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Tifa, Martial Artist

Legendary Creature — Human Monk · {1}{R}{G}{W} · Green/Red/White commander

Melee (Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each opponent you attacked this combat.) Whenever one or more creatures you control with power 7 or greater deal combat damage to a player, untap all creatures you control. If it's the first combat phase of your turn, there is an additional combat phase after this phase.

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What Tifa, Martial Artist 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 one or more creatures you control with power 7 or greater deal combat damage to a player, untap all creatures you control. If it's the first combat phase of your turn, there is an additional
• Keyword · meleemelee

What a Tifa, Martial Artist deck needs

Plays as combat trigger. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.

• creatures with power 7 or greater, and pump that gets one there (connecting untaps the team and adds a combat)
• evasion for the big attackers

The Tifa, Martial Artist deck plan

The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.

• 14× A creature at or above the commander's power floor — its text only counts them (dossier vet 2026-09-26: Bugenhagen, Gwenna, Ruby)
• 9× A permanent whose own trigger fires on attacking — the fuel an attack-trigger doubler multiplies, and the payoff an attack commander wants beside it
• 6× 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
• 9× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
• 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

Best cards for Tifa, Martial Artist

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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