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Shagrat, Loot Bearer

Legendary Creature — Orc Soldier · {2}{B}{R} · Black/Red commander

Whenever Shagrat attacks, attach up to one target Equipment to it. Then amass Orcs X, where X is the number of Equipment attached to Shagrat. (Control of the Equipment doesn't change. To amass Orcs X, put X +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.)

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What Shagrat, Loot Bearer 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 · attackWhenever Shagrat attacks, attach up to one target Equipment to it. Then amass Orcs X, where X is the number of Equipment attached to Shagrat.

What a Shagrat, Loot Bearer deck needs

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

• auras and equipment worth moving, and bodies to carry them (its text attaches or counts them)
• haste, evasion and protection for the commander, and extra combats (its own attack is the engine)

The Shagrat, Loot Bearer deck plan

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

• 9× Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
• 17× Equipment and Auras — the things a suit-up commander's trigger and plan are actually made of
• 7× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
• 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 Shagrat, Loot Bearer

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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