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Swordsman, Sharp Scoundrel

Swordsman, Sharp Scoundrel

Legendary Creature — Human Hero Villain · {1}{B} · Black commander

Whenever another Villain you control enters, attach up to one target Equipment you control to target creature you control. Whenever an equipped creature you control attacks, it connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.)
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What Swordsman, Sharp Scoundrel actually does

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What a Swordsman, Sharp Scoundrel deck wants

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Best cards for Swordsman, Sharp Scoundrel

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

  1. Red Room Recruit2 mana
  2. Swordsman, Sharp Scoundrel2 mana
  3. Body Launderer4 mana
  4. Baron Helmut Zemo3 mana
  5. Baron Strucker, HYDRA Overlord3 mana
  6. Iron Monger, Sadistic Tycoon3 mana
  7. Mechanical Mobster3 mana
  8. Raffine's Silencer3 mana

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

  1. Endless Ranks of the Dead4 mana
  2. Trendy Circus Pirate0 mana
  3. Myr Battlesphere7 mana
  4. Andúril, Flame of the West3 mana
  5. Liliana, the Last Hope3 mana
  6. Nest of Scarabs3 mana
  7. Field of the Dead0 mana
  8. Grave Titan6 mana

A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality

  1. Whiplash, Vengeful Engineer1 mana
  2. Blade of the Oni2 mana
  3. Common Crook2 mana
  4. Morlun, Devourer of Spiders2 mana
  5. A.I.M. Synthoids2 mana
  6. Agents of HYDRA2 mana
  7. Bob, Reluctant HYDRA Agent2 mana
  8. Boomerang, Blade Flinger2 mana

Equipment and Auras — the things a suit-up commander's trigger and plan are actually made of

  1. Basilisk Collar1 mana
  2. Skullclamp1 mana
  3. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  4. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  5. Sword of the Animist2 mana
  6. Shadowspear1 mana
  7. Paradise Mantle0 mana
  8. Trailblazer's Boots2 mana

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

  1. Eldrazi Monument5 mana
  2. Colossus Hammer1 mana
  3. Shadowspear1 mana
  4. Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar3 mana
  5. Skorpekh Lord3 mana
  6. Akroma's Memorial7 mana
  7. Chronicle of Victory6 mana
  8. Super State7 mana

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

  1. Defile1 mana
  2. Tragic Slip1 mana
  3. Infernal Grasp2 mana
  4. Fatal Push1 mana
  5. Bitter Triumph2 mana
  6. Black Sun's Twilight1 mana
  7. Cut Down1 mana
  8. Erebos's Intervention1 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Do or Die2 mana
  2. Force of Despair3 mana
  3. Accursed Marauder2 mana
  4. Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
  5. Innocent Blood1 mana
  6. Coils of the Medusa2 mana
  7. Forced March3 mana
  8. Nature's Ruin3 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Demonic Tutor2 mana
  2. Diabolic Intent2 mana
  3. Vampiric Tutor1 mana
  4. Imperial Seal1 mana
  5. Insatiable Avarice1 mana
  6. Diabolic Intent2 mana
  7. Grim Tutor3 mana
  8. Liliana Vess // Liliana Vess0 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Skullclamp1 mana
  2. Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
  3. Black Market Connections3 mana
  4. Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
  5. Morbid Opportunist3 mana
  6. Phyrexian Arena3 mana
  7. The One Ring4 mana
  8. Kederekt Parasite1 mana

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