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Tesak, Judith's Hellhound

Legendary Creature — Elemental Dog · {3}{R} · Red commander

Unleash (You may have this creature enter with a +1/+1 counter on it. It can't block as long as it has a +1/+1 counter on it.) Other Dogs you control have unleash. Creatures you control with counters on them have haste. Whenever Tesak attacks, add {R} for each attacking creature.

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What Tesak, Judith's Hellhound 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 · attackWhenever Tesak attacks, add {R} for each attacking creature.
• Static ability · keyword_grantOther Dogs you control have unleash.
• Keyword · unleashunleash
• AbilityCreatures you control with counters on them have haste.

What a Tesak, Judith's Hellhound deck needs

Plays as dog typal. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.

• +1/+1 counter producers and payoffs (its text places or reads +1/+1 counters)
• creatures that profit from unleash (it grants the team it)
• dog creatures (its text counts them)
• haste, evasion and protection for the commander, and extra combats (its own attack is the engine)

The Tesak, Judith's Hellhound deck plan

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

• 6× Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
• 26× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
• 4× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
• 14× Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
• 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

Best cards for Tesak, Judith's Hellhound

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.

Combos with Tesak, Judith's Hellhound

Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Tesak, Judith's Hellhound is a piece of, and how many decks list them.

• Tesak, Judith's Hellhound + Hellkite Charger539 decks
• Tesak, Judith's Hellhound + Fable Of The Mirror-Breaker + Combat Celebrant11 decks

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