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Tazri, Stalwart Survivor
Legendary Creature — Human Warrior · {2}{W} · Black/Green/Red/Blue/White commander
Each creature you control has "{T}: Add one mana of any of this creature's colors. Spend this mana only to activate an ability of a creature. Activate only if this creature has another activated ability."
{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}, {T}: Mill five cards. Put all creature cards with activated abilities that aren't mana abilities from among the milled cards into your hand.
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What Tazri, Stalwart Survivor actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Activated abilityEach creature you control has "{T}: Add one mana of any of this creature's colors. Spend this mana only to activate an ability of a creature. Activate only if this creature has another activated a
- Activated ability{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}, {T}: Mill five cards. Put all creature cards with activated abilities that aren't mana abilities from among the milled cards into your hand.
- Keyword · millmill
What a Tazri, Stalwart Survivor deck wants
The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.
- 9× Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
- 6× Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot
- 17× A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
- 7× Put your own cards into your graveyard as a resource
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 7× Refill your hand
Best cards for Tazri, Stalwart Survivor
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.
Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
- Rising of the Day3 mana
- Temur Ascendancy3 mana
- Thousand-Year Elixir3 mana
- Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki3 mana
- Frostcliff Siege3 mana
- Goblin Chieftain3 mana
- Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler3 mana
- Blacksmith's Talent1 mana
Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot
- Aggravated Assault3 mana
- Aurelia, the Warleader6 mana
- Bear Umbra4 mana
- Reconnaissance1 mana
- Sword of Feast and Famine3 mana
- Wilderness Reclamation4 mana
- Amulet of Vigor1 mana
- Beledros Witherbloom7 mana
A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
- Stitcher's Supplier1 mana
- Hedron Crab1 mana
- Ruin Crab1 mana
- Aftermath Analyst2 mana
- Millikin2 mana
- Skull Prophet2 mana
- Emry, Lurker of the Loch3 mana
- Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm1 mana
Put your own cards into your graveyard as a resource
- Takenuma, Abandoned Mire0 mana
- Stitcher's Supplier1 mana
- Aftermath Analyst2 mana
- Altar of Dementia2 mana
- Brain Freeze2 mana
- Mindcrank2 mana
- Ripples of Undeath2 mana
- Tibalt's Trickery2 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Assassin's Trophy2 mana
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Final Showdown1 mana
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Amalia Benavides Aguirre2 mana
- Do or Die2 mana
- Martyr's Cry2 mana
- Pest Control2 mana
- Force of Despair3 mana
- Split Up3 mana
Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- Counterspell2 mana
- Three Steps Ahead1 mana
- Long River's Pull2 mana
- Force of Will5 mana
- Abjure1 mana
- Archmage's Charm3 mana
- Cancel3 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Entomb1 mana
- Demonic Tutor2 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Vampiric Tutor1 mana
- Lively Dirge2 mana
- Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
- Imperial Seal1 mana
- Insatiable Avarice1 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Black Market Connections3 mana
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana