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Mica, Reader of Ruins

Mica, Reader of Ruins

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

Ward—Pay 3 life. (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays 3 life.) Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, you may sacrifice an artifact. If you do, copy that spell and you may choose new targets for the copy.
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What Mica, Reader of Ruins actually does

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What a Mica, Reader of Ruins deck wants

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

Best cards for Mica, Reader of Ruins

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 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

A card that is CAST to trigger the commander — reanimating or blinking it does not count

  1. Faithless Looting1 mana
  2. Gamble1 mana
  3. Lightning Bolt1 mana
  4. Vandalblast1 mana
  5. Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege0 mana
  6. Pyroblast1 mana
  7. Red Elemental Blast1 mana
  8. Redirect Lightning1 mana

Instants and sorceries — for a magecraft/prowess commander the spell COUNT is the engine

  1. Faithless Looting1 mana
  2. Gamble1 mana
  3. Lightning Bolt1 mana
  4. Vandalblast1 mana
  5. Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege0 mana
  6. Pyroblast1 mana
  7. Red Elemental Blast1 mana
  8. Redirect Lightning1 mana

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

  1. Vivi's Persistence2 mana
  2. Hangarback Walker0 mana
  3. Urza's Saga0 mana
  4. Idol of False Gods2 mana
  5. Mogg War Marshal2 mana
  6. Myr Sire2 mana
  7. Felonious Rage1 mana
  8. Harried Spearguard1 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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