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Sygg, Wanderwine Wisdom // Sygg, Wanderbrine Shield

Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard // Legendary Creature — Merfolk Rogue · {1}{U} · Blue/White commander

Sygg can't be blocked. Whenever this creature enters or transforms into Sygg, Wanderwine Wisdom, target creature gains "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player or planeswalker, draw a card" until end of turn. At the beginning of your first main phase, you may pay {W}. If you do, transform Sygg. Sygg can't be blocked. Whenever this creature transforms into Sygg, Wanderbrine Shield, target creature you control gains protection from each color until your next turn. At the beginning of your first main phase, you may pay {U}. If you do, transform Sygg.

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What Sygg, Wanderwine Wisdom // Sygg, Wanderbrine Shield actually does

Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.

• Triggered ability · etbWhenever this creature enters or transforms into Sygg, Wanderwine Wisdom, target creature gains "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player or planeswalker, draw a card" until end of turn.
• Triggered ability · otherAt the beginning of your first main phase, you may pay {W}. If you do, transform Sygg.
• Triggered ability · otherWhenever this creature transforms into Sygg, Wanderbrine Shield, target creature you control gains protection from each color until your next turn.
• Triggered ability · otherAt the beginning of your first main phase, you may pay {U}. If you do, transform Sygg.
• Static ability · evasion_grantSygg can't be blocked.
• Static ability · evasion_grantSygg can't be blocked.
• Keyword · transformtransform

What a Sygg, Wanderwine Wisdom // Sygg, Wanderbrine Shield deck wants

The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.

• 7× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
• 6× Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
• 8× A permanent whose own trigger fires on attacking — the fuel an attack-trigger doubler multiplies, and the payoff an attack commander wants beside it
• 8× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
• 10× Creatures you are happy to sacrifice — a free sac outlet on the commander is worthless with nothing to feed it
• 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 1× Answer a whole board at once
• 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs

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