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The Destined White Mage

Legendary Creature — Human Cleric · {2}{W} · White commander

Lifelink {W}, {T}: Another target creature you control gains lifelink until end of turn. Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. If you have a full party, put three +1/+1 counters on that creature instead.

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What The Destined White Mage actually does

Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.

• Activated ability{W}, {T}: Another target creature you control gains lifelink until end of turn.
• Triggered ability · lifegainWhenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. If you have a full party, put three +1/+1 counters on that creature instead.
• Keyword · lifelinklifelink

What a The Destined White Mage deck needs

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

• repeatable lifegain — lifelink, gain-life triggers and Food (every life gained is its trigger)
• creatures that grow with +1/+1 counters and counter payoffs (it spreads counters across your team)
• haste and untap effects that reach the commander (a tap ability is unusable the turn it lands)

The The Destined White Mage deck plan

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

• 8× Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
• 5× Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot
• 16× Gain life repeatedly — for a commander that converts life gained into drain, the gain IS the damage
• 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 The Destined White Mage

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Combos with The Destined White Mage

Known combos from Commander Spellbook that The Destined White Mage is a piece of, and how many decks list them.

• The Destined White Mage + Walking Ballista1,208 decks
• The Destined White Mage + Triskelion293 decks
• The Destined White Mage + Spike Feeder243 decks
• The Destined White Mage + Shalai And Hallar185 decks
• The Destined White Mage + Shalai And Hallar185 decks
• The Destined White Mage + Basking Broodscale + Soul Warden112 decks

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