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Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
Legendary Creature — Orc Soldier · {B}{R} · Black/Red commander
Menace
If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on an Army, Goblin, or Orc you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on it instead.
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What Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Replacement effect · counter_doublerIf one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on an Army, Goblin, or Orc you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on it instead.
- Keyword · menacemenace
What a Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain deck wants
The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.
- 12× Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
- 8× Proliferate — every counter already placed is placed again
- 26× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- 14× Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
Best cards for Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
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 +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
- Karn's Bastion0 mana
- Blightbelly Rat2 mana
- Contagion Clasp2 mana
- Drown in Ichor2 mana
- Yawgmoth, Thran Physician4 mana
- Glistening Sphere3 mana
- Staff of Compleation3 mana
- Sword of Truth and Justice3 mana
Proliferate — every counter already placed is placed again
- Karn's Bastion0 mana
- Contagion Clasp2 mana
- Glistening Sphere3 mana
- Staff of Compleation3 mana
- Sword of Truth and Justice3 mana
- Carnival Elephant Meteor0 mana
- Scheming Aspirant2 mana
- Cacophony Scamp1 mana
A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
- Goblin Welder1 mana
- Impulsive Pilferer1 mana
- Skirk Prospector1 mana
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Krark, the Thumbless // Krark, the Thumbless0 mana
- Dragonlord's Servant2 mana
- Goblin Engineer2 mana
Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
- Karn's Bastion0 mana
- Blightbelly Rat2 mana
- Contagion Clasp2 mana
- Drown in Ichor2 mana
- Yawgmoth, Thran Physician4 mana
- Glistening Sphere3 mana
- Staff of Compleation3 mana
- Sword of Truth and Justice3 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Defile1 mana
- Tragic Slip1 mana
- Infernal Grasp2 mana
- Terminate2 mana
- Fatal Push1 mana
- Bitter Triumph2 mana
- Black Sun's Twilight1 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Do or Die2 mana
- Force of Despair3 mana
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Accursed Marauder2 mana
- Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
- Innocent Blood1 mana
- Breaking Point3 mana
- Coils of the Medusa2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Demonic Tutor2 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Vampiric Tutor1 mana
- Imperial Seal1 mana
- Insatiable Avarice1 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Grim Tutor3 mana
- Liliana Vess // Liliana Vess0 mana
Refill your hand
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
- Black Market Connections3 mana
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
- Morbid Opportunist3 mana
- Phyrexian Arena3 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Kederekt Parasite1 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Cryptothrall4 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana