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Thorin, Mountain-king

Thorin, Mountain-king

Legendary Creature — Dwarf Noble · {3}{R} · Red commander

Trample When Thorin enters, attach any number of target Equipment you control to target creature you control. When one or more Equipment become attached to that creature this way, that creature deals damage equal to its power to up to one target creature.
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What Thorin, Mountain-king actually does

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What a Thorin, Mountain-king deck wants

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

Best cards for Thorin, Mountain-king

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Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses

  1. Eternal Acrobat Toast0 mana
  2. Conjurer's Closet5 mana
  3. Eldrazi Confluence4 mana

A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality

  1. Lizard Blades2 mana
  2. Rabbit Battery1 mana
  3. Simian Sling1 mana
  4. Ogre-Head Helm2 mana
  5. Komainu Battle Armor3 mana
  6. Bronzeplate Boar3 mana
  7. Toralf, God of Fury // Toralf's Hammer4 mana
  8. Harvest Hand // Scrounged Scythe3 mana

Equipment and Auras — the things a suit-up commander's trigger and plan are actually made of

  1. Basilisk Collar1 mana
  2. Skullclamp1 mana
  3. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  4. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  5. Sword of the Animist2 mana
  6. Shadowspear1 mana
  7. Paradise Mantle0 mana
  8. Trailblazer's Boots2 mana

A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses

  1. Chrome Mox0 mana
  2. Cabaretti Courtyard0 mana
  3. Lotus Field0 mana
  4. Riveteers Overlook0 mana
  5. Talon Gates of Madara0 mana
  6. Impact Tremors2 mana
  7. Mithril Coat3 mana
  8. Adventurer's Inn0 mana

Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers

  1. Archetype of Aggression3 mana
  2. Eldrazi Monument5 mana
  3. Colossus Hammer1 mana
  4. Shadowspear1 mana
  5. Goblin War Drums3 mana
  6. Akroma's Memorial7 mana
  7. Chronicle of Victory6 mana
  8. Super State7 mana

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

  1. Wild Magic Surge2 mana
  2. Crush1 mana
  3. Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
  4. Titan's Presence3 mana
  5. Abrade2 mana
  6. Untimely Malfunction2 mana
  7. Chaos Warp3 mana
  8. Kozilek's Command2 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Blasphemous Act9 mana
  2. Breaking Point3 mana
  3. Crack the Earth1 mana
  4. Kozilek's Return3 mana
  5. Akki Blizzard-Herder2 mana
  6. Devastating Dreams2 mana
  7. Tectonic Break2 mana
  8. Tremble2 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Goblin Recruiter2 mana
  2. Imperial Recruiter3 mana
  3. Dragon's Approach3 mana
  4. Magda, Brazen Outlaw2 mana
  5. Flamekin Harbinger1 mana
  6. Goblin Matron3 mana
  7. Sarkhan's Triumph3 mana
  8. Dwarven Recruiter3 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Skullclamp1 mana
  2. The One Ring4 mana
  3. Pip-Boy 30001 mana
  4. Sticky Fingers1 mana
  5. Vexing Bauble1 mana
  6. Artist's Talent2 mana
  7. Fear of Missing Out2 mana
  8. Key to the City2 mana

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