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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
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Activated ability{6}{W/P}: Transform Polukranos Reborn. Activate only as a sorcery.
- Triggered ability · deathWhenever 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.
- Keyword · lifelinklifelink
- Keyword · reachreach
- Keyword · transformtransform
What a Polukranos Reborn // Polukranos, Engine of Ruin deck wants
The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.
- 29× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- 6× A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- 6× Sacrifice a creature for no mana, repeatably
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Polukranos Reborn // Polukranos, Engine of Ruin
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 body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- Goldvein Hydra1 mana
- Genesis Hydra2 mana
- Primordial Hydra2 mana
- Steelbane Hydra2 mana
- Voracious Hydra2 mana
- Hungering Hydra1 mana
- Managorger Hydra3 mana
- Mistcutter Hydra1 mana
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
- Phantom General4 mana
- Mosswort Bridge0 mana
Sacrifice a creature for no mana, repeatably
- High Market0 mana
- Lazotep Quarry0 mana
- Miren, the Moaning Well0 mana
- Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise6 mana
- Ulamog's Dreadsire10 mana
- Vivien on the Hunt6 mana
- Orochi Eggwatcher // Shidako, Broodmistress3 mana
- Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise6 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
- Flicker of Fate2 mana
- Beast Within3 mana
- Generous Gift3 mana
- Nature's Claim1 mana
- Erode1 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
- Harsh Mercy3 mana
- Retribution of the Meek3 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
- Nature's Rhythm2 mana
- Celestial Reunion1 mana
- Worldly Tutor1 mana
- March of Burgeoning Life1 mana
- Archdruid's Charm3 mana
- Chord of Calling3 mana
- Eldritch Evolution3 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Archivist of Oghma2 mana
- Beast Whisperer4 mana
- Smothering Tithe4 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Pip-Boy 30001 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
- Innkeeper's Talent2 mana
- Bastion Protector3 mana
- Greater Auramancy2 mana
- Sterling Grove2 mana
- Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
- Guardian Augmenter3 mana
- Cryptothrall4 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