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Shiko and Narset, Unified

Legendary Creature — Human Spirit Dragon · {1}{U}{R}{W} · Red/Blue/White commander

Flying, vigilance Flurry — Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, copy that spell if it targets a permanent or player, and you may choose new targets for the copy. If you don't copy a spell this way, draw a card.

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What Shiko and Narset, Unified 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 · cast_spellWhenever you cast your second spell each turn, copy that spell if it targets a permanent or player, and you may choose new targets for the copy. If you don't copy a spell this way, draw a card.
• Keyword · flyingflying
• Keyword · vigilancevigilance

What a Shiko and Narset, Unified deck needs

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

• instants, sorceries and artifact spells worth copying (it copies your spells)
• two cheap spells in one turn — cantrips, rituals, free spells and cost reducers (its trigger fires on your second spell each turn, never on a lone spell)

The Shiko and Narset, Unified deck plan

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

• 22× A cheap spell of any kind — casts per turn are the engine for an unrestricted cast trigger
• 17× Instants and sorceries — for a magecraft/prowess commander the spell COUNT is the engine
• 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
• 11× Get ahead on mana

Best cards for Shiko and Narset, Unified

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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