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Sigurd, Jarl of Ravensthorpe
Legendary Creature — Human Warrior · {R}{G}{W} · Green/Red/White commander
Vigilance, trample, lifelink
Boast — {1}: Put a lore counter on target Saga you control or remove one from it. (Activate only if this creature attacked this turn and only once each turn.)
Whenever you put a lore counter on a Saga you control, put a +1/+1 counter on up to one other target creature.
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What Sigurd, Jarl of Ravensthorpe 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{1}: Put a lore counter on target Saga you control or remove one from it.
- Triggered ability · otherWhenever you put a lore counter on a Saga you control, put a +1/+1 counter on up to one other target creature.
- Keyword · vigilancevigilance
- Keyword · trampletrample
- Keyword · lifelinklifelink
- Keyword · boastboast
What a Sigurd, Jarl of Ravensthorpe deck needs
Plays as counters. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- Sagas (each lore counter spreads a +1/+1 counter)
The Sigurd, Jarl of Ravensthorpe deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 28× Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
- 9× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 3× Answer a whole board at once
- 10× Refill your hand
- 5× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
- 14× A permanent of the exact NON-creature type the commander counts — artifacts for an artifact commander, enchantments for an enchantress
Best cards for Sigurd, Jarl of Ravensthorpe
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.
Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
- Branching Evolution3 mana
- Hardened Scales1 mana
- Ozolith, the Shattered Spire2 mana
- Conclave Mentor2 mana
- Kami of Whispered Hopes3 mana
- Benevolent Hydra2 mana
- Michelangelo, Weirdness to 112 mana
- Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion3 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
- Beast Within3 mana
- Generous Gift3 mana
- Nature's Claim1 mana
- Erode1 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
- Nature's Rhythm2 mana
- Worldly Tutor1 mana
- March of Burgeoning Life1 mana
- Archdruid's Charm3 mana
- Chord of Calling3 mana
- Eldritch Evolution3 mana
- Eladamri's Call2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Wrath of God4 mana
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Chain Reaction4 mana
- Day of Judgment4 mana
- Street Spasm1 mana
- Shatter the Sky4 mana
- Split Up3 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Sylvan Library2 mana
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
- Archivist of Oghma2 mana
- Beast Whisperer4 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Innkeeper's Talent2 mana
- Bastion Protector3 mana
- Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
- Guardian Augmenter3 mana
- Saryth, the Viper's Fang4 mana
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Boros Signet2 mana
- Gruul Signet2 mana
- Incubation Druid2 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Ilysian Caryatid2 mana
- Selesnya Signet2 mana
Combos with Sigurd, Jarl of Ravensthorpe
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Sigurd, Jarl of Ravensthorpe is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Sigurd, Jarl of Ravensthorpe + Time Sieve + There And Back Again + Three Blind Mice
- Sigurd, Jarl of Ravensthorpe + Time Sieve + There And Back Again + City Of Death