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Shadowfax, Lord of Horses

Shadowfax, Lord of Horses

Legendary Creature — Horse · {3}{R}{W} · Red/White commander

Horses you control have haste. (They can attack and {T} as soon as they come under your control.) Whenever Shadowfax attacks, you may put a creature card with lesser power from your hand onto the battlefield tapped and attacking.
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What Shadowfax, Lord of Horses actually does

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

What a Shadowfax, Lord of Horses deck needs

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

The Shadowfax, Lord of Horses deck plan

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

Best cards for Shadowfax, Lord of Horses

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 body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality

  1. Diamond Mare2 mana
  2. Keleth, Sunmane Familiar2 mana
  3. Dwarven Pony1 mana
  4. Gilded Ghoda2 mana
  5. Troop of Ponies2 mana
  6. Armored Warhorse2 mana
  7. Hipparion2 mana
  8. Lightning Mare2 mana

Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers

  1. Iroas, God of Victory4 mana
  2. Elspeth, Sun's Champion6 mana
  3. Eldrazi Monument5 mana
  4. Goblin War Drums3 mana
  5. Akroma's Memorial7 mana
  6. On Wings of Gold4 mana
  7. Archetype of Aggression3 mana
  8. Beamtown Beatstick1 mana

Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it

  1. Path to Exile1 mana
  2. Swords to Plowshares1 mana
  3. Wild Magic Surge2 mana
  4. March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
  5. Generous Gift3 mana
  6. Erode1 mana
  7. Unwanted Remake1 mana
  8. Angelic Ascension2 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Open the Armory2 mana
  2. Enlightened Tutor1 mana
  3. Kellan, the Fae-Blooded // Birthright Boon3 mana
  4. Templar Knight2 mana
  5. Idyllic Tutor3 mana
  6. Imperial Recruiter3 mana
  7. Ranger-Captain of Eos3 mana
  8. Loyal Tutor1 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Vanquish the Horde8 mana
  2. Wrath of God4 mana
  3. Blasphemous Act9 mana
  4. Chain Reaction4 mana
  5. Day of Judgment4 mana
  6. Street Spasm1 mana
  7. Shatter the Sky4 mana
  8. Split Up3 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Esper Sentinel1 mana
  2. Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
  3. Skullclamp1 mana
  4. Herald's Horn3 mana
  5. Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
  6. Archivist of Oghma2 mana
  7. The One Ring4 mana
  8. Sticky Fingers1 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
  2. Hexing Squelcher2 mana
  3. Bastion Protector3 mana
  4. Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
  5. Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
  6. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  7. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  8. Chaplain of Alms // Chapel Shieldgeist1 mana

Get ahead on mana

  1. Sol Ring1 mana
  2. Boros Signet2 mana
  3. Palladium Myr3 mana
  4. Worn Powerstone3 mana
  5. Chrome Mox0 mana
  6. Everflowing Chalice0 mana
  7. Mox Diamond0 mana
  8. Mana Vault1 mana

Combos with Shadowfax, Lord of Horses

Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Shadowfax, Lord of Horses is a piece of, and how many decks list them.

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