Of Leng + Quicksmith Genius76 decks
- Mary Read and Anne Bonny + Library Of Leng + Skyswimmer Koi75 decks
- Mary Read and Anne Bonny + Library Of Leng + Rook Turret63 decks