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Mazzy, Truesword Paladin
Legendary Creature — Halfling Knight · {1}{R}{G}{W} · Green/Red/White commander
Whenever an enchanted creature attacks one of your opponents, it gets +2/+0 and gains trample until end of turn.
Whenever an Aura you control is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, exile it. Until the end of your next turn, you may cast that card.
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What Mazzy, Truesword Paladin 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 · attackWhenever an enchanted creature attacks one of your opponents, it gets +2/+0 and gains trample until end of turn.
- Triggered ability · otherWhenever an Aura you control is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, exile it. Until the end of your next turn, you may cast that card.
What a Mazzy, Truesword Paladin deck needs
Plays as auras. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- Auras for your attackers (enchanted attackers get +2/+0 and trample; dead Auras come back)
The Mazzy, Truesword Paladin deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 22× Equipment and Auras — the things a suit-up commander's trigger and plan are actually made of
- 5× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Mazzy, Truesword Paladin
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.
Equipment and Auras — the things a suit-up commander's trigger and plan are actually made of
- Basilisk Collar1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Sword of the Animist2 mana
- Shadowspear1 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
- Paradise Mantle0 mana
Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Iroas, God of Victory4 mana
- Elspeth, Sun's Champion6 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Goblin War Drums3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- Gruul War Chant4 mana
- On Wings of Gold4 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
- Beast Within3 mana
- Generous Gift3 mana
- Nature's Claim1 mana
- Erode1 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
- Nature's Rhythm2 mana
- Worldly Tutor1 mana
- March of Burgeoning Life1 mana
- Archdruid's Charm3 mana
- Chord of Calling3 mana
- Eldritch Evolution3 mana
- Eladamri's Call2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Wrath of God4 mana
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Chain Reaction4 mana
- Day of Judgment4 mana
- Street Spasm1 mana
- Shatter the Sky4 mana
- Split Up3 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Sylvan Library2 mana
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
- Archivist of Oghma2 mana
- Beast Whisperer4 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Bastion Protector3 mana
- Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
- Guardian Augmenter3 mana
- Saryth, the Viper's Fang4 mana
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Boros Signet2 mana
- Gruul Signet2 mana
- Incubation Druid2 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Ilysian Caryatid2 mana
- Selesnya Signet2 mana
Combos with Mazzy, Truesword Paladin
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Mazzy, Truesword Paladin is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Mazzy, Truesword Paladin + Instill Energy + Sanctum Weaver + Auratog120 decks
- Mazzy, Truesword Paladin + Instill Energy + Sanctum Weaver + Faith Healer110 decks
- Mazzy, Truesword Paladin + Instill Energy + Sanctum Weaver + Minimus Containment92 decks
- Mazzy, Truesword Paladin + Instill Energy + Sanctum Weaver + Gatherer Of Graces88 decks
- Mazzy, Truesword Paladin + Triclopean Sight + Sanctum Weaver + Faith Healer36 decks
- Mazzy, Truesword Paladin + Triclopean Sight + Sanctum Weaver + Auratog32 decks