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Mina and Denn, Wildborn
Legendary Creature — Elf Ally · {2}{R}{G} · Green/Red commander
What Mina and Denn, Wildborn 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{R}{G}, Return a land you control to its owner's hand: Target creature gains trample until end of turn.
What a Mina and Denn, Wildborn deck needs
Plays as lands. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- landfall payoffs and bounce lands (returning a land re-triggers landfall)
- land ramp and extra land drops
The Mina and Denn, Wildborn deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 32× Put a land onto the battlefield — for a landfall commander this triggers where a normal land drop does not
- 9× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 3× Answer a whole board at once
- 11× Refill your hand
- 5× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 6× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Mina and Denn, Wildborn
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 a land onto the battlefield — for a landfall commander this triggers where a normal land drop does not
- Exploration1 mana
- Explore2 mana
- Dryad of the Ilysian Grove3 mana
- Exploration Broodship1 mana
- Azusa, Lost but Seeking3 mana
- Loot, Exuberant Explorer3 mana
- Wayward Swordtooth3 mana
- Druid Class2 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Beast Within3 mana
- Nature's Claim1 mana
- Crush1 mana
- Emerald Charm1 mana
- Naturalize2 mana
- Origin of Metalbending2 mana
- Natural State1 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
- Summoner's Pact0 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Chain Reaction4 mana
- Street Spasm1 mana
- Selective Obliteration5 mana
- Mizzium Mortars2 mana
- Delete2 mana
- Earthquake1 mana
- Needle Storm3 mana
Refill your hand
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Sylvan Library2 mana
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
- Beast Whisperer4 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Sticky Fingers1 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Guardian Augmenter3 mana
- Saryth, the Viper's Fang4 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Asceticism5 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Gruul Signet2 mana
- Incubation Druid2 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Ilysian Caryatid2 mana
- Heritage Druid1 mana
- Joraga Treespeaker1 mana
Combos with Mina and Denn, Wildborn
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Mina and Denn, Wildborn is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Mina and Denn, Wildborn + Glacial Chasm + Ramunap Excavator3,269 decks
- Mina and Denn, Wildborn + Glacial Chasm + Crucible Of Worlds2,877 decks
- Mina and Denn, Wildborn + Glacial Chasm + Conduit Of Worlds2,336 decks
- Mina and Denn, Wildborn + Ancient Greenwarden + Lotus Cobra + Retreat To Coralhelm + Sakura-Tribe Scout1,064 decks
- Mina and Denn, Wildborn + Glacial Chasm + Walk-In Closet1,060 decks
- Mina and Denn, Wildborn + Ancient Greenwarden + Retreat To Coralhelm + Lotus Cobra + Llanowar Scout568 decks
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