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Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale

Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale

Legendary Creature — Human Knight · {3}{R}{W}{B} · Black/Red/White commander

Vigilance, menace Whenever an equipped creature you control attacks, you draw a card and you lose 1 life. Equipment you control have equip Knight {0}.
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What Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale actually does

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What a Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale deck wants

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Best cards for Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale

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Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch

  1. Secret Tunnel0 mana
  2. Akroma's Will4 mana
  3. Crash Through1 mana
  4. Delney, Streetwise Lookout3 mana
  5. Archetype of Aggression3 mana
  6. Rhonas's Monument3 mana
  7. Enter the Avatar State1 mana
  8. Glaring Spotlight1 mana

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

  1. Dalkovan Encampment0 mana
  2. Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon3 mana
  3. Elenda's Hierophant3 mana
  4. Pashalik Mons3 mana
  5. Caesar, Legion's Emperor4 mana
  6. Elenda, the Dusk Rose4 mana
  7. Endless Ranks of the Dead4 mana
  8. Hero of Bladehold4 mana

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

  1. Lion Sash2 mana
  2. Lizard Blades2 mana
  3. Crystal Fragments // Summon: Alexander1 mana
  4. Rabbit Battery1 mana
  5. Crystal Fragments // Summon: Alexander1 mana
  6. Simian Sling1 mana
  7. Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms4 mana
  8. Blade of the Oni2 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. Delney, Streetwise Lookout3 mana
  2. Archetype of Aggression3 mana
  3. Iroas, God of Victory4 mana
  4. Elspeth, Sun's Champion6 mana
  5. Cloudshredder Sliver2 mana
  6. Eldrazi Monument5 mana
  7. Colossus Hammer1 mana
  8. Shadowspear1 mana

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

  1. Path to Exile1 mana
  2. Swords to Plowshares1 mana
  3. Wild Magic Surge2 mana
  4. Defile1 mana
  5. Tragic Slip1 mana
  6. March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
  7. Infernal Grasp2 mana
  8. Terminate2 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Final Showdown1 mana
  2. Vanquish the Horde8 mana
  3. Amalia Benavides Aguirre2 mana
  4. Do or Die2 mana
  5. Martyr's Cry2 mana
  6. Pest Control2 mana
  7. Force of Despair3 mana
  8. Split Up3 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. Esper Sentinel1 mana
  2. Skullclamp1 mana
  3. Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
  4. Black Market Connections3 mana
  5. Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
  6. Morbid Opportunist3 mana
  7. Phyrexian Arena3 mana
  8. Archivist of Oghma2 mana

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