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The Duke, Rebel Sentry

The Duke, Rebel Sentry

Legendary Creature — Human Rebel Ally · {W} · White commander

The Duke enters with a +1/+1 counter on him. {T}, Remove a counter from The Duke: Put a +1/+1 counter on another target creature you control. It gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
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What The Duke, Rebel Sentry actually does

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What a The Duke, Rebel Sentry deck needs

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

The The Duke, Rebel Sentry deck plan

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

Best cards for The Duke, Rebel Sentry

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Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise

  1. Thousand-Year Elixir3 mana
  2. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  3. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  4. Akroma's Memorial7 mana
  5. Lavaspur Boots1 mana
  6. Sting, the Glinting Dagger2 mana
  7. Haunted Cloak3 mana
  8. Sword of Vengeance3 mana

Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot

  1. Sting, the Glinting Dagger2 mana
  2. Umbral Mantle3 mana
  3. Genji Glove5 mana
  4. Honor-Worn Shaku3 mana
  5. White Plume Adventurer3 mana
  6. Sword of the Paruns4 mana
  7. Gauntlets of Light3 mana
  8. Drumbellower3 mana

Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there

  1. Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion3 mana
  2. Yoshimaru, Beloved Companion3 mana
  3. Grateful Apparition2 mana
  4. Metastatic Evangel2 mana
  5. Ainok Bond-Kin2 mana
  6. Generous Pup2 mana
  7. Martyr for the Cause2 mana
  8. Cenn's Tactician1 mana

Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it

  1. Path to Exile1 mana
  2. Swords to Plowshares1 mana
  3. March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
  4. Generous Gift3 mana
  5. Erode1 mana
  6. Unwanted Remake1 mana
  7. Angelic Ascension2 mana
  8. You Cannot Pass!1 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Open the Armory2 mana
  2. Enlightened Tutor1 mana
  3. Templar Knight2 mana
  4. Idyllic Tutor3 mana
  5. Ranger-Captain of Eos3 mana
  6. Loyal Tutor1 mana
  7. Recruiter of the Guard3 mana
  8. Search for Glory3 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Vanquish the Horde8 mana
  2. Wrath of God4 mana
  3. Day of Judgment4 mana
  4. Shatter the Sky4 mana
  5. Split Up3 mana
  6. Winds of Abandon2 mana
  7. Depopulate4 mana
  8. No Witnesses4 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Esper Sentinel1 mana
  2. Skullclamp1 mana
  3. Archivist of Oghma2 mana
  4. The One Ring4 mana
  5. Vexing Bauble1 mana
  6. Caretaker's Talent3 mana
  7. Enduring Innocence3 mana
  8. Mentor of the Meek3 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
  2. Bastion Protector3 mana
  3. Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
  4. Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
  5. Coppercoat Vanguard2 mana
  6. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  7. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  8. Chaplain of Alms // Chapel Shieldgeist1 mana

Get ahead on mana

  1. Sol Ring1 mana
  2. Palladium Myr3 mana
  3. Worn Powerstone3 mana
  4. Chrome Mox0 mana
  5. Everflowing Chalice0 mana
  6. Mox Diamond0 mana
  7. Mana Vault1 mana
  8. Wayfarer's Bauble1 mana

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