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Pippin, Warden of Isengard

Pippin, Warden of Isengard

Legendary Creature — Halfling Advisor · {B}{G} · Black/Green commander

Partner with Merry, Warden of Isengard (When this creature enters, target player may put Merry into their hand from their library, then shuffle.) {1}, {T}: Create a Food token. {T}, Sacrifice four Foods: Other creatures you control get +3/+3 and gain haste until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery.
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What Pippin, Warden of Isengard actually does

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What a Pippin, Warden of Isengard deck wants

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Best cards for Pippin, Warden of Isengard

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Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise

  1. Thousand-Year Elixir3 mana
  2. Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler3 mana
  3. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  4. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  5. Runadi, Behemoth Caller3 mana
  6. Akroma's Memorial7 mana
  7. Super State7 mana
  8. Ulvenwald Oddity // Ulvenwald Behemoth4 mana

Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot

  1. Bear Umbra4 mana
  2. Sword of Feast and Famine3 mana
  3. Wilderness Reclamation4 mana
  4. Amulet of Vigor1 mana
  5. Beledros Witherbloom7 mana
  6. Nature's Will4 mana
  7. Sting, the Glinting Dagger2 mana
  8. Umbral Mantle3 mana

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

  1. Gilded Goose1 mana
  2. Academy Manufactor3 mana
  3. Tireless Provisioner3 mana
  4. Peregrin Took3 mana
  5. Meriadoc Brandybuck2 mana
  6. Pippin, Warden of Isengard2 mana
  7. Spider-Ham, Peter Porker2 mana
  8. Tough Cookie2 mana

A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality

  1. Gingerbrute1 mana
  2. Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender2 mana
  3. Tough Cookie2 mana
  4. Ice Cream Kitty2 mana
  5. Vegetation Abomination3 mana
  6. Dimension X Pizzasaur4 mana
  7. Pizza Face, Gastromancer5 mana

A team pump that actually pumps tokens

  1. Mosswort Bridge0 mana
  2. Nesting Grounds0 mana
  3. Heroic Intervention2 mana
  4. Zulaport Cutthroat2 mana
  5. Sylvan Safekeeper1 mana
  6. Tamiyo's Safekeeping1 mana
  7. Tyvar's Stand1 mana
  8. Veil of Summer1 mana

Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide

  1. Hornet Nest3 mana
  2. Endless Ranks of the Dead4 mana
  3. Esika's Chariot4 mana
  4. Lathril, Blade of the Elves4 mana
  5. Trendy Circus Pirate0 mana
  6. Myr Battlesphere7 mana
  7. Broodhatch Nantuko2 mana
  8. Tervigon2 mana

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

  1. Assassin's Trophy2 mana
  2. Defile1 mana
  3. Tragic Slip1 mana
  4. Infernal Grasp2 mana
  5. Fatal Push1 mana
  6. Beast Within3 mana
  7. Bitter Triumph2 mana
  8. Nature's Claim1 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Do or Die2 mana
  2. Force of Despair3 mana
  3. Accursed Marauder2 mana
  4. Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
  5. Innocent Blood1 mana
  6. Coils of the Medusa2 mana
  7. Forced March3 mana
  8. Nature's Ruin3 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Demonic Tutor2 mana
  2. Diabolic Intent2 mana
  3. Vampiric Tutor1 mana
  4. Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
  5. Imperial Seal1 mana
  6. Insatiable Avarice1 mana
  7. Diabolic Intent2 mana
  8. Nature's Rhythm2 mana

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