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Tana, the Bloodsower
Legendary Creature — Elf Druid · {2}{R}{G} · Green/Red commander
Trample
Whenever Tana deals combat damage to a player, create that many 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)
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What Tana, the Bloodsower 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 · deals_damageWhenever Tana deals combat damage to a player, create that many 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens.
- Keyword · trampletrample
- Keyword · partnerpartner
What a Tana, the Bloodsower deck needs
Plays as combat trigger. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- token payoffs — anthems, sacrifice outlets and go-wide finishers (it makes tokens on repeat)
- evasion and protection for the commander (the trigger needs its combat damage to connect)
The Tana, the Bloodsower deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 12× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- 21× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- 8× A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- 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 Tana, the Bloodsower
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.
Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Goblin War Drums3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- Gruul War Chant4 mana
- Archetype of Aggression3 mana
- Beamtown Beatstick1 mana
- Sticky Fingers1 mana
Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- Replicating Ring3 mana
- Esika's Chariot4 mana
- Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate0 mana
- Wrenn and Seven5 mana
- Andúril, Flame of the West3 mana
- Hanweir Garrison3 mana
- Rampant Frogantua3 mana
- Sarkhan, Fireblood3 mana
A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- Castle Embereth0 mana
- Finale of Devastation2 mana
- Great Train Heist1 mana
- Beastmaster Ascension3 mana
- Elvish Archdruid3 mana
- Heraldic Banner3 mana
- Rising of the Day3 mana
- Assault Formation2 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Beast Within3 mana
- Nature's Claim1 mana
- Crush1 mana
- Emerald Charm1 mana
- Naturalize2 mana
- Origin of Metalbending2 mana
- Natural State1 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
- Nature's Rhythm2 mana
- Worldly Tutor1 mana
- March of Burgeoning Life1 mana
- Archdruid's Charm3 mana
- Chord of Calling3 mana
- Eldritch Evolution3 mana
- Summoner's Pact0 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Chain Reaction4 mana
- Street Spasm1 mana
- Selective Obliteration5 mana
- Mizzium Mortars2 mana
- Delete2 mana
- Earthquake1 mana
- Needle Storm3 mana
Refill your hand
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Sylvan Library2 mana
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
- Beast Whisperer4 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Sticky Fingers1 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Guardian Augmenter3 mana
- Saryth, the Viper's Fang4 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Asceticism5 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Gruul Signet2 mana
- Incubation Druid2 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Ilysian Caryatid2 mana
- Heritage Druid1 mana
- Joraga Treespeaker1 mana
Combos with Tana, the Bloodsower
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Tana, the Bloodsower is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Tana, the Bloodsower + Aggravated Assault + Utopia Mycon74 decks
- Tana, the Bloodsower + Aggravated Assault + Phyrexian Altar48 decks
- Tana, the Bloodsower + Breath Of Fury + Fires Of Yavimaya38 decks
- Tana, the Bloodsower + Breath Of Fury + Fervor21 decks
- Tana, the Bloodsower + Breath Of Fury + Anger14 decks
- Tana, the Bloodsower + Time Sieve + Encroaching Mycosynth13 decks