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Piper Wright, Publick Reporter

Piper Wright, Publick Reporter

Legendary Creature — Human Detective · {1}{U} · Blue commander

Whenever Piper Wright deals combat damage to a player, investigate that many times. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.") Whenever you sacrifice a Clue, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
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What Piper Wright, Publick Reporter actually does

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What a Piper Wright, Publick Reporter deck wants

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Best cards for Piper Wright, Publick Reporter

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Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers

  1. Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive2 mana
  2. Galerider Sliver1 mana
  3. Herald of Secret Streams4 mana
  4. Favorable Winds2 mana
  5. Eldrazi Monument5 mana
  6. Colossus Hammer1 mana
  7. Shadowspear1 mana
  8. Akroma's Memorial7 mana

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

  1. Floodhound1 mana
  2. Forensic Gadgeteer3 mana
  3. Erdwal Illuminator2 mana
  4. Piper Wright, Publick Reporter2 mana
  5. Mistway Spy1 mana
  6. April O'Neil, Live on the Scene2 mana
  7. Daring Sleuth // Bearer of Overwhelming Truths2 mana
  8. James, Wandering Dad // Follow Him3 mana

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

  1. Karn's Bastion0 mana
  2. Ripples of Potential2 mana
  3. Thrummingbird2 mana
  4. Contagion Clasp2 mana
  5. Contentious Plan2 mana
  6. Experimental Augury2 mana
  7. Tezzeret's Gambit4 mana
  8. Dreamtide Whale3 mana

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

  1. Reality Shift2 mana
  2. Pongify1 mana
  3. Rapid Hybridization1 mana
  4. Resculpt2 mana
  5. Suspend1 mana
  6. Snap2 mana
  7. Into the Flood Maw1 mana
  8. Planar Incision2 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Displacement Wave2 mana
  2. Filter Out3 mana
  3. Aligned Hedron Network4 mana
  4. Coercive Portal4 mana
  5. Whelming Wave4 mana
  6. Consuming Tide4 mana
  7. Llawan, Cephalid Empress4 mana
  8. Part the Veil4 mana

Answer a spell or ability before it resolves

  1. Pact of Negation0 mana
  2. Counterspell2 mana
  3. Three Steps Ahead1 mana
  4. Long River's Pull2 mana
  5. Force of Will5 mana
  6. Abjure1 mana
  7. Archmage's Charm3 mana
  8. Cancel3 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Reshape2 mana
  2. Mask of the Mimic1 mana
  3. Long-Term Plans3 mana
  4. Whir of Invention3 mana
  5. Merchant Scroll2 mana
  6. Mystical Tutor1 mana
  7. Muddle the Mixture2 mana
  8. Personal Tutor1 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Mystic Remora1 mana
  2. Skullclamp1 mana
  3. Curiosity1 mana
  4. Wizard Class1 mana
  5. Rhystic Study3 mana
  6. Faerie Mastermind2 mana
  7. The One Ring4 mana
  8. Combat Research1 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Cryptothrall4 mana
  2. Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus4 mana
  3. Lost in the Maze2 mana
  4. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  5. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  6. Eldrazi Monument5 mana
  7. Commander's Plate1 mana
  8. Mithril Coat3 mana

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