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Mass of Mysteries

Legendary Creature — Elemental · {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} · Black/Green/Red/Blue/White commander

First strike, vigilance, trample At the beginning of combat on your turn, another target Elemental you control gains myriad until end of turn. (Whenever it attacks, for each opponent other than defending player, you may create a token copy that's tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker they control. Exile the tokens at end of combat.)

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What Mass of Mysteries 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 · beginning_of_combatAt the beginning of combat on your turn, another target Elemental you control gains myriad until end of turn.
• Keyword · vigilancevigilance
• Keyword · first strikefirst strike
• Keyword · trampletrample

What a Mass of Mysteries deck wants

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

• 4× Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch
• 16× A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
• 12× Equipment and Auras — the things a suit-up commander's trigger and plan are actually made of
• 6× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 26× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
• 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 1× Answer a whole board at once
• 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs

Best cards for Mass of Mysteries

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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