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Rem Karolus, Stalwart Slayer

Legendary Creature — Human Knight · {1}{R}{W} · Red/White commander

Flying, haste If a spell would deal damage to you or another permanent you control, prevent that damage. If a spell would deal damage to an opponent or a permanent an opponent controls, it deals that much damage plus 1 instead.

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What Rem Karolus, Stalwart Slayer actually does

Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.

• Replacement effect · otherIf a spell would deal damage to an opponent or a permanent an opponent controls, it deals that much damage plus 1 instead.
• Keyword · flyingflying
• Keyword · hastehaste

What a Rem Karolus, Stalwart Slayer deck needs

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

• damage spells (each deals 1 more; yours never hurt you or your permanents)

The Rem Karolus, Stalwart Slayer deck plan

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

• 12× A repeatable source of damage — a commander that adds to each damage event wants many small events, not one big one
• 7× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 3× Answer a whole board at once
• 9× Refill your hand
• 4× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 11× Get ahead on mana
• 20× Instants and sorceries — for a magecraft/prowess commander the spell COUNT is the engine

Best cards for Rem Karolus, Stalwart Slayer

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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