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Thurid, Mare of Destiny
Legendary Creature — Pegasus · {2}{W}{W} · White commander
Flying, lifelink
Whenever you cast a Pegasus, Unicorn, or Horse creature spell, copy it. (The copy becomes a token.)
Other Pegasi, Unicorns, and Horses you control get +1/+1.
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What Thurid, Mare of Destiny 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 you cast a Pegasus, Unicorn, or Horse creature spell, copy it.
- Static ability · lordOther Pegasi, Unicorns, and Horses you control get +1/+1.
- Keyword · flyingflying
- Keyword · lifelinklifelink
What a Thurid, Mare of Destiny deck needs
Plays as copy engine. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- Pegasi, Unicorns and Horses (each one cast is copied)
The Thurid, Mare of Destiny deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 26× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- 14× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- 6× A card that is CAST to trigger the commander — reanimating or blinking it does not count
- 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 Thurid, Mare of Destiny
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 body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- Starnheim Courser3 mana
- Diamond Mare2 mana
- Keleth, Sunmane Familiar2 mana
- Regal Bunnicorn2 mana
- Loyal Pegasus1 mana
- Steadfast Unicorn1 mana
- Cavalry Pegasus2 mana
- Mesa Unicorn2 mana
A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- Knight of the White Orchid2 mana
- Spirited Companion2 mana
- Solemn Simulacrum4 mana
- Loran of the Third Path3 mana
- Ranger-Captain of Eos3 mana
- Helpful Hunter2 mana
- Loyal Warhound2 mana
- Wall of Omens2 mana
A card that is CAST to trigger the commander — reanimating or blinking it does not count
- Diamond Mare2 mana
- Keleth, Sunmane Familiar2 mana
- Regal Bunnicorn2 mana
- Starnheim Courser3 mana
- Loyal Pegasus1 mana
- Steadfast Unicorn1 mana
- Cavalry Pegasus2 mana
- Mesa Unicorn2 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
- Generous Gift3 mana
- Erode1 mana
- Unwanted Remake1 mana
- Angelic Ascension2 mana
- You Cannot Pass!1 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Open the Armory2 mana
- Enlightened Tutor1 mana
- Templar Knight2 mana
- Idyllic Tutor3 mana
- Ranger-Captain of Eos3 mana
- Loyal Tutor1 mana
- Recruiter of the Guard3 mana
- Search for Glory3 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Wrath of God4 mana
- Day of Judgment4 mana
- Shatter the Sky4 mana
- Split Up3 mana
- Winds of Abandon2 mana
- Depopulate4 mana
- No Witnesses4 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Herald's Horn3 mana
- Archivist of Oghma2 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
- Caretaker's Talent3 mana
- Enduring Innocence3 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
- Bastion Protector3 mana
- Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Chaplain of Alms // Chapel Shieldgeist1 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 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