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Shiko, Paragon of the Way

Legendary Creature — Spirit Dragon · {2}{U}{R}{W} · Red/Blue/White commander

Flying, vigilance When Shiko enters, exile target nonland card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard. Copy it, then you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)

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What Shiko, Paragon of the Way 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 · etbWhen Shiko enters, exile target nonland card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard. Copy it, then you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.
• Keyword · flyingflying
• Keyword · vigilancevigilance

What a Shiko, Paragon of the Way deck wants

The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.

• 32× Mana value at or above the floor — for a cascade commander a cheap card is a DEFECT, not a bargain
• 6× Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
• 12× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
• 8× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
• 6× Put your own cards into your graveyard as a resource
• 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

Best cards for Shiko, Paragon of the Way

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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