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Taeko, the Patient Avalanche

Taeko, the Patient Avalanche

Legendary Creature — Turtle Ninja · {3}{U} · Black/Blue commander

Taeko enters tapped. Whenever another creature you control leaves the battlefield, if it didn't die, scry 1 and put a +1/+1 counter on Taeko. Whenever Taeko attacks, you may pay {U/B}. When you do, target attacking creature can't be blocked this turn.
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What Taeko, the Patient Avalanche actually does

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What a Taeko, the Patient Avalanche deck needs

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The Taeko, the Patient Avalanche deck plan

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

Best cards for Taeko, the Patient Avalanche

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Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise

  1. Thousand-Year Elixir3 mana
  2. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  3. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  4. Akroma's Memorial7 mana
  5. Lavaspur Boots1 mana
  6. Sting, the Glinting Dagger2 mana
  7. Haunted Cloak3 mana
  8. Sword of Vengeance3 mana

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

  1. Rogue Class2 mana
  2. Archetype of Imagination6 mana
  3. Eldrazi Monument5 mana
  4. Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar3 mana
  5. Akroma's Memorial7 mana
  6. Infiltrator's Magemark3 mana
  7. Ninja Teen3 mana
  8. Student of Elements // Tobita, Master of Winds2 mana

Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there

  1. Thrummingbird2 mana
  2. Blightbelly Rat2 mana
  3. Scheming Aspirant2 mana
  4. Vexing Radgull2 mana
  5. Voidwing Hybrid2 mana
  6. Venser, Corpse Puppet2 mana
  7. Kid Loki1 mana
  8. Dreamtide Whale3 mana

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

  1. Reality Shift2 mana
  2. Pongify1 mana
  3. Rapid Hybridization1 mana
  4. Resculpt2 mana
  5. Defile1 mana
  6. Tragic Slip1 mana
  7. Infernal Grasp2 mana
  8. Fatal Push1 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. Demonic Consultation1 mana
  6. Grim Tutor3 mana
  7. Tainted Pact2 mana
  8. Scheming Symmetry1 mana

Answer a spell or ability before it resolves

  1. Mindbreak Trap4 mana
  2. Fierce Guardianship3 mana
  3. Force of Negation3 mana
  4. Force of Will5 mana
  5. Flare of Denial3 mana
  6. Pact of Negation0 mana
  7. An Offer You Can't Refuse1 mana
  8. Arcane Denial2 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Toxic Deluge3 mana
  2. Damnation4 mana
  3. Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
  4. Sickening Dreams2 mana
  5. Crypt Rats3 mana
  6. Extinction Event4 mana
  7. Endemic Plague4 mana
  8. Desynchronization4 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Mystic Remora1 mana
  2. Skullclamp1 mana
  3. Curiosity1 mana
  4. Wizard Class1 mana
  5. Black Market Connections3 mana
  6. Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
  7. Morbid Opportunist3 mana
  8. Phyrexian Arena3 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Lost in the Maze2 mana
  2. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  3. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  4. Eldrazi Monument5 mana
  5. Commander's Plate1 mana
  6. Mithril Coat3 mana
  7. Akroma's Memorial7 mana
  8. The Walls of Ba Sing Se8 mana

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