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Polukranos Reborn // Polukranos, Engine of Ruin

Polukranos Reborn // Polukranos, Engine of Ruin

Legendary Creature — Hydra // Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Hydra · {G}{G}{G} · Green/White commander

Reach {6}{W/P}: Transform Polukranos Reborn. Activate only as a sorcery. ({W/P} can be paid with either {W} or 2 life.) Reach, lifelink Whenever Polukranos or another nontoken Hydra you control dies, create a 3/3 green and white Phyrexian Hydra creature token with reach and a 3/3 green and white Phyrexian Hydra creature token with lifelink.
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What Polukranos Reborn // Polukranos, Engine of Ruin actually does

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What a Polukranos Reborn // Polukranos, Engine of Ruin deck needs

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The Polukranos Reborn // Polukranos, Engine of Ruin deck plan

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Best cards for Polukranos Reborn // Polukranos, Engine of Ruin

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

  1. Goldvein Hydra1 mana
  2. Genesis Hydra2 mana
  3. Primordial Hydra2 mana
  4. Steelbane Hydra2 mana
  5. Voracious Hydra2 mana
  6. Hungering Hydra1 mana
  7. Managorger Hydra3 mana
  8. Mistcutter Hydra1 mana

A team pump that actually pumps tokens

  1. Intangible Virtue2 mana
  2. Caretaker's Talent3 mana
  3. Inspiring Leader3 mana
  4. Prava of the Steel Legion3 mana
  5. Gideon's Memorial2 mana
  6. Mite Overseer4 mana
  7. Phantom General4 mana
  8. Patchwork Banner3 mana

Sacrifice a creature for no mana, repeatably

  1. Altar of Dementia2 mana
  2. Spawning Pit2 mana
  3. Ashnod's Altar3 mana
  4. Phyrexian Altar3 mana
  5. Fanatical Devotion3 mana
  6. Martyr's Cause3 mana
  7. Greater Good4 mana
  8. Bound by Moonsilver3 mana

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

  1. Path to Exile1 mana
  2. Swords to Plowshares1 mana
  3. March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
  4. Beast Within3 mana
  5. Generous Gift3 mana
  6. Nature's Claim1 mana
  7. Erode1 mana
  8. Unwanted Remake1 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
  2. Nature's Rhythm2 mana
  3. Celestial Reunion1 mana
  4. Worldly Tutor1 mana
  5. March of Burgeoning Life1 mana
  6. Archdruid's Charm3 mana
  7. Chord of Calling3 mana
  8. Eldritch Evolution3 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Vanquish the Horde8 mana
  2. Wrath of God4 mana
  3. Day of Judgment4 mana
  4. Shatter the Sky4 mana
  5. Split Up3 mana
  6. Winds of Abandon2 mana
  7. Depopulate4 mana
  8. No Witnesses4 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Esper Sentinel1 mana
  2. Skullclamp1 mana
  3. Sylvan Library2 mana
  4. Garruk's Uprising3 mana
  5. Herald's Horn3 mana
  6. Archivist of Oghma2 mana
  7. Beast Whisperer4 mana
  8. The One Ring4 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
  2. Bastion Protector3 mana
  3. Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
  4. Guardian Augmenter3 mana
  5. Saryth, the Viper's Fang4 mana
  6. Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
  7. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  8. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana

Get ahead on mana

  1. Sol Ring1 mana
  2. Incubation Druid2 mana
  3. Palladium Myr3 mana
  4. Worn Powerstone3 mana
  5. Ilysian Caryatid2 mana
  6. Selesnya Signet2 mana
  7. Heritage Druid1 mana
  8. Llanowar Tribe3 mana

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