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Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser

Legendary Creature — Human Detective · {2}{R}{W} · Red/White commander

Vigilance Whenever Nelly Borca attacks, suspect target creature. Then goad all suspected creatures. (A suspected creature has menace and can't block.) Whenever one or more creatures an opponent controls deal combat damage to one or more of your opponents, you and the controller of those creatures each draw a card.

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What Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser 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 Nelly Borca attacks, suspect target creature. Then goad all suspected creatures.
• Triggered ability · deals_damageWhenever one or more creatures an opponent controls deal combat damage to one or more of your opponents, you and the controller of those creatures each draw a card.
• Keyword · vigilancevigilance

What a Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser deck needs

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

• goad and forced-attack effects (each opponent hitting another draws you a card)
• evasion and protection for the commander (its attack suspects and goads)

The Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser deck plan

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

• 12× Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
• 8× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
• 8× 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
• 10× Refill your hand
• 6× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 11× Get ahead on mana
• 12× A permanent that does something every turn it is on the battlefield — the deck's body, for a commander whose text asks for nothing specific

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