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Shaun, Father of Synths
Legendary Creature — Human Scientist · {3}{U}{R} · Red/Blue commander
What Shaun, Father of Synths 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 you attack, you may create a tapped and attacking token that's a copy of target attacking legendary creature you control other than Shaun, except it's not legendary and it's a Synth artifact
- Triggered ability · otherWhen Shaun leaves the battlefield, exile all Synth tokens you control.
What a Shaun, Father of Synths deck needs
Plays as legends. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- legendary creatures with attack or enter value (each attack copies one)
The Shaun, Father of Synths deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 15× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- 16× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- 8× A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
Best cards for Shaun, Father of Synths
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 permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- Solemn Simulacrum4 mana
- Thousand-Faced Shadow1 mana
- Dualcaster Mage3 mana
- Imperial Recruiter3 mana
- Dire Fleet Daredevil2 mana
- Fear of Missing Out2 mana
- Goblin Engineer2 mana
- Snapcaster Mage2 mana
Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- Kozilek's Unsealing3 mana
- Replicating Ring3 mana
- Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate0 mana
- Andúril, Flame of the West3 mana
- Hanweir Garrison3 mana
- Sarkhan, Fireblood3 mana
- Field of the Dead0 mana
- Fountainport0 mana
A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- Castle Embereth0 mana
- Great Train Heist1 mana
- Heraldic Banner3 mana
- Rising of the Day3 mana
- Purphoros, God of the Forge4 mana
- Kavaron, Memorial World0 mana
- Chief of the Foundry3 mana
- Frostcliff Siege3 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- Crush1 mana
- Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
- Jilt2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Reshape2 mana
- Mask of the Mimic1 mana
- Long-Term Plans3 mana
- Whir of Invention3 mana
- Merchant Scroll2 mana
- Mystical Tutor1 mana
- Muddle the Mixture2 mana
- Personal Tutor1 mana
Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- Mindbreak Trap4 mana
- Fierce Guardianship3 mana
- Force of Negation3 mana
- Force of Will5 mana
- Flare of Denial3 mana
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- An Offer You Can't Refuse1 mana
- Arcane Denial2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Chain Reaction4 mana
- Street Spasm1 mana
- Desynchronization4 mana
- Wave Goodbye4 mana
- Whelming Wave4 mana
- Consuming Tide4 mana
- Selective Obliteration5 mana
Refill your hand
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
- Rhystic Study3 mana
- Faerie Mastermind2 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Lost in the Maze2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
Combos with Shaun, Father of Synths
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Shaun, Father of Synths is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Shaun, Father of Synths + Aurelia, The Warleader1,011 decks
- Shaun, Father of Synths + Breath Of Fury193 decks
- Shaun, Father of Synths + Raphael, Tag Team Tough49 decks
- Shaun, Father of Synths + Godo, Bandit Warlord + Amulet Of Vigor1 decks
- Shaun, Father of Synths + Godo, Bandit Warlord + Archelos, Lagoon Mystic
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