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Sol'kanar the Swamp King
Legendary Creature — Demon · {2}{U}{B}{R} · Black/Red/Blue commander
What Sol'kanar the Swamp King 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 · cast_spellWhenever a player casts a black spell, you gain 1 life.
- Keyword · landwalklandwalk
- Keyword · swampwalkswampwalk
What a Sol'kanar the Swamp King deck wants
The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.
- 23× A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
- 16× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Sol'kanar the Swamp King
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.
A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
- Dwarven Grunt1 mana
- Stonybrook Banneret2 mana
- Goblin Mountaineer1 mana
- Goblins of the Flarg1 mana
- Grayscaled Gharial1 mana
- Merfolk Spy1 mana
- Mountain Goat1 mana
- Plague Beetle1 mana
Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- Counterspell2 mana
- Three Steps Ahead1 mana
- Long River's Pull2 mana
- Force of Will5 mana
- Abjure1 mana
- Archmage's Charm3 mana
- Cancel3 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- Defile1 mana
- Tragic Slip1 mana
- Suspend1 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Do or Die2 mana
- Force of Despair3 mana
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Displacement Wave2 mana
- Accursed Marauder2 mana
- Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
- Innocent Blood1 mana
- Breaking Point3 mana
Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- Counterspell2 mana
- Three Steps Ahead1 mana
- Long River's Pull2 mana
- Force of Will5 mana
- Abjure1 mana
- Archmage's Charm3 mana
- Cancel3 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Demonic Tutor2 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Vampiric Tutor1 mana
- Imperial Seal1 mana
- Insatiable Avarice1 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Grim Tutor3 mana
- Liliana Vess // Liliana Vess0 mana
Refill your hand
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Black Market Connections3 mana
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
- Morbid Opportunist3 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Gleaming Overseer3 mana
- Cryptothrall4 mana
- Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus4 mana
- Lost in the Maze2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Amber0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mox Opal0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Wayfarer's Bauble1 mana
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