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Shattergang Brothers
Legendary Creature — Goblin Artificer · {1}{B}{R}{G} · Black/Green/Red commander
{2}{B}, Sacrifice a creature: Each other player sacrifices a creature.
{2}{R}, Sacrifice an artifact: Each other player sacrifices an artifact.
{2}{G}, Sacrifice an enchantment: Each other player sacrifices an enchantment.
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What Shattergang Brothers actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Activated ability{2}{B}, Sacrifice a creature: Each other player sacrifices a creature.
- Activated ability{2}{R}, Sacrifice an artifact: Each other player sacrifices an artifact.
- Activated ability{2}{G}, Sacrifice an enchantment: Each other player sacrifices an enchantment.
What a Shattergang Brothers deck wants
The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.
- 32× Creatures you are happy to sacrifice — a free sac outlet on the commander is worthless with nothing to feed it
- 7× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 3× Answer a whole board at once
- 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 9× Refill your hand
- 4× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Shattergang Brothers
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.
Creatures you are happy to sacrifice — a free sac outlet on the commander is worthless with nothing to feed it
- Vivi's Persistence2 mana
- Hangarback Walker0 mana
- Old One Eye6 mana
- Skeleton Crew4 mana
- Slimefoot and Squee3 mana
- Sosuke's Summons3 mana
- Pest Infestation1 mana
- "Lifetime" Pass Holder1 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Assassin's Trophy2 mana
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Defile1 mana
- Tragic Slip1 mana
- Infernal Grasp2 mana
- Terminate2 mana
- Fatal Push1 mana
- Beast Within3 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Do or Die2 mana
- Force of Despair3 mana
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Accursed Marauder2 mana
- Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
- Innocent Blood1 mana
- Breaking Point3 mana
- Coils of the Medusa2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Demonic Tutor2 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Vampiric Tutor1 mana
- Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
- Imperial Seal1 mana
- Insatiable Avarice1 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Nature's Rhythm2 mana
Refill your hand
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
- Black Market Connections3 mana
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Morbid Opportunist3 mana
- Phyrexian Arena3 mana
- Beast Whisperer4 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Innkeeper's Talent2 mana
- Guardian Augmenter3 mana
- Cryptothrall4 mana
- Saryth, the Viper's Fang4 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Asceticism5 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Amber0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mox Opal0 mana
- Birds of Paradise1 mana
- Crop Rotation1 mana
- Delighted Halfling1 mana