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Moira Brown, Guide Author
Legendary Creature — Human Citizen · {1}{R}{W} · Red/White commander
When Moira Brown enters, create a colorless Book Equipment artifact token named Wasteland Survival Guide with "Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each quest counter among permanents you control" and equip {1}.
Whenever you attack, put a quest counter on target nonland permanent you control.
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What Moira Brown, Guide Author 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 · etbWhen Moira Brown enters, create a colorless Book Equipment artifact token named Wasteland Survival Guide with "Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each quest counter among permanents you c
- Triggered ability · attackWhenever you attack, put a quest counter on target nonland permanent you control.
What a Moira Brown, Guide Author deck wants
The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.
- 6× Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
- 16× A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
- 10× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- 14× Equipment and Auras — the things a suit-up commander's trigger and plan are actually made of
- 8× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- 4× A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- 5× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- 12× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
Best cards for Moira Brown, Guide Author
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.
Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
- Airbender Ascension2 mana
- Eldrazi Displacer3 mana
- Eternal Acrobat Toast0 mana
- Conjurer's Closet5 mana
- Distinguished Conjurer2 mana
- Felidar Guardian4 mana
- Restoration Angel4 mana
- Teleportation Circle4 mana
A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
- Reluctant Role Model2 mana
- Veteran Survivor1 mana
- Acrobatic Cheerleader2 mana
- Glimmer Seeker3 mana
- Savior of the Small4 mana
Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- Dalkovan Encampment0 mana
- Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon3 mana
- Elenda's Hierophant3 mana
- Pashalik Mons3 mana
- Hero of Bladehold4 mana
- Myrel, Shield of Argive4 mana
- Siege-Gang Lieutenant4 mana
- Parhelion II // Parhelion II0 mana
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
- Paradise Mantle0 mana
- Trailblazer's Boots2 mana
A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Temple of Triumph0 mana
- Boros Garrison0 mana
- Cabaretti Courtyard0 mana
- Elegant Parlor0 mana
- Lotus Field0 mana
- Riveteers Overlook0 mana
- Talon Gates of Madara0 mana
A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- Intangible Virtue2 mana
- Caretaker's Talent3 mana
- Inspiring Leader3 mana
- Prava of the Steel Legion3 mana
- Mite Overseer4 mana
- Phantom General4 mana
- Nesting Grounds0 mana
- Boros Charm2 mana
Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- Delney, Streetwise Lookout3 mana
- Archetype of Aggression3 mana
- Iroas, God of Victory4 mana
- Elspeth, Sun's Champion6 mana
- Cloudshredder Sliver2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Colossus Hammer1 mana
- Shadowspear1 mana
Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- Dalkovan Encampment0 mana
- Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon3 mana
- Elenda's Hierophant3 mana
- Pashalik Mons3 mana
- Hero of Bladehold4 mana
- Myrel, Shield of Argive4 mana
- Siege-Gang Lieutenant4 mana
- Parhelion II // Parhelion II0 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
- Flicker of Fate2 mana
- Generous Gift3 mana
- Erode1 mana
- Getaway Glamer1 mana