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Super-Skrull
Legendary Creature — Skrull Shapeshifter Villain · {1}{B}{B}{B} · Black/Green/Red/Blue/White commander
Flying
{2}{W}: Create a 0/4 colorless Wall creature token with defender.
{3}{G}: Super-Skrull gets +4/+4 until end of turn.
{4}{R}: Super-Skrull deals 4 damage to target creature.
{5}{U}: Target player draws four cards.
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What Super-Skrull 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{2}{W}: Create a 0/4 colorless Wall creature token with defender.
- Activated ability{3}{G}: Super-Skrull gets +4/+4 until end of turn.
- Activated ability{4}{R}: Super-Skrull deals 4 damage to target creature.
- Activated ability{5}{U}: Target player draws four cards.
- Keyword · flyingflying
What a Super-Skrull deck needs
Plays as mana sink. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- mana rocks and dorks beyond the curve (its four abilities turn spare mana into value)
The Super-Skrull deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 16× Mana from a NONLAND permanent — a commander that doubles nonland mana gets nothing from lands
- 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
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Super-Skrull
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.
Mana from a NONLAND permanent — a commander that doubles nonland mana gets nothing from lands
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Amber0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Birds of Paradise1 mana
- Delighted Halfling1 mana
- Elvish Mystic1 mana
- Fyndhorn Elves1 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Assassin's Trophy2 mana
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Demonic Tutor2 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Vampiric Tutor1 mana
- Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
- Imperial Seal1 mana
- Demonic Consultation1 mana
- Nature's Rhythm2 mana
- Neoform2 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
- Damn2 mana
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Toxic Deluge3 mana
- Damnation4 mana
- Supreme Verdict4 mana
- Wrath of God4 mana
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Chain Reaction4 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Sylvan Library2 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Black Market Connections3 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Bastion Protector3 mana
- Gold-Forged Thopteryx2 mana
- Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
- Guardian Augmenter3 mana
- Saryth, the Viper's Fang4 mana
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Azorius Signet2 mana
- Boros Signet2 mana
- Dimir Signet2 mana
- Izzet Signet2 mana
- Orzhov Signet2 mana
- Rakdos Signet2 mana
- Golgari Signet2 mana
Combos with Super-Skrull
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Super-Skrull is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Super-Skrull + Smothering Tithe + Training Grounds582 decks
- Super-Skrull + Smothering Tithe + Biomancer's Familiar522 decks
- Super-Skrull + Smothering Tithe + Zirda, The Dawnwaker490 decks
- Super-Skrull + Smothering Tithe + Agatha Of The Vile Cauldron303 decks
- Super-Skrull + Smothering Tithe + Illusionist's Bracers182 decks
- Super-Skrull + Phyrexian Altar + Training Grounds69 decks