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Osgood, Operation Double

Legendary Creature — Human Alien Shapeshifter · {2}{U}{U} · Blue commander

When you cast this spell, create a token that's a copy of it, except it isn't legendary. {T}: Add {C}. Spend this mana only to cast an artifact spell or activate an ability of an artifact. Paradox — Whenever you cast a spell from anywhere other than your hand, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

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What Osgood, Operation Double 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 · cast_spellWhen you cast this spell, create a token that's a copy of it, except it isn't legendary.
• Activated ability{T}: Add {C}. Spend this mana only to cast an artifact spell or activate an ability of an artifact.
• Triggered ability · cast_spellWhenever you cast a spell from anywhere other than your hand, investigate.
• Keyword · investigateinvestigate
• Keyword · paradoxparadox

What an Osgood, Operation Double deck wants

The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.

• 8× Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
• 5× Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot
• 12× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
• 16× A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
• 18× A cheap spell of any kind — casts per turn are the engine for an unrestricted cast trigger
• 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

Best cards for Osgood, Operation Double

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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