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Tawnos, the Toymaker

Tawnos, the Toymaker

Legendary Creature — Human Artificer · {3}{G}{U} · Green/Blue commander

Whenever you cast a Beast or Bird creature spell, you may copy it, except the copy is an artifact in addition to its other types. (The copy becomes a token.)
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What Tawnos, the Toymaker actually does

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What a Tawnos, the Toymaker deck wants

The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.

Best cards for Tawnos, the Toymaker

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A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses

  1. Chrome Mox0 mana
  2. Mystic Sanctuary0 mana
  3. Simic Growth Chamber0 mana
  4. Temple of Mystery0 mana
  5. Cabaretti Courtyard0 mana
  6. Hedge Maze0 mana
  7. Lotus Field0 mana
  8. Riveteers Overlook0 mana

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

  1. Birds of Paradise1 mana
  2. Gilded Goose1 mana
  3. Mockingbird1 mana
  4. Arboreal Grazer1 mana
  5. Ledger Shredder2 mana
  6. Thrummingbird2 mana
  7. Birds of Paradise // Birds of Paradise0 mana
  8. Frenzied Baloth2 mana

A card that is CAST to trigger the commander — reanimating or blinking it does not count

  1. Birds of Paradise1 mana
  2. Gilded Goose1 mana
  3. Mockingbird1 mana
  4. Arboreal Grazer1 mana
  5. Ledger Shredder2 mana
  6. Thrummingbird2 mana
  7. Birds of Paradise // Birds of Paradise0 mana
  8. Artificer's Assistant1 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. Suspend1 mana
  6. Snap2 mana
  7. Into the Flood Maw1 mana
  8. Planar Incision2 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Displacement Wave2 mana
  2. Simplify1 mana
  3. Filter Out3 mana
  4. Aligned Hedron Network4 mana
  5. Coercive Portal4 mana
  6. Needle Storm3 mana
  7. Whirlwind4 mana
  8. Whelming Wave4 mana

Answer a spell or ability before it resolves

  1. Pact of Negation0 mana
  2. Counterspell2 mana
  3. Three Steps Ahead1 mana
  4. Long River's Pull2 mana
  5. Force of Will5 mana
  6. Abjure1 mana
  7. Archmage's Charm3 mana
  8. Cancel3 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
  2. Nature's Rhythm2 mana
  3. Neoform2 mana
  4. Celestial Reunion1 mana
  5. Worldly Tutor1 mana
  6. Reshape2 mana
  7. March of Burgeoning Life1 mana
  8. Mask of the Mimic1 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Mystic Remora1 mana
  2. Skullclamp1 mana
  3. Curiosity1 mana
  4. Wizard Class1 mana
  5. Garruk's Uprising3 mana
  6. Rhystic Study3 mana
  7. Faerie Mastermind2 mana
  8. Beast Whisperer4 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Innkeeper's Talent2 mana
  2. Guardian Augmenter3 mana
  3. Cryptothrall4 mana
  4. Saryth, the Viper's Fang4 mana
  5. Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus4 mana
  6. Lost in the Maze2 mana
  7. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  8. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana

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