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Siona, Captain of the Pyleas
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier · {1}{G}{W} · Green/White commander
When Siona enters, look at the top seven cards of your library. You may reveal an Aura card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Whenever an Aura you control becomes attached to a creature you control, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.
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What Siona, Captain of the Pyleas actually does
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- Triggered ability · etbWhen Siona enters, look at the top seven cards of your library. You may reveal an Aura card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library i
- Triggered ability · otherWhenever an Aura you control becomes attached to a creature you control, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.
What a Siona, Captain of the Pyleas deck wants
The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.
- 6× Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
- 26× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- 14× Equipment and Auras — the things a suit-up commander's trigger and plan are actually made of
- 8× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- 4× A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- 5× 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
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
Best cards for Siona, Captain of the Pyleas
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.
Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
- Airbender Ascension2 mana
- Eldrazi Displacer3 mana
- Eternal Acrobat Toast0 mana
- Conjurer's Closet5 mana
- Distinguished Conjurer2 mana
- Emiel the Blessed4 mana
- Felidar Guardian4 mana
- Restoration Angel4 mana
A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- Twinblade Geist // Twinblade Invocation2 mana
- Katilda, Dawnhart Martyr // Katilda's Rising Dawn3 mana
- Drogskol Infantry // Drogskol Armaments2 mana
- Faithbound Judge // Sinner's Judgment3 mana
- Distracting Geist // Clever Distraction3 mana
- Kindly Ancestor // Ancestor's Embrace3 mana
Equipment and Auras — the things a suit-up commander's trigger and plan are actually made of
- Basilisk Collar1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Sword of the Animist2 mana
- Shadowspear1 mana
- Paradise Mantle0 mana
- Trailblazer's Boots2 mana
A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Cabaretti Courtyard0 mana
- Lotus Field0 mana
- Lush Portico0 mana
- Riveteers Overlook0 mana
- Selesnya Sanctuary0 mana
- Talon Gates of Madara0 mana
- Temple of Plenty0 mana
A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- Intangible Virtue2 mana
- Caretaker's Talent3 mana
- Inspiring Leader3 mana
- Pollen-Shield Hare // Hare Raising2 mana
- Prava of the Steel Legion3 mana
- Mite Overseer4 mana
- Phantom General4 mana
- Mosswort Bridge0 mana
Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Delney, Streetwise Lookout3 mana
- Kodama of the West Tree3 mana
- Elspeth, Sun's Champion6 mana
- Primal Rage2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Colossus Hammer1 mana
- Rancor1 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
- Flicker of Fate2 mana
- Beast Within3 mana
- Generous Gift3 mana
- Nature's Claim1 mana
- Erode1 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Final Showdown1 mana
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Martyr's Cry2 mana
- Split Up3 mana
- Cathedral Membrane2 mana
- Citywide Bust3 mana
- Harsh Mercy3 mana
- Retribution of the Meek3 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
- Nature's Rhythm2 mana
- Celestial Reunion1 mana
- Worldly Tutor1 mana
- March of Burgeoning Life1 mana
- Archdruid's Charm3 mana
- Chord of Calling3 mana
- Eldritch Evolution3 mana
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