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Squall, SeeD Mercenary

Squall, SeeD Mercenary

Legendary Creature — Human Knight Mercenary · {2}{W}{B} · Black/White commander

Rough Divide — Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, it gains double strike until end of turn. Whenever Squall deals combat damage to a player, return target permanent card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
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What Squall, SeeD Mercenary actually does

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What a Squall, SeeD Mercenary deck wants

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Best cards for Squall, SeeD Mercenary

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

  1. Delney, Streetwise Lookout3 mana
  2. Elspeth, Sun's Champion6 mana
  3. Eldrazi Monument5 mana
  4. Colossus Hammer1 mana
  5. Shadowspear1 mana
  6. Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar3 mana
  7. Jackdaw Savior3 mana
  8. Skorpekh Lord3 mana

A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one

  1. Fireshrieker3 mana
  2. Gavel of the Righteous2 mana
  3. Genji Glove5 mana
  4. Battle Mastery3 mana
  5. Twinblade Blessing3 mana
  6. True Conviction6 mana
  7. Dual-Sun Technique2 mana
  8. Origin of Spider-Man2 mana

Put your own cards into your graveyard as a resource

  1. Takenuma, Abandoned Mire0 mana
  2. Stitcher's Supplier1 mana
  3. Altar of Dementia2 mana
  4. Mindcrank2 mana
  5. Ripples of Undeath2 mana
  6. Codex Shredder1 mana
  7. Eden, Seat of the Sanctum0 mana
  8. Tomb Fortress0 mana

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

  1. Path to Exile1 mana
  2. Swords to Plowshares1 mana
  3. Defile1 mana
  4. Tragic Slip1 mana
  5. March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
  6. Infernal Grasp2 mana
  7. Flicker of Fate2 mana
  8. Fatal Push1 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Final Showdown1 mana
  2. Vanquish the Horde8 mana
  3. Amalia Benavides Aguirre2 mana
  4. Do or Die2 mana
  5. Martyr's Cry2 mana
  6. Pest Control2 mana
  7. Force of Despair3 mana
  8. Split Up3 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Entomb1 mana
  2. Demonic Tutor2 mana
  3. Diabolic Intent2 mana
  4. Vampiric Tutor1 mana
  5. Lively Dirge2 mana
  6. Imperial Seal1 mana
  7. Insatiable Avarice1 mana
  8. Diabolic Intent2 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Esper Sentinel1 mana
  2. Skullclamp1 mana
  3. Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
  4. Black Market Connections3 mana
  5. Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
  6. Morbid Opportunist3 mana
  7. Phyrexian Arena3 mana
  8. Archivist of Oghma2 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
  2. Bastion Protector3 mana
  3. Greater Auramancy2 mana
  4. Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
  5. Cryptothrall4 mana
  6. Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
  7. Coppercoat Vanguard2 mana
  8. General's Enforcer2 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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