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The Locust God

Legendary Creature — God · {4}{U}{R} · Red/Blue commander

Flying Whenever you draw a card, create a 1/1 blue and red Insect creature token with flying and haste. {2}{U}{R}: Draw a card, then discard a card. When The Locust God dies, return it to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.

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What The Locust God 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 · drawWhenever you draw a card, create a 1/1 blue and red Insect creature token with flying and haste.
• Activated ability{2}{U}{R}: Draw a card, then discard a card.
• Triggered ability · deathWhen The Locust God dies, return it to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.
• Keyword · flyingflying

What a The Locust God deck needs

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

• wheels and mass draw (each card drawn is a 1/1 hasty flier)
• token payoffs — anthems, sacrifice outlets and go-wide finishers (it makes tokens on repeat)
• mana sinks for the loot ability once the hand is full

The The Locust God deck plan

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

• 13× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
• 6× A team pump that actually pumps tokens
• 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
• 1× Answer a whole board at once
• 7× Refill your hand
• 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 11× Get ahead on mana

Best cards for The Locust God

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 The Locust God

Known combos from Commander Spellbook that The Locust God is a piece of, and how many decks list them.

• The Locust God + Skullclamp + Ashnod's Altar5,370 decks
• The Locust God + Kindred Discovery4,287 decks
• The Locust God + Sage Of The Falls3,766 decks
• The Locust God + Skullclamp + Cryptolith Rite3,066 decks
• The Locust God + Skullclamp + Phyrexian Altar2,568 decks
• The Locust God + Niv-Mizzet, Visionary + Impact Tremors2,169 decks

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