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Ranar the Ever-Watchful
Legendary Creature — Spirit Warrior · {2}{W}{U} · Blue/White commander
What Ranar the Ever-Watchful 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 · exileWhenever one or more cards are put into exile from your hand or a spell or ability you control exiles one or more permanents from the battle, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.
- Keyword · flyingflying
- Keyword · vigilancevigilance
- AbilityThe first card you foretell each turn costs {0} to foretell.
What a Ranar the Ever-Watchful deck needs
Plays as exile matters. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- exile effects — exile removal, blink, delve and graveyard exile (each card put into exile triggers it)
- token payoffs — anthems, sacrifice outlets and go-wide finishers (it makes tokens on repeat)
The Ranar the Ever-Watchful deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 10× Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
- 9× A spell you cast from outside your hand — flashback, foretell, escape, adventure, cascade, plot and their kin
- 14× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- 6× A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 7× Refill your hand
Best cards for Ranar the Ever-Watchful
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.
Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
- Airbender Ascension2 mana
- Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd2 mana
- Displacer Kitten4 mana
- Eldrazi Displacer3 mana
- Flickerwisp3 mana
- Soulherder3 mana
- Touch the Spirit Realm3 mana
- Conjurer's Closet5 mana
A spell you cast from outside your hand — flashback, foretell, escape, adventure, cascade, plot and their kin
- Sol Talisman0 mana
- Snapcaster Mage2 mana
- Hidden Cataract0 mana
- Hidden Courtyard0 mana
- Lotus Bloom0 mana
- Mox Tantalite0 mana
- Ephemerate1 mana
- Case of the Uneaten Feast1 mana
Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- Kozilek's Unsealing3 mana
- Replicating Ring3 mana
- Elspeth, Storm Slayer5 mana
- Hero of Bladehold4 mana
- Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate0 mana
- Elspeth, Sun's Champion6 mana
- Andúril, Flame of the West3 mana
- Cosmogrand Zenith3 mana
A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- Intangible Virtue2 mana
- Caretaker's Talent3 mana
- Inspiring Leader3 mana
- Prava of the Steel Legion3 mana
- Gideon's Memorial2 mana
- Mite Overseer4 mana
- Phantom General4 mana
- Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
- Generous Gift3 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Reshape2 mana
- Mask of the Mimic1 mana
- Long-Term Plans3 mana
- Open the Armory2 mana
- Whir of Invention3 mana
- Merchant Scroll2 mana
- Enlightened Tutor1 mana
- Mystical Tutor1 mana
Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- Mindbreak Trap4 mana
- Fierce Guardianship3 mana
- Force of Negation3 mana
- Force of Will5 mana
- Flare of Denial3 mana
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- An Offer You Can't Refuse1 mana
- Arcane Denial2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Supreme Verdict4 mana
- Wrath of God4 mana
- Day of Judgment4 mana
- Shatter the Sky4 mana
- Split Up3 mana
- Winds of Abandon2 mana
- Depopulate4 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Rhystic Study3 mana
- Archivist of Oghma2 mana
- Faerie Mastermind2 mana
Combos with Ranar the Ever-Watchful
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Ranar the Ever-Watchful is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Ranar the Ever-Watchful + Portcullis36 decks
- Ranar the Ever-Watchful + Cadaverous Bloom + Skullclamp
- Ranar the Ever-Watchful + Rest In Peace + Phyrexian Altar + Mesmeric Trance
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