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Tatsunari, Toad Rider
Legendary Creature — Human Ninja · {2}{B} · Black/Green/Blue commander
Whenever you cast an enchantment spell, if you don't control a creature named Keimi, create Keimi, a legendary 3/3 black and green Frog creature token with "Whenever you cast an enchantment spell, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life."
{1}{G/U}: Tatsunari and target Frog you control can't be blocked this turn except by creatures with flying or reach.
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What Tatsunari, Toad Rider 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 · cast_spellWhenever you cast an enchantment spell, if you don't control a creature named Keimi, create Keimi, a legendary 3/3 black and green Frog creature token with "Whenever you cast an enchantment spell, eac
- Activated ability{1}{G/U}: Tatsunari and target Frog you control can't be blocked this turn except by creatures with flying or reach.
What a Tatsunari, Toad Rider deck needs
Plays as enchantments. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- enchantment spells (the first makes Keimi; Keimi drains every opponent on each one)
- evasive threats to pair with its can't-be-blocked ability
The Tatsunari, Toad Rider deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 8× Life loss that is not combat damage — each opponent loses life, repeatably
- 22× A card that is CAST to trigger the commander — reanimating or blinking it does not count
- 8× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
Best cards for Tatsunari, Toad Rider
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.
Life loss that is not combat damage — each opponent loses life, repeatably
- Zulaport Cutthroat2 mana
- Deathrite Shaman1 mana
- Leechridden Swamp0 mana
- Marionette Apprentice2 mana
- The Meathook Massacre2 mana
- Mirkwood Bats4 mana
- Ayara, First of Locthwain3 mana
- Bastion of Remembrance3 mana
A card that is CAST to trigger the commander — reanimating or blinking it does not count
- Urza's Saga0 mana
- Exploration1 mana
- Hardened Scales1 mana
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Wild Growth1 mana
- Valgavoth's Lair0 mana
- Aqueous Form1 mana
- Bloodchief Ascension1 mana
A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- Spore Frog1 mana
- Dour Port-Mage2 mana
- Poison Dart Frog2 mana
- Pollywog Prodigy2 mana
- Psychic Frog2 mana
- Mistbreath Elder1 mana
- Sunshower Druid1 mana
- Valley Mightcaller1 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Assassin's Trophy2 mana
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- Defile1 mana
- Tragic Slip1 mana
- Infernal Grasp2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Demonic Tutor2 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Vampiric Tutor1 mana
- Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
- Imperial Seal1 mana
- Demonic Consultation1 mana
- Nature's Rhythm2 mana
- Neoform2 mana
Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- Mindbreak Trap4 mana
- Fierce Guardianship3 mana
- Force of Negation3 mana
- Force of Will5 mana
- Flare of Denial3 mana
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- An Offer You Can't Refuse1 mana
- Arcane Denial2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Toxic Deluge3 mana
- Damnation4 mana
- Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
- Sickening Dreams2 mana
- Crypt Rats3 mana
- Extinction Event4 mana
- Vicious Rivalry4 mana
- Endemic Plague4 mana
Refill your hand
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Sylvan Library2 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Black Market Connections3 mana
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Guardian Augmenter3 mana
- Saryth, the Viper's Fang4 mana
- Lost in the Maze2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Asceticism5 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
Combos with Tatsunari, Toad Rider
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Tatsunari, Toad Rider is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Tatsunari, Toad Rider + Phyrexian Altar + Pitiless Plunderer + Whip Silk31 decks
- Tatsunari, Toad Rider + Gatherer Of Graces + Rancor + Phyrexian Altar11 decks
- Tatsunari, Toad Rider + Carnival Of Souls + Cloudstone Curio + Dockside Chef + Hateful Eidolon4 decks
- Tatsunari, Toad Rider + Chthonian Nightmare + Priest Of Gix + Phyrexian Altar4 decks
- Tatsunari, Toad Rider + Carnival Of Souls + Cloudstone Curio + Dockside Chef + Gnarled Scarhide3 decks
- Tatsunari, Toad Rider + Carnival Of Souls + Cloudstone Curio + Hateful Eidolon + Gnarled Scarhide3 decks
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