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Rankle and Torbran

Legendary Creature — Faerie Dwarf · {1}{B}{B}{R}{R} · Black/Red commander

Flying, first strike, haste Whenever Rankle and Torbran deals combat damage to a player or battle, choose any number — • Each player creates a Treasure token. • Each player sacrifices a creature of their choice. • If a source would deal damage to a player or battle this turn, it deals that much damage plus 2 instead.

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What Rankle and Torbran 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 · deals_damageWhenever Rankle and Torbran deals combat damage to a player or battle, choose any number —
• Replacement effect · damage_doubler• If a source would deal damage to a player or battle this turn, it deals that much damage plus 2 instead.
• Keyword · flyingflying
• Keyword · first strikefirst strike
• Keyword · hastehaste

What a Rankle and Torbran deck needs

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

• many small, repeatable damage sources (it adds to every damage event)
• evasion and protection for the commander (the trigger needs its combat damage to connect)

The Rankle and Torbran deck plan

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

• 12× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
• 29× A repeatable source of damage — a commander that adds to each damage event wants many small events, not one big one
• 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 1× Answer a whole board at once
• 7× Refill your hand
• 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 11× Get ahead on mana

Best cards for Rankle and Torbran

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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