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Thorin, Company's Leader
Legendary Creature — Dwarf Warrior · {4}{R} · Red commander
What Thorin, Company's Leader 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 · deals_damageWhenever a Dwarf you control deals combat damage to a player or battle, create two Treasure tokens.
- Activated ability{10}: Creatures you control gain double strike until end of turn.
What a Thorin, Company's Leader deck needs
Plays as dwarf typal. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- artifact and Treasure payoffs (it makes Treasures, Clues or Food on repeat)
- creatures that profit from double strike (it grants the team it)
- dwarf creatures (its text counts them)
- many cheap evasive attackers and team evasion (every creature that connects triggers it)
The Thorin, Company's Leader deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 13× A 0-1 mana creature that reliably attacks UNBLOCKED — the cost the commander's ability consumes, and the only way it gets onto the battlefield
- 28× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 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 Thorin, Company's Leader
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.
A 0-1 mana creature that reliably attacks UNBLOCKED — the cost the commander's ability consumes, and the only way it gets onto the battlefield
- Gingerbrute1 mana
- Tin Street Dodger1 mana
- Firefright Mage1 mana
- Sneaking Guide1 mana
- Stromkirk Noble1 mana
- Signal Pest1 mana
- Ornithopter0 mana
- Dragon's Rage Channeler1 mana
A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- Erebor Flamesmith2 mana
- Magda, Brazen Outlaw2 mana
- Magda, the Hoardmaster2 mana
- Storm-Kiln Artist4 mana
- Bloodfire Dwarf1 mana
- Dwarven Armorer1 mana
- Dwarven Grunt1 mana
- Dwarven Mauler1 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Crush1 mana
- Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
- Titan's Presence3 mana
- Abrade2 mana
- Untimely Malfunction2 mana
- Chaos Warp3 mana
- Kozilek's Command2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Imperial Recruiter3 mana
- Magda, Brazen Outlaw2 mana
- Dwarven Recruiter3 mana
- Shield-Wall Sentinel4 mana
- Skyship Weatherlight4 mana
- Moonsilver Key2 mana
- Pattern Matcher4 mana
- Gamble1 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Chain Reaction4 mana
- Street Spasm1 mana
- Selective Obliteration5 mana
- Mizzium Mortars2 mana
- Delete2 mana
- Earthquake1 mana
- Apocalypse5 mana
Refill your hand
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Herald's Horn3 mana
- Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Sticky Fingers1 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
- Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty3 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- The Walls of Ba Sing Se8 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
- Wayfarer's Bauble1 mana
Combos with Thorin, Company's Leader
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Thorin, Company's Leader is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Thorin, Company's Leader + Aggravated Assault935 decks
- Thorin, Company's Leader + Hellkite Charger109 decks
- Thorin, Company's Leader + Najeela, The Blade-Blossom6 decks
- Thorin, Company's Leader + Time Sieve1 decks
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