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Shredder, Unrelenting

Legendary Creature — Human Ninja · {4}{B} · Black commander

Sneak {3}{B} (You may cast this spell for {3}{B} if you also return an unblocked attacker you control to hand during the declare blockers step. He enters tapped and attacking.) Deathtouch Whenever Shredder enters or attacks, another target creature you control gains deathtouch until end of turn.

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What Shredder, Unrelenting 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 Shredder enters or attacks, another target creature you control gains deathtouch until end of turn.
• Keyword · sneaksneak
• Keyword · deathtouchdeathtouch

What a Shredder, Unrelenting deck needs

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

• blink and recursion aimed at the commander itself (its value is its own enter trigger)
• cheap evasive creatures that connect unblocked (sneak's cost is an unblocked attacker)
• haste, evasion and protection for the commander, and extra combats (its own attack is the engine)

The Shredder, Unrelenting deck plan

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

• 11× A 0-1 mana creature that reliably attacks UNBLOCKED — the cost the commander's ability consumes, and the only way it gets onto the battlefield
• 7× Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
• 6× Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
• 8× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
• 4× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
• 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 1× Answer a whole board at once
• 7× Refill your hand

Best cards for Shredder, Unrelenting

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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