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The Unagi of Kyoshi Island

Legendary Creature — Serpent · {3}{U}{U} · Blue commander

Flash Ward—Waterbend {4}. (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {4}. They can tap their artifacts and creatures to help. Each one pays for {1}.) Whenever an opponent draws their second card each turn, you draw two cards.

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What The Unagi of Kyoshi Island 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 · otherWhenever an opponent draws their second card each turn, you draw two cards.
• Keyword · wardward
• Keyword · flashflash
• Keyword · waterbendwaterbend

What a The Unagi of Kyoshi Island deck wants

The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.

• 4× Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch
• 16× A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
• 7× Make opponents draw — for a commander that punishes their draw, the punishment is the deck's damage source
• 18× Refill your hand
• 8× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
• 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 1× Answer a whole board at once
• 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs

Best cards for The Unagi of Kyoshi Island

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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