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Sharkey, Tyrant of the Shire
Legendary Creature — Avatar Rogue · {2}{U}{B} · Black/Blue commander
What Sharkey, Tyrant of the Shire actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Static ability · hoserActivated abilities of lands your opponents control can't be activated unless they're mana abilities.
- Static ability · ability_shareSharkey has all activated abilities of lands your opponents control except mana abilities.
What a Sharkey, Tyrant of the Shire deck wants
The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.
- 16× A tax, lock or hoser aimed at the opponents — the deck's parity break
- 15× A creature with an activated ability worth copying or borrowing
- 8× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 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 Sharkey, Tyrant of the Shire
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 tax, lock or hoser aimed at the opponents — the deck's parity break
- Shadowspear1 mana
- Propaganda3 mana
- Arcane Lighthouse0 mana
- Grafdigger's Cage1 mana
- Narset, Parter of Veils3 mana
- Conqueror's Flail2 mana
- Winter Moon2 mana
- Propaganda // Propaganda0 mana
A creature with an activated ability worth copying or borrowing
- Hangarback Walker0 mana
- Westvale Abbey // Ormendahl, Profane Prince0 mana
- Crashing Drawbridge2 mana
- Dauthi Voidwalker2 mana
- Steel Overseer2 mana
- Cryptbreaker1 mana
- Gingerbrute1 mana
- Master of Dark Rites1 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Gleaming Overseer3 mana
- Cryptothrall4 mana
- Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus4 mana
- Lost in the Maze2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- Defile1 mana
- Tragic Slip1 mana
- Suspend1 mana
- Infernal Grasp2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Do or Die2 mana
- Force of Despair3 mana
- Displacement Wave2 mana
- Accursed Marauder2 mana
- Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
- Innocent Blood1 mana
- Coils of the Medusa2 mana
- Forced March3 mana
Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- Counterspell2 mana
- Three Steps Ahead1 mana
- Long River's Pull2 mana
- Force of Will5 mana
- Abjure1 mana
- Archmage's Charm3 mana
- Cancel3 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Demonic Tutor2 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Vampiric Tutor1 mana
- Imperial Seal1 mana
- Insatiable Avarice1 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Grim Tutor3 mana
- Liliana Vess // Liliana Vess0 mana
Refill your hand
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Black Market Connections3 mana
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
- Morbid Opportunist3 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Gleaming Overseer3 mana
- Cryptothrall4 mana
- Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus4 mana
- Lost in the Maze2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
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