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Noctis, Heir Apparent

Legendary Creature — Human Noble · {W}{U}{B} · Black/Blue/White commander

Whenever a creature you control enters during combat, you may attach target Equipment you control to target creature you control. Warp-Strike — {3}: Exile Noctis. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control tapped and attacking at the beginning of that player's next declare attackers step. It can't be blocked that combat.

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What Noctis, Heir Apparent 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 · etbWhenever a creature you control enters during combat, you may attach target Equipment you control to target creature you control.
• Activated abilityWarp-Strike — {3}: Exile Noctis. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control tapped and attacking at the beginning of that player's next declare attackers step. It can'

What a Noctis, Heir Apparent 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
• 26× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
• 14× Equipment and Auras — the things a suit-up commander's trigger and plan are actually made of
• 16× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
• 5× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
• 6× Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
• 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 1× Answer a whole board at once
• 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves

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