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Strax, Sontaran Nurse

Strax, Sontaran Nurse

Legendary Creature — Alien Cleric · {3}{R}{G} · Green/Red commander

Vigilance, trample Grenades! — {2}, {T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Choose a player at random. When you do, Strax fights another target creature that player controls. Glory of Battle — Whenever Strax deals damage to a creature, put a +1/+1 counter on Strax.
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What Strax, Sontaran Nurse actually does

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What a Strax, Sontaran Nurse deck wants

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Best cards for Strax, Sontaran Nurse

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Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise

  1. Rising of the Day3 mana
  2. Thousand-Year Elixir3 mana
  3. Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki3 mana
  4. Goblin Chieftain3 mana
  5. Blacksmith's Talent1 mana
  6. The Fire Crystal4 mana
  7. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  8. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana

Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot

  1. Aggravated Assault3 mana
  2. Bear Umbra4 mana
  3. Sword of Feast and Famine3 mana
  4. Wilderness Reclamation4 mana
  5. Amulet of Vigor1 mana
  6. Nature's Will4 mana
  7. Sting, the Glinting Dagger2 mana
  8. Umbral Mantle3 mana

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

  1. Ulvenwald Tracker1 mana
  2. Voracious Hydra2 mana
  3. Ayula, Queen Among Bears2 mana
  4. Mawloc2 mana
  5. Kraul Harpooner2 mana
  6. Brash Taunter5 mana
  7. Cherished Hatchling2 mana
  8. Daybreak Ranger // Nightfall Predator3 mana

Creatures you are happy to sacrifice — a free sac outlet on the commander is worthless with nothing to feed it

  1. Vivi's Persistence2 mana
  2. Hangarback Walker0 mana
  3. Old One Eye6 mana
  4. Sosuke's Summons3 mana
  5. Pest Infestation1 mana
  6. Reach of Branches5 mana
  7. Termagant Swarm1 mana
  8. Sekki, Seasons' Guide8 mana

Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there

  1. Karn's Bastion0 mana
  2. Bristly Bill, Spine Sower2 mana
  3. Cankerbloom2 mana
  4. Thirsting Roots1 mana
  5. Evolution Sage3 mana
  6. Mossborn Hydra3 mana
  7. Contagion Clasp2 mana
  8. Fangs of Kalonia2 mana

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

  1. Wild Magic Surge2 mana
  2. Beast Within3 mana
  3. Nature's Claim1 mana
  4. Crush1 mana
  5. Emerald Charm1 mana
  6. Shrink1 mana
  7. Naturalize2 mana
  8. Origin of Metalbending2 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Blasphemous Act9 mana
  2. Breaking Point3 mana
  3. Crack the Earth1 mana
  4. Simplify1 mana
  5. Kozilek's Return3 mana
  6. Akki Blizzard-Herder2 mana
  7. Devastating Dreams2 mana
  8. Tectonic Break2 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
  2. Nature's Rhythm2 mana
  3. Celestial Reunion1 mana
  4. Worldly Tutor1 mana
  5. March of Burgeoning Life1 mana
  6. Archdruid's Charm3 mana
  7. Chord of Calling3 mana
  8. Eldritch Evolution3 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Skullclamp1 mana
  2. Garruk's Uprising3 mana
  3. Beast Whisperer4 mana
  4. The One Ring4 mana
  5. Pip-Boy 30001 mana
  6. Sticky Fingers1 mana
  7. Vexing Bauble1 mana
  8. Elemental Bond3 mana

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