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Stenn, Paranoid Partisan
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard · {W}{U} · Blue/White commander
As Stenn enters, choose a card type other than creature or land.
Spells you cast of the chosen type cost {1} less to cast.
{1}{W}{U}: Exile Stenn. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
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What Stenn, Paranoid Partisan 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}{W}{U}: Exile Stenn. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
- Static ability · cost_reductionSpells you cast of the chosen type cost {1} less to cast.
- AbilityAs Stenn enters, choose a card type other than creature or land.
What a Stenn, Paranoid Partisan deck needs
Plays as cost reducer. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- a card type to lean on (it discounts the chosen type)
- enter-trigger permanents (it blinks itself)
The Stenn, Paranoid Partisan deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 32× A cheap spell of any kind — casts per turn are the engine for an unrestricted cast trigger
- 7× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 3× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 2× Answer a whole board at once
- 8× Refill your hand
- 3× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Stenn, Paranoid Partisan
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 cheap spell of any kind — casts per turn are the engine for an unrestricted cast trigger
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Lotus Petal0 mana
- Mox Amber0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Lion's Eye Diamond0 mana
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- Walking Ballista0 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
- Generous Gift3 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Reshape2 mana
- Mask of the Mimic1 mana
- Long-Term Plans3 mana
- Open the Armory2 mana
- Whir of Invention3 mana
- Merchant Scroll2 mana
- Enlightened Tutor1 mana
- Mystical Tutor1 mana
Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- Mindbreak Trap4 mana
- Fierce Guardianship3 mana
- Force of Negation3 mana
- Force of Will5 mana
- Flare of Denial3 mana
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- An Offer You Can't Refuse1 mana
- Arcane Denial2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Supreme Verdict4 mana
- Wrath of God4 mana
- Day of Judgment4 mana
- Shatter the Sky4 mana
- Split Up3 mana
- Winds of Abandon2 mana
- Depopulate4 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Rhystic Study3 mana
- Archivist of Oghma2 mana
- Faerie Mastermind2 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
- Bastion Protector3 mana
- Gold-Forged Thopteryx2 mana
- Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
- Coppercoat Vanguard2 mana
- Lost in the Maze2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Azorius Signet2 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
Combos with Stenn, Paranoid Partisan
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Stenn, Paranoid Partisan is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Stenn, Paranoid Partisan + Sensei's Divining Top + Mystic Forge798 decks
- Stenn, Paranoid Partisan + Sensei's Divining Top + The Reality Chip777 decks
- Stenn, Paranoid Partisan + Sensei's Divining Top + Crystal Skull, Isu Spyglass416 decks
- Stenn, Paranoid Partisan + Sensei's Divining Top + One With The Multiverse201 decks
- Stenn, Paranoid Partisan + Urza, Lord High Artificer + Forensic Gadgeteer + Sensei's Divining Top157 decks
- Stenn, Paranoid Partisan + Sensei's Divining Top + Future Sight128 decks