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Sami, Wildcat Captain
Legendary Creature — Human Artificer Rogue · {4}{R}{W} · Red/White commander
What Sami, Wildcat Captain actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Keyword · double strikedouble strike
- Keyword · vigilancevigilance
- AbilitySpells you cast have affinity for artifacts.
What a Sami, Wildcat Captain deck needs
Plays as artifacts. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- artifacts (every spell costs {1} less per artifact you control)
The Sami, Wildcat Captain deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 8× A permanent that does something every turn it is on the battlefield — the deck's body, for a commander whose text asks for nothing specific
- 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
- 3× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
- 26× A permanent of the exact NON-creature type the commander counts — artifacts for an artifact commander, enchantments for an enchantress
Best cards for Sami, Wildcat Captain
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 permanent that does something every turn it is on the battlefield — the deck's body, for a commander whose text asks for nothing specific
- Crashing Drawbridge2 mana
- Cleric Class1 mana
- Bontu's Monument3 mana
- Mirror Entity3 mana
- Oketra's Monument3 mana
- Artist's Talent2 mana
- Goro-Goro, Disciple of Ryusei2 mana
- Roiling Vortex2 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
- Generous Gift3 mana
- Erode1 mana
- Unwanted Remake1 mana
- Angelic Ascension2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Open the Armory2 mana
- Enlightened Tutor1 mana
- Kellan, the Fae-Blooded // Birthright Boon3 mana
- Templar Knight2 mana
- Idyllic Tutor3 mana
- Imperial Recruiter3 mana
- Ranger-Captain of Eos3 mana
- Loyal Tutor1 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Wrath of God4 mana
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Chain Reaction4 mana
- Day of Judgment4 mana
- Street Spasm1 mana
- Shatter the Sky4 mana
- Split Up3 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
- Archivist of Oghma2 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Sticky Fingers1 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Bastion Protector3 mana
- Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
- Coppercoat Vanguard2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Boros Signet2 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
Combos with Sami, Wildcat Captain
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Sami, Wildcat Captain is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Sami, Wildcat Captain + Sensei's Divining Top + Mystic Forge2,545 decks
- Sami, Wildcat Captain + Scrap Trawler + Myr Retriever + Krark-Clan Ironworks2,151 decks
- Sami, Wildcat Captain + Spine Of Ish Sah1,973 decks
- Sami, Wildcat Captain + Ancestral Statue1,096 decks
- Sami, Wildcat Captain + Birgi, God Of Storytelling + Sensei's Divining Top761 decks
- Sami, Wildcat Captain + Spine Of Ish Sah + Krark-Clan Ironworks705 decks
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