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Silver Surfer, Galactus's Herald

Silver Surfer, Galactus's Herald

Legendary Creature — Alien Hero · {5} · Colorless commander

Flying When Silver Surfer enters, you may search your library for a card named Galactus, Devourer of Worlds, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Whenever Silver Surfer deals combat damage to a player, until the end of your next turn, target creature attacks that player each combat if able.
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What Silver Surfer, Galactus's Herald actually does

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What a Silver Surfer, Galactus's Herald deck wants

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Best cards for Silver Surfer, Galactus's Herald

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Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers

  1. Eldrazi Monument5 mana
  2. Colossus Hammer1 mana
  3. Shadowspear1 mana
  4. Akroma's Memorial7 mana
  5. Chronicle of Victory6 mana
  6. Super State7 mana
  7. Loxodon Warhammer3 mana
  8. Krang, Utrom Warlord9 mana

Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses

  1. Eternal Acrobat Toast0 mana
  2. Conjurer's Closet5 mana
  3. Eldrazi Confluence4 mana

A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses

  1. Chrome Mox0 mana
  2. Cabaretti Courtyard0 mana
  3. Lotus Field0 mana
  4. Riveteers Overlook0 mana
  5. Talon Gates of Madara0 mana
  6. Mithril Coat3 mana
  7. Adventurer's Inn0 mana
  8. Arid Archway0 mana

Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it

  1. Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
  2. Titan's Presence3 mana
  3. Kozilek's Command2 mana
  4. Warping Wail2 mana
  5. Null Elemental Blast1 mana
  6. Getaway Car3 mana
  7. Eldrazi Confluence4 mana
  8. Voyager Staff1 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Aligned Hedron Network4 mana
  2. Coercive Portal4 mana
  3. Worldslayer5 mana
  4. Nevinyrral's Disk4 mana
  5. Apocalypse Chime2 mana
  6. All Is Dust7 mana
  7. Trailblazer's Torch4 mana
  8. False Floor4 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Myr Kinsmith4 mana
  2. Shield-Wall Sentinel4 mana
  3. Skyship Weatherlight4 mana
  4. Moonsilver Key2 mana
  5. Pattern Matcher4 mana
  6. Shrine Steward5 mana
  7. Myr Turbine5 mana
  8. Self-Assembler5 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Skullclamp1 mana
  2. The One Ring4 mana
  3. Pip-Boy 30001 mana
  4. Vexing Bauble1 mana
  5. Key to the City2 mana
  6. Mask of Memory2 mana
  7. Smuggler's Copter2 mana
  8. Tome of Legends2 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Cryptothrall4 mana
  2. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  3. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  4. Eldrazi Monument5 mana
  5. Commander's Plate1 mana
  6. Mithril Coat3 mana
  7. Akroma's Memorial7 mana
  8. The Walls of Ba Sing Se8 mana

Get ahead on mana

  1. Chrome Mox0 mana
  2. Everflowing Chalice0 mana
  3. Mox Amber0 mana
  4. Mox Diamond0 mana
  5. Mox Opal0 mana
  6. Mana Vault1 mana
  7. Sol Ring1 mana
  8. Wayfarer's Bauble1 mana

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