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The Scarlet Witch

Legendary Creature — Mutant Warlock Hero · {2}{R} · Red commander

Instant and sorcery spells you cast with mana value 4 or greater cost {X} less to cast, where X is The Scarlet Witch's power.

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What The Scarlet Witch actually does

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

• Static ability · cost_reductionInstant and sorcery spells you cast with mana value 4 or greater cost {X} less to cast, where X is The Scarlet Witch's power.

What a The Scarlet Witch deck needs

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

• expensive spells (mana value 4 or greater — it makes them cheaper)
• cheap, dense instant and sorcery spells (it makes them cheaper)
• cheap instants and sorceries (every one you cast feeds it)

The The Scarlet Witch deck plan

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

• 33× Instants and sorceries — for a magecraft/prowess commander the spell COUNT is the engine
• 7× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 3× Answer a whole board at once
• 9× Refill your hand
• 3× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 11× Get ahead on mana

Best cards for The Scarlet Witch

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.

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