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Phelddagrif
Legendary Creature — Phelddagrif · {1}{G}{W}{U} · Green/Blue/White commander
{G}: Phelddagrif gains trample until end of turn. Target opponent creates a 1/1 green Hippo creature token.
{W}: Phelddagrif gains flying until end of turn. Target opponent gains 2 life.
{U}: Return Phelddagrif to its owner's hand. Target opponent may draw a card.
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What Phelddagrif actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Activated ability{G}: Phelddagrif gains trample until end of turn. Target opponent creates a 1/1 green Hippo creature token.
- Activated ability{W}: Phelddagrif gains flying until end of turn. Target opponent gains 2 life.
- Activated ability{U}: Return Phelddagrif to its owner's hand. Target opponent may draw a card.
What a Phelddagrif deck wants
The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.
- 8× A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- 24× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- 7× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 2× Answer a whole board at once
- 3× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 8× Refill your hand
- 3× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Phelddagrif
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.
A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- Intangible Virtue2 mana
- Caretaker's Talent3 mana
- Inspiring Leader3 mana
- Pollen-Shield Hare // Hare Raising2 mana
- Prava of the Steel Legion3 mana
- Mite Overseer4 mana
- Temmet, Vizier of Naktamun2 mana
- Phantom General4 mana
Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- Chasm Skulker3 mana
- Dalkovan Encampment0 mana
- Elenda's Hierophant3 mana
- Hornet Nest3 mana
- Kozilek's Unsealing3 mana
- Esika's Chariot4 mana
- Hero of Bladehold4 mana
- Myrel, Shield of Argive4 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
- Suspend1 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Final Showdown1 mana
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Martyr's Cry2 mana
- Split Up3 mana
- Cathedral Membrane2 mana
- Citywide Bust3 mana
- Displacement Wave2 mana
- Harsh Mercy3 mana
Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- Counterspell2 mana
- Three Steps Ahead1 mana
- Long River's Pull2 mana
- Force of Will5 mana
- Abjure1 mana
- Archmage's Charm3 mana
- Cancel3 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
- Nature's Rhythm2 mana
- Neoform2 mana
- Celestial Reunion1 mana
- Worldly Tutor1 mana
- Reshape2 mana
- March of Burgeoning Life1 mana
- Mask of the Mimic1 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Rhystic Study3 mana
- Archivist of Oghma2 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
- Innkeeper's Talent2 mana
- Bastion Protector3 mana
- Gold-Forged Thopteryx2 mana
- Greater Auramancy2 mana
- Sterling Grove2 mana
- Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
- Guardian Augmenter3 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Amber0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mox Opal0 mana
- Birds of Paradise1 mana
- Crop Rotation1 mana
- Delighted Halfling1 mana