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Surrak, the Hunt Caller

Surrak, the Hunt Caller

Legendary Creature — Human Warrior · {2}{G}{G} · Green commander

Formidable — At the beginning of combat on your turn, if creatures you control have total power 8 or greater, target creature you control gains haste until end of turn. (It can attack and {T} no matter when it came under your control.)
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What Surrak, the Hunt Caller actually does

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What a Surrak, the Hunt Caller deck wants

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Best cards for Surrak, the Hunt Caller

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

  1. Shaman of Forgotten Ways3 mana
  2. Atarka Beastbreaker2 mana
  3. Glade Watcher2 mana
  4. Dragon-Scarred Bear3 mana
  5. Surrak, the Hunt Caller4 mana
  6. Circle of Elders4 mana
  7. Lurking Arynx5 mana
  8. Stampeding Elk Herd5 mana

A permanent whose own trigger fires on attacking — the fuel an attack-trigger doubler multiplies, and the payoff an attack commander wants beside it

  1. Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma4 mana
  2. Horizon Explorer3 mana
  3. Weathered Sentinels3 mana
  4. Copperhorn Scout1 mana
  5. District Mascot1 mana
  6. Mirkwood Spider1 mana
  7. Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen4 mana
  8. World Shaper4 mana

Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide

  1. Hornet Nest3 mana
  2. Esika's Chariot4 mana
  3. Trendy Circus Pirate0 mana
  4. Myr Battlesphere7 mana
  5. Broodhatch Nantuko2 mana
  6. Tervigon2 mana
  7. Andúril, Flame of the West3 mana
  8. Scepter of Celebration3 mana

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

  1. Beast Within3 mana
  2. Nature's Claim1 mana
  3. Emerald Charm1 mana
  4. Shrink1 mana
  5. Naturalize2 mana
  6. Origin of Metalbending2 mana
  7. Natural State1 mana
  8. Umezawa's Jitte2 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Simplify1 mana
  2. Aligned Hedron Network4 mana
  3. Coercive Portal4 mana
  4. Needle Storm3 mana
  5. Whirlwind4 mana
  6. Hurricane1 mana
  7. Worldslayer5 mana
  8. Corrosive Gale1 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. Vexing Bauble1 mana
  7. Elemental Bond3 mana
  8. Selvala, Heart of the Wilds3 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Innkeeper's Talent2 mana
  2. Guardian Augmenter3 mana
  3. Cryptothrall4 mana
  4. Saryth, the Viper's Fang4 mana
  5. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  6. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  7. Asceticism5 mana
  8. Eldrazi Monument5 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. Birds of Paradise1 mana
  7. Crop Rotation1 mana
  8. Delighted Halfling1 mana

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