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Splinter, Radical Rat

Legendary Creature — Mutant Ninja Rat · {1}{W/B}{W/B} · Black/Blue/White commander

If a triggered ability of a Ninja creature you control triggers, that ability triggers an additional time. {1}{U}: Target Ninja can't be blocked this turn.

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What Splinter, Radical Rat 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}{U}: Target Ninja can't be blocked this turn.
• Replacement effect · trigger_doublerIf a triggered ability of a Ninja creature you control triggers, that ability triggers an additional time.

What a Splinter, Radical Rat deck needs

Plays as trigger doubler. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.

• permanents with triggered abilities the doubler can multiply
• creatures with combat-damage triggers and big single attackers (it makes one unblockable or evasive on demand)
• ninja creatures (its text counts them)

The Splinter, Radical Rat deck plan

The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.

• 8× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
• 6× A permanent whose own trigger fires on attacking — the fuel an attack-trigger doubler multiplies, and the payoff an attack commander wants beside it
• 6× A permanent that pays off creatures dying — the trigger a death-trigger doubler multiplies
• 26× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
• 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
• 1× Answer a whole board at once
• 7× Refill your hand

Best cards for Splinter, Radical Rat

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.

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