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Plargg and Nassari

Legendary Creature — Orc Efreet · {3}{R}{R} · Red commander

At the beginning of your upkeep, each player exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card. An opponent chooses a nonland card exiled this way. You may cast up to two spells from among the other cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.

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What Plargg and Nassari 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 · upkeepAt the beginning of your upkeep, each player exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card. An opponent chooses a nonland card exiled this way. You may cast up to two spel

What a Plargg and Nassari deck needs

Plays as impulse draw. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.

• high-mana-value spells (you cast two free each upkeep after an opponent takes the best one away)
• expensive spells only — a cheap card is a wasted free cast

The Plargg and Nassari deck plan

The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.

• 33× Mana value at or above the floor — for a cascade commander a cheap card is a DEFECT, not a bargain
• 7× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 3× Answer a whole board at once
• 9× Refill your hand
• 3× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 11× Get ahead on mana

Best cards for Plargg and Nassari

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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