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Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion

Legendary Creature — Rat Ninja · {1}{B}{B} · Black commander

Ninjutsu {3}{B} ({3}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.) Whenever Nashi deals combat damage to a player, exile the top card of each player's library. Until end of turn, you may play one of those cards. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than paying its mana cost.

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What Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion 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 · deals_damageWhenever Nashi deals combat damage to a player, exile the top card of each player's library. Until end of turn, you may play one of those cards. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its man
• Keyword · ninjutsuninjutsu

What a Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion deck needs

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

• cheap evasive creatures to ninjutsu him in (he costs an unblocked attacker)
• evasion and protection for the commander (the trigger needs his combat damage)
• lifegain — he casts the stolen cards with life

The Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion deck plan

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

• 22× A 0-1 mana creature that reliably attacks UNBLOCKED — the cost the commander's ability consumes, and the only way it gets onto the battlefield
• 12× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
• 7× 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
• 8× Refill your hand
• 3× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 11× Get ahead on mana

Best cards for Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion

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.

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