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Memnarch
Legendary Artifact Creature — Wizard · {7} · Blue commander
{1}{U}{U}: Target permanent becomes an artifact in addition to its other types. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)
{3}{U}: Gain control of target artifact. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)
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What Memnarch 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{1}{U}{U}: Target permanent becomes an artifact in addition to its other types.
- Activated ability{3}{U}: Gain control of target artifact.
What a Memnarch deck needs
Plays as theft. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- mana to steal (it turns any permanent into an artifact, then takes it)
The Memnarch deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 20× A permanent that does something every turn it is on the battlefield — the deck's body, for a commander whose text asks for nothing specific
- 6× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 3× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 2× Answer a whole board at once
- 8× Refill your hand
- 3× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
- 14× Mana from a NONLAND permanent — a commander that doubles nonland mana gets nothing from lands
Best cards for Memnarch
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.
A permanent that does something every turn it is on the battlefield — the deck's body, for a commander whose text asks for nothing specific
- Crashing Drawbridge2 mana
- Bontu's Monument3 mana
- Oketra's Monument3 mana
- Hazoret's Monument3 mana
- Rhonas's Monument3 mana
- Twinning Staff3 mana
- K-9, Mark I1 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
- Titan's Presence3 mana
- Icy Prison2 mana
- Kozilek's Command2 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
- Desynchronization4 mana
- Wave Goodbye4 mana
- Whelming Wave4 mana
- Consuming Tide4 mana
- Selective Obliteration5 mana
- Evacuation5 mana
- Perplexing Test5 mana
- Cyclonic Rift2 mana
Refill your hand
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Rhystic Study3 mana
- Faerie Mastermind2 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Combat Research1 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Cryptothrall4 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
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
- Wayfarer's Bauble1 mana
Mana from a NONLAND permanent — a commander that doubles nonland mana gets nothing from lands
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Amber0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Astral Cornucopia0 mana
- Mox Jasper0 mana
Combos with Memnarch
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Memnarch is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Memnarch + Steelswarm Operator + Freed From The Real44 decks
- Memnarch + Steelswarm Operator + Pemmin's Aura36 decks
- Memnarch + Magda, Brazen Outlaw + Clock Of Omens13 decks
- Memnarch + Voltaic Construct + Vhal, Candlekeep Researcher10 decks
- Memnarch + Vorel Of The Hull Clade + Teferi, Master Of Time10 decks
- Memnarch + Kitsa, Otterball Elite + Blinkmoth Infusion5 decks