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Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate

Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate

Legendary Creature — Spirit Snake · {X}{X} · Colorless commander

Omarthis enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. Whenever you put one or more +1/+1 counters on another colorless creature, you may put a +1/+1 counter on Omarthis. When Omarthis dies, manifest a number of cards from the top of your library equal to the number of counters on it.
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What Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate actually does

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What an Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate deck wants

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Best cards for Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate

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A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one

  1. Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate0 mana
  2. Kozilek, the Broken Reality9 mana

Sacrifice a creature for no mana, repeatably

  1. High Market0 mana
  2. Lazotep Quarry0 mana
  3. Miren, the Moaning Well0 mana
  4. Ulamog's Dreadsire10 mana
  5. Altar of Dementia2 mana
  6. Ashnod's Altar3 mana
  7. Witch's Oven1 mana
  8. Claws of Gix0 mana

Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there

  1. Karn's Bastion0 mana
  2. Contagion Clasp2 mana
  3. Glistening Sphere3 mana
  4. Staff of Compleation3 mana
  5. Sword of Truth and Justice3 mana
  6. Carnival Elephant Meteor0 mana
  7. Sword of Hours2 mana
  8. Throne of Geth2 mana

Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it

  1. Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
  2. Titan's Presence3 mana
  3. Kozilek's Command2 mana
  4. Warping Wail2 mana
  5. Null Elemental Blast1 mana
  6. Getaway Car3 mana
  7. Eldrazi Confluence4 mana
  8. Voyager Staff1 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Aligned Hedron Network4 mana
  2. Coercive Portal4 mana
  3. Worldslayer5 mana
  4. Nevinyrral's Disk4 mana
  5. Apocalypse Chime2 mana
  6. All Is Dust7 mana
  7. Trailblazer's Torch4 mana
  8. False Floor4 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Myr Kinsmith4 mana
  2. Shield-Wall Sentinel4 mana
  3. Skyship Weatherlight4 mana
  4. Moonsilver Key2 mana
  5. Pattern Matcher4 mana
  6. Shrine Steward5 mana
  7. Myr Turbine5 mana
  8. Self-Assembler5 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Skullclamp1 mana
  2. The One Ring4 mana
  3. Pip-Boy 30001 mana
  4. Vexing Bauble1 mana
  5. Key to the City2 mana
  6. Mask of Memory2 mana
  7. Smuggler's Copter2 mana
  8. Tome of Legends2 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Cryptothrall4 mana
  2. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  3. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  4. Eldrazi Monument5 mana
  5. Commander's Plate1 mana
  6. Mithril Coat3 mana
  7. Akroma's Memorial7 mana
  8. The Walls of Ba Sing Se8 mana

Get ahead on mana

  1. Chrome Mox0 mana
  2. Everflowing Chalice0 mana
  3. Mox Amber0 mana
  4. Mox Diamond0 mana
  5. Mox Opal0 mana
  6. Mana Vault1 mana
  7. Sol Ring1 mana
  8. Wayfarer's Bauble1 mana

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