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Ragost, Deft Gastronaut

Ragost, Deft Gastronaut

Legendary Creature — Lobster Citizen · {R}{W} · Red/White commander

Artifacts you control are Foods in addition to their other types and have "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life." {1}, {T}, Sacrifice a Food: Ragost deals 3 damage to each opponent. At the beginning of each end step, if you gained life this turn, untap Ragost.
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What Ragost, Deft Gastronaut actually does

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What a Ragost, Deft Gastronaut deck wants

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Best cards for Ragost, Deft Gastronaut

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.

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

  1. Rising of the Day3 mana
  2. Thousand-Year Elixir3 mana
  3. Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki3 mana
  4. Goblin Chieftain3 mana
  5. Blacksmith's Talent1 mana
  6. The Fire Crystal4 mana
  7. Cloudshredder Sliver2 mana
  8. Lightning Greaves2 mana

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

  1. Aggravated Assault3 mana
  2. Aurelia, the Warleader6 mana
  3. Reconnaissance1 mana
  4. Sword of Feast and Famine3 mana
  5. Amulet of Vigor1 mana
  6. Sting, the Glinting Dagger2 mana
  7. Umbral Mantle3 mana
  8. Genji Glove5 mana

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

  1. Academy Manufactor3 mana
  2. City Pigeon1 mana
  3. Momo, Playful Pet1 mana
  4. Rosie Cotton of South Lane3 mana
  5. Astrid Peth2 mana
  6. Featherbrained Filcher1 mana
  7. Lita, Little Orphan Amphibian2 mana
  8. Cat Collector3 mana

A permanent of the exact NON-creature type the commander counts — artifacts for an artifact commander, enchantments for an enchantress

  1. Chrome Mox0 mana
  2. Everflowing Chalice0 mana
  3. Lotus Petal0 mana
  4. Mox Amber0 mana
  5. Mox Diamond0 mana
  6. Mox Opal0 mana
  7. Lion's Eye Diamond0 mana
  8. Ornithopter0 mana

Creatures you are happy to sacrifice — a free sac outlet on the commander is worthless with nothing to feed it

  1. Vivi's Persistence2 mana
  2. Otharri, Suns' Glory5 mana
  3. Hangarback Walker0 mana
  4. Crawling Chorus1 mana
  5. Doomed Traveler1 mana
  6. Hunted Witness1 mana
  7. Summon the School4 mana
  8. Urza's Saga0 mana

Gain life repeatedly — for a commander that converts life gained into drain, the gain IS the damage

  1. Inventors' Fair0 mana
  2. Basilisk Collar1 mana
  3. Authority of the Consuls1 mana
  4. Serra Ascendant1 mana
  5. Shadowspear1 mana
  6. Soul Warden1 mana
  7. Witch's Clinic0 mana
  8. Ajani's Welcome1 mana

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

  1. Path to Exile1 mana
  2. Swords to Plowshares1 mana
  3. Wild Magic Surge2 mana
  4. March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
  5. Flicker of Fate2 mana
  6. Generous Gift3 mana
  7. Erode1 mana
  8. Getaway Glamer1 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Final Showdown1 mana
  2. Vanquish the Horde8 mana
  3. Martyr's Cry2 mana
  4. Split Up3 mana
  5. Blasphemous Act9 mana
  6. Cathedral Membrane2 mana
  7. Citywide Bust3 mana
  8. Harsh Mercy3 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Open the Armory2 mana
  2. Enlightened Tutor1 mana
  3. Goblin Recruiter2 mana
  4. Templar Knight2 mana
  5. Idyllic Tutor3 mana
  6. Imperial Recruiter3 mana
  7. Dragon's Approach3 mana
  8. Ranger-Captain of Eos3 mana

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