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Thrakkus the Butcher

Thrakkus the Butcher

Legendary Creature — Dragon Peasant · {3}{R}{G} · Green/Red commander

Trample Whenever Thrakkus attacks, double the power of each Dragon you control until end of turn.
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What Thrakkus the Butcher actually does

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What a Thrakkus the Butcher deck wants

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

Best cards for Thrakkus the Butcher

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 creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one

  1. Bristly Bill, Spine Sower2 mana
  2. Okaun, Eye of Chaos // Okaun, Eye of Chaos0 mana
  3. Primordial Hydra2 mana
  4. Tifa Lockhart2 mana
  5. Voracious Hydra2 mana
  6. Mossborn Hydra3 mana
  7. Twinferno2 mana
  8. Fireshrieker3 mana

Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide

  1. Hornet Nest3 mana
  2. Pashalik Mons3 mana
  3. Esika's Chariot4 mana
  4. Siege-Gang Lieutenant4 mana
  5. Trendy Circus Pirate0 mana
  6. Myr Battlesphere7 mana
  7. Broodhatch Nantuko2 mana
  8. Tervigon2 mana

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

  1. Dragonlord Atarka // Dragonlord Atarka0 mana
  2. Shivan Devastator1 mana
  3. Slumbering Dragon1 mana
  4. Invasion of Tarkir // Defiant Thundermaw2 mana
  5. Reckless Barbarian2 mana
  6. Scaled Nurturer2 mana
  7. Atsushi, the Blazing Sky4 mana
  8. Leyline Tyrant4 mana

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

  1. Wild Magic Surge2 mana
  2. Beast Within3 mana
  3. Nature's Claim1 mana
  4. Crush1 mana
  5. Emerald Charm1 mana
  6. Shrink1 mana
  7. Naturalize2 mana
  8. Origin of Metalbending2 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Blasphemous Act9 mana
  2. Breaking Point3 mana
  3. Crack the Earth1 mana
  4. Simplify1 mana
  5. Kozilek's Return3 mana
  6. Akki Blizzard-Herder2 mana
  7. Devastating Dreams2 mana
  8. Tectonic Break2 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
  2. Nature's Rhythm2 mana
  3. Celestial Reunion1 mana
  4. Worldly Tutor1 mana
  5. March of Burgeoning Life1 mana
  6. Archdruid's Charm3 mana
  7. Chord of Calling3 mana
  8. Eldritch Evolution3 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Skullclamp1 mana
  2. Garruk's Uprising3 mana
  3. Beast Whisperer4 mana
  4. The One Ring4 mana
  5. Pip-Boy 30001 mana
  6. Sticky Fingers1 mana
  7. Vexing Bauble1 mana
  8. Elemental Bond3 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Hexing Squelcher2 mana
  2. Innkeeper's Talent2 mana
  3. Guardian Augmenter3 mana
  4. Cryptothrall4 mana
  5. Saryth, the Viper's Fang4 mana
  6. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  7. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  8. Asceticism5 mana

Get ahead on mana

  1. Chrome Mox0 mana
  2. Everflowing Chalice0 mana
  3. Mox Amber0 mana
  4. Mox Diamond0 mana
  5. Mox Opal0 mana
  6. Birds of Paradise1 mana
  7. Crop Rotation1 mana
  8. Delighted Halfling1 mana

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