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Molly Hayes, Runaway
Legendary Creature — Mutant Hero · {2}{R} · Red commander
Power-up — {5}{R}: Put two +1/+1 counters on Molly Hayes. Exile the top card of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play that card. (Activate each power-up ability only once. Reduce the cost by her mana cost if she entered this turn.)
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What Molly Hayes, Runaway actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Activated abilityPower-up — {5}{R}: Put two +1/+1 counters on Molly Hayes. Exile the top card of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play that card.
- Keyword · power-uppower-up
What a Molly Hayes, Runaway deck wants
The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.
- 16× A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
- 10× Mana from a NONLAND permanent — a commander that doubles nonland mana gets nothing from lands
- 15× Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Molly Hayes, Runaway
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 creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
- Quicksilver, Brash Blur1 mana
- Extremis Elite2 mana
- Iron Fist, Hero for Hire2 mana
- Loki Laufeyson2 mana
- Human Torch, Johnny Storm3 mana
- Jack of Hearts, Volatile Hero3 mana
- Molly Hayes, Runaway3 mana
- Ultron Drone3 mana
Mana from a NONLAND permanent — a commander that doubles nonland mana gets nothing from lands
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Sol Talisman0 mana
- Rite of Flame1 mana
- Mind Stone2 mana
- Thought Vessel2 mana
- Cryptic Trilobite0 mana
Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
- Karn's Bastion0 mana
- Contagion Clasp2 mana
- Glistening Sphere3 mana
- Staff of Compleation3 mana
- Sword of Truth and Justice3 mana
- Carnival Elephant Meteor0 mana
- Sword of Hours2 mana
- Throne of Geth2 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Crush1 mana
- Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
- Titan's Presence3 mana
- Abrade2 mana
- Untimely Malfunction2 mana
- Chaos Warp3 mana
- Kozilek's Command2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Breaking Point3 mana
- Crack the Earth1 mana
- Kozilek's Return3 mana
- Akki Blizzard-Herder2 mana
- Devastating Dreams2 mana
- Tectonic Break2 mana
- Tremble2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Goblin Recruiter2 mana
- Imperial Recruiter3 mana
- Dragon's Approach3 mana
- Flamekin Harbinger1 mana
- Goblin Matron3 mana
- Sarkhan's Triumph3 mana
- Dwarven Recruiter3 mana
- Myr Kinsmith4 mana
Refill your hand
- Skullclamp1 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Pip-Boy 30001 mana
- Sticky Fingers1 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
- Artist's Talent2 mana
- Fear of Missing Out2 mana
- Key to the City2 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Cryptothrall4 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
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Amber0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mox Opal0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Wayfarer's Bauble1 mana