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Neriv, Crackling Vanguard
Legendary Creature — Spirit Dragon · {2}{R}{W}{B} · Black/Red/White commander
Flying, deathtouch
When Neriv enters, create two 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.
Whenever Neriv attacks, exile a number of cards from the top of your library equal to the number of differently named tokens you control. During any turn you attacked with a commander, you may play those cards.
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What Neriv, Crackling Vanguard 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 Neriv enters, create two 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.
- Triggered ability · attackWhenever Neriv attacks, exile a number of cards from the top of your library equal to the number of differently named tokens you control. During any turn you attacked with a commander,
- Keyword · deathtouchdeathtouch
- Keyword · flyingflying
What a Neriv, Crackling Vanguard 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
- 11× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- 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
- 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
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 7× Refill your hand
Best cards for Neriv, Crackling Vanguard
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
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
- Caesar, Legion's Emperor4 mana
- Elenda, the Dusk Rose4 mana
- Endless Ranks of the Dead4 mana
- Hero of Bladehold4 mana
A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- Bojuka Bog0 mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Temple of Silence0 mana
- Temple of Triumph0 mana
- Bloodfell Caves0 mana
- Boros Garrison0 mana
- Cabaretti Courtyard0 mana
- Elegant Parlor0 mana
A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- Intangible Virtue2 mana
- Caretaker's Talent3 mana
- Inspiring Leader3 mana
- Prava of the Steel Legion3 mana
- Hildibrand Manderville // Gentleman's Rise2 mana
- Hildibrand Manderville // Gentleman's Rise2 mana
- Mite Overseer4 mana
- Phantom General4 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
- Caesar, Legion's Emperor4 mana
- Elenda, the Dusk Rose4 mana
- Endless Ranks of the Dead4 mana
- Hero of Bladehold4 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
- Defile1 mana
- Tragic Slip1 mana
- March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
- Infernal Grasp2 mana
- Terminate2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Final Showdown1 mana
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Amalia Benavides Aguirre2 mana
- Do or Die2 mana
- Martyr's Cry2 mana
- Pest Control2 mana
- Force of Despair3 mana
- Split Up3 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Demonic Tutor2 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Vampiric Tutor1 mana
- Imperial Seal1 mana
- Insatiable Avarice1 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Grim Tutor3 mana
- Liliana Vess // Liliana Vess0 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
- Black Market Connections3 mana
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
- Morbid Opportunist3 mana
- Phyrexian Arena3 mana
- Archivist of Oghma2 mana