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Torgal, A Fine Hound
Legendary Creature — Wolf · {1}{G} · Green commander
Whenever you cast your first Human creature spell each turn, that creature enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it for each Dog and/or Wolf you control.
{T}: Add one mana of any color.
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What Torgal, A Fine Hound 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 · cast_spellWhenever you cast your first Human creature spell each turn, that creature enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it for each Dog and/or Wolf you control.
- Activated ability{T}: Add one mana of any color.
What a Torgal, A Fine Hound deck wants
The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.
- 8× Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
- 5× Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot
- 26× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- 6× A card that is CAST to trigger the commander — reanimating or blinking it does not count
- 22× Instants and sorceries — for a magecraft/prowess commander the spell COUNT is the engine
- 14× Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
Best cards for Torgal, A Fine Hound
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.
Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
- Thousand-Year Elixir3 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Runadi, Behemoth Caller3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- Super State7 mana
- Ulvenwald Oddity // Ulvenwald Behemoth4 mana
- Lavaspur Boots1 mana
Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot
- Bear Umbra4 mana
- Sword of Feast and Famine3 mana
- Wilderness Reclamation4 mana
- Amulet of Vigor1 mana
- Nature's Will4 mana
- Sting, the Glinting Dagger2 mana
- Umbral Mantle3 mana
- Genji Glove5 mana
A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- Sylvan Safekeeper1 mana
- Ulvenwald Tracker1 mana
- Destiny Spinner2 mana
- Eternal Witness3 mana
- Biophagus2 mana
- Fynn, the Fangbearer2 mana
- Hermit Druid2 mana
- Jolrael, Mwonvuli Recluse2 mana
A card that is CAST to trigger the commander — reanimating or blinking it does not count
- Sylvan Safekeeper1 mana
- Ulvenwald Tracker1 mana
- Destiny Spinner2 mana
- Eternal Witness3 mana
- District Mascot1 mana
- Dragon Sniper1 mana
- Ixalli's Lorekeeper1 mana
- Magus of the Candelabra1 mana
Instants and sorceries — for a magecraft/prowess commander the spell COUNT is the engine
- Crop Rotation1 mana
- Worldly Tutor1 mana
- Fog1 mana
- Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
- Nature's Claim1 mana
- Noxious Revival1 mana
- Snakeskin Veil1 mana
- Tamiyo's Safekeeping1 mana
Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
- Karn's Bastion0 mana
- Bristly Bill, Spine Sower2 mana
- Cankerbloom2 mana
- Thirsting Roots1 mana
- Evolution Sage3 mana
- Mossborn Hydra3 mana
- Contagion Clasp2 mana
- Fangs of Kalonia2 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Beast Within3 mana
- Nature's Claim1 mana
- Emerald Charm1 mana
- Shrink1 mana
- Naturalize2 mana
- Origin of Metalbending2 mana
- Natural State1 mana
- Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Simplify1 mana
- Aligned Hedron Network4 mana
- Coercive Portal4 mana
- Needle Storm3 mana
- Whirlwind4 mana
- Hurricane1 mana
- Worldslayer5 mana
- Corrosive Gale1 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
- Nature's Rhythm2 mana
- Celestial Reunion1 mana
- Worldly Tutor1 mana
- March of Burgeoning Life1 mana
- Archdruid's Charm3 mana
- Chord of Calling3 mana
- Eldritch Evolution3 mana