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Tadeas, Juniper Ascendant

Legendary Creature — Human Monk · {2}{G}{W} · Green/White commander

Reach Tadeas has hexproof unless it's attacking. Whenever a creature you control with reach attacks, untap it and it can't be blocked by creatures with greater power this combat. Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, draw a card.

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What Tadeas, Juniper Ascendant 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 · attackWhenever a creature you control with reach attacks, untap it and it can't be blocked by creatures with greater power this combat.
• Triggered ability · deals_damageWhenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, draw a card.
• Keyword · reachreach
• AbilityTadeas has hexproof unless it's attacking.

What a Tadeas, Juniper Ascendant deck needs

Plays as combat trigger. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.

• cards with reach (its trigger only counts them)
• many cheap evasive attackers and team evasion (every creature that connects triggers it)
• a wide board that attacks every turn (the trigger fires on the attack)

The Tadeas, Juniper Ascendant deck plan

The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.

• 23× A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
• 18× A 0-1 mana creature that reliably attacks UNBLOCKED — the cost the commander's ability consumes, and the only way it gets onto the battlefield
• 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 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 Tadeas, Juniper Ascendant

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.

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