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The Destined Warrior
Legendary Creature — Human Warrior · {1}{W}{U}{B} · Black/Blue/White commander
First strike, vigilance, menace
Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, and Wizard spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn. If you have a full party, creatures you control get +3/+0 until end of turn instead.
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What The Destined Warrior 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 · beginning_of_combatAt the beginning of combat on your turn, creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn. If you have a full party, creatures you control get +3/+0 until end of turn instead.
- Static ability · cost_reductionCleric, Rogue, Warrior, and Wizard spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
- Keyword · vigilancevigilance
- Keyword · first strikefirst strike
- Keyword · menacemenace
What a The Destined Warrior deck wants
The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.
- 16× A cheap spell of any kind — casts per turn are the engine for an unrestricted cast trigger
- 26× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- 12× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- 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
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
Best cards for The Destined Warrior
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.
A cheap spell of any kind — casts per turn are the engine for an unrestricted cast trigger
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Walking Ballista0 mana
- Hangarback Walker0 mana
- Mishra's Bauble0 mana
- Profane Tutor0 mana
- Sol Talisman0 mana
- Tormod's Crypt0 mana
- Urza's Bauble0 mana
A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- Viscera Seer1 mana
- Mother of Runes1 mana
- Soul Warden1 mana
- Soul's Attendant1 mana
- Grand Abolisher2 mana
- Zulaport Cutthroat2 mana
- Disciple of the Vault1 mana
- Faerie Seer1 mana
Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- Chasm Skulker3 mana
- Dalkovan Encampment0 mana
- Elenda's Hierophant3 mana
- Kozilek's Unsealing3 mana
- Elenda, the Dusk Rose4 mana
- Endless Ranks of the Dead4 mana
- Hero of Bladehold4 mana
- Myrel, Shield of Argive4 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- Defile1 mana
- Tragic Slip1 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
- Demonic Tutor2 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Vampiric Tutor1 mana
- Imperial Seal1 mana
- Insatiable Avarice1 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Grim Tutor3 mana
- Liliana Vess // Liliana Vess0 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
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
- Bastion Protector3 mana
- Gold-Forged Thopteryx2 mana
- Greater Auramancy2 mana
- Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
- Gleaming Overseer3 mana
- Cryptothrall4 mana
- Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus4 mana