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The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell

The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell

Legendary Creature — Human Noble Wizard // Legendary Creature — Demon Noble Wizard · {U}{R} · Red/Blue commander

{T}: Add {U} or {R}. Spend this mana only to cast a noncreature spell. Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, if at least four mana was spent to cast it, put a +1/+1 counter on The Emperor of Palamecia. Then if it has three or more +1/+1 counters on it, transform it. Starfall — Whenever The Lord Master of Hell attacks, it deals X damage to each opponent, where X is the number of noncreature, nonland cards in your graveyard.
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What The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell actually does

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What a The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell deck wants

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Best cards for The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell

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

  1. Rising of the Day3 mana
  2. Thousand-Year Elixir3 mana
  3. Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki3 mana
  4. Frostcliff Siege3 mana
  5. Goblin Chieftain3 mana
  6. Blacksmith's Talent1 mana
  7. The Fire Crystal4 mana
  8. Lightning Greaves2 mana

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

  1. Aggravated Assault3 mana
  2. Sword of Feast and Famine3 mana
  3. Amulet of Vigor1 mana
  4. Freed from the Real3 mana
  5. Pemmin's Aura3 mana
  6. Retreat to Coralhelm3 mana
  7. Sting, the Glinting Dagger2 mana
  8. Umbral Mantle3 mana

A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one

  1. The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell2 mana
  2. The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell2 mana

Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide

  1. Chasm Skulker3 mana
  2. Kozilek's Unsealing3 mana
  3. Pashalik Mons3 mana
  4. Siege-Gang Lieutenant4 mana
  5. Trendy Circus Pirate0 mana
  6. Myr Battlesphere7 mana
  7. Anax, Hardened in the Forge3 mana
  8. Andúril, Flame of the West3 mana

Put your own cards into your graveyard as a resource

  1. Altar of Dementia2 mana
  2. Brain Freeze2 mana
  3. Mindcrank2 mana
  4. Tibalt's Trickery2 mana
  5. Codex Shredder1 mana
  6. Hedron Crab1 mana
  7. Thought Scour1 mana
  8. Emry, Lurker of the Loch3 mana

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

  1. Karn's Bastion0 mana
  2. Ripples of Potential2 mana
  3. Thrummingbird2 mana
  4. Contagion Clasp2 mana
  5. Contentious Plan2 mana
  6. Experimental Augury2 mana
  7. Tezzeret's Gambit4 mana
  8. Dreamtide Whale3 mana

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

  1. Reality Shift2 mana
  2. Wild Magic Surge2 mana
  3. Pongify1 mana
  4. Rapid Hybridization1 mana
  5. Resculpt2 mana
  6. Suspend1 mana
  7. Snap2 mana
  8. Into the Flood Maw1 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Blasphemous Act9 mana
  2. Displacement Wave2 mana
  3. Breaking Point3 mana
  4. Crack the Earth1 mana
  5. Filter Out3 mana
  6. Kozilek's Return3 mana
  7. Akki Blizzard-Herder2 mana
  8. Devastating Dreams2 mana

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