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Satoru, the Infiltrator

Legendary Creature — Human Ninja Rogue · {U}{B} · Black/Blue commander

Menace Whenever Satoru and/or one or more other nontoken creatures you control enter, if none of them were cast or no mana was spent to cast them, draw a card.

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What Satoru, the Infiltrator 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 · otherWhenever Satoru and/or one or more other nontoken creatures you control enter, if none of them were cast or no mana was spent to cast them, draw a card.
• Keyword · menacemenace

What a Satoru, the Infiltrator deck wants

The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.

• 14× Get your board back after a wipe
• 12× Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
• 13× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
• 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 1× Answer a whole board at once
• 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 7× Refill your hand
• 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

Best cards for Satoru, the Infiltrator

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