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Skrelv, Defector Mite
Legendary Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Mite · {W} · White commander
Toxic 1 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get a poison counter.)
Skrelv can't block.
{W/P}, {T}: Choose a color. Another target creature you control gains toxic 1 and hexproof from that color until end of turn. It can't be blocked by creatures of that color this turn. ({W/P} can be paid with either {W} or 2 life.)
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What Skrelv, Defector Mite 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{W/P}, {T}: Choose a color. Another target creature you control gains toxic 1 and hexproof from that color until end of turn. It can't be blocked by creatures of that color this turn.
- Keyword · toxictoxic
What a Skrelv, Defector Mite deck needs
Plays as poison voltron enabler. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- toxic and infect attackers (Skrelv gives them hexproof and unblockability)
- proliferate
- protection for the attackers
The Skrelv, Defector Mite deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 3× Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
- 16× A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
- 3× Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot
- 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
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Skrelv, Defector Mite
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 haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
- Thousand-Year Elixir3 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- Lavaspur Boots1 mana
- Sting, the Glinting Dagger2 mana
- Krang, Utrom Warlord9 mana
- Haunted Cloak3 mana
A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
- Skrelv, Defector Mite1 mana
- Myr Convert2 mana
- Crawling Chorus1 mana
- Mirrex0 mana
- Skrelv's Hive2 mana
- White Sun's Twilight2 mana
- Duelist of Deep Faith2 mana
- Dune Mover2 mana
Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot
- Sting, the Glinting Dagger2 mana
- Umbral Mantle3 mana
- Genji Glove5 mana
- Honor-Worn Shaku3 mana
- White Plume Adventurer3 mana
- Sword of the Paruns4 mana
- Unwinding Clock4 mana
- Gauntlets of Light3 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
- Generous Gift3 mana
- Erode1 mana
- Unwanted Remake1 mana
- Angelic Ascension2 mana
- You Cannot Pass!1 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Open the Armory2 mana
- Enlightened Tutor1 mana
- Templar Knight2 mana
- Idyllic Tutor3 mana
- Ranger-Captain of Eos3 mana
- Loyal Tutor1 mana
- Recruiter of the Guard3 mana
- Search for Glory3 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Wrath of God4 mana
- Day of Judgment4 mana
- Shatter the Sky4 mana
- Split Up3 mana
- Winds of Abandon2 mana
- Depopulate4 mana
- No Witnesses4 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Archivist of Oghma2 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
- Caretaker's Talent3 mana
- Enduring Innocence3 mana
- Mentor of the Meek3 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
- Bastion Protector3 mana
- Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
- Cryptothrall4 mana
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Chaplain of Alms // Chapel Shieldgeist1 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
- Wayfarer's Bauble1 mana
Combos with Skrelv, Defector Mite
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Skrelv, Defector Mite is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Skrelv, Defector Mite + Yomiji, Who Bars The Way + Phyrexian Altar80 decks