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Najal, the Storm Runner

Legendary Creature — Efreet Wizard · {2}{U}{U}{R} · Red/Blue commander

You may cast sorcery spells as though they had flash. Whenever Najal attacks, you may pay {2}. If you do, when you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy it. You may choose new targets for the copy.

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What Najal, the Storm Runner 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 · attackWhenever Najal attacks, you may pay {2}. If you do, when you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy it. You may choose new targets for the copy.
• Static ability · restrictionYou may cast sorcery spells as though they had flash.

What a Najal, the Storm Runner deck needs

Plays as spell copies. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.

• instants and sorceries worth copying (each attack copies the next one)
• sorceries to cast at instant speed (it gives them flash)
• evasion and protection for the commander (the copy needs it to attack)

The Najal, the Storm Runner deck plan

The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.

• 7× Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
• 28× Instants and sorceries — for a magecraft/prowess commander the spell COUNT is the engine
• 5× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
• 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
• 1× Answer a whole board at once
• 7× Refill your hand
• 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

Best cards for Najal, the Storm Runner

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.

Combos with Najal, the Storm Runner

Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Najal, the Storm Runner is a piece of, and how many decks list them.

• Najal, the Storm Runner + Worldfire + End The Festivities25 decks
• Najal, the Storm Runner + Ashling, Flame Dancer + Worldfire21 decks
• Najal, the Storm Runner + Worldfire + Dragon's Approach6 decks
• Najal, the Storm Runner + Wheel Of Misfortune + Mindslaver6 decks
• Najal, the Storm Runner + Sway Of The Stars + Myojin Of Roaring Blades3 decks
• Najal, the Storm Runner + Approach Of The Second Sun + Memory Lapse2 decks

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