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Maximus, Knight Apparent

Maximus, Knight Apparent

Legendary Creature — Human Knight · {3}{R} · Red commander

Trample When Maximus enters, you may search your library for an Equipment card with mana value 2, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. {1}, Sacrifice an artifact: You get {E}{E} (two energy counters).
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What Maximus, Knight Apparent actually does

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What a Maximus, Knight Apparent deck wants

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Best cards for Maximus, Knight Apparent

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Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses

  1. Eternal Acrobat Toast0 mana
  2. Conjurer's Closet5 mana
  3. Eldrazi Confluence4 mana

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

  1. Lizard Blades2 mana
  2. Rabbit Battery1 mana
  3. Simian Sling1 mana
  4. Ogre-Head Helm2 mana
  5. Komainu Battle Armor3 mana
  6. Bronzeplate Boar3 mana
  7. Toralf, God of Fury // Toralf's Hammer4 mana
  8. Harvest Hand // Scrounged Scythe3 mana

Creatures you are happy to sacrifice — a free sac outlet on the commander is worthless with nothing to feed it

  1. Avacyn's Collar1 mana
  2. Slayer's Plate3 mana
  3. Tatsumasa, the Dragon's Fang6 mana
  4. Cori-Steel Cutter2 mana
  5. Inquisitorial Rosette2 mana
  6. Staff of Titania2 mana
  7. Andúril, Flame of the West3 mana
  8. Sword of Body and Mind3 mana

A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses

  1. Chrome Mox0 mana
  2. Cabaretti Courtyard0 mana
  3. Lotus Field0 mana
  4. Riveteers Overlook0 mana
  5. Talon Gates of Madara0 mana
  6. Impact Tremors2 mana
  7. Mithril Coat3 mana
  8. Adventurer's Inn0 mana

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

  1. Wild Magic Surge2 mana
  2. Crush1 mana
  3. Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
  4. Titan's Presence3 mana
  5. Abrade2 mana
  6. Untimely Malfunction2 mana
  7. Chaos Warp3 mana
  8. Kozilek's Command2 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Blasphemous Act9 mana
  2. Breaking Point3 mana
  3. Crack the Earth1 mana
  4. Kozilek's Return3 mana
  5. Akki Blizzard-Herder2 mana
  6. Devastating Dreams2 mana
  7. Tectonic Break2 mana
  8. Tremble2 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Goblin Recruiter2 mana
  2. Imperial Recruiter3 mana
  3. Dragon's Approach3 mana
  4. Flamekin Harbinger1 mana
  5. Goblin Matron3 mana
  6. Sarkhan's Triumph3 mana
  7. Dwarven Recruiter3 mana
  8. Myr Kinsmith4 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Skullclamp1 mana
  2. The One Ring4 mana
  3. Pip-Boy 30001 mana
  4. Sticky Fingers1 mana
  5. Vexing Bauble1 mana
  6. Artist's Talent2 mana
  7. Fear of Missing Out2 mana
  8. Key to the City2 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Hexing Squelcher2 mana
  2. Cryptothrall4 mana
  3. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  4. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  5. Eldrazi Monument5 mana
  6. Commander's Plate1 mana
  7. Mithril Coat3 mana
  8. Akroma's Memorial7 mana

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