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Ultra Magnus, Tactician // Ultra Magnus, Armored Carrier

Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot // Legendary Artifact — Vehicle · {4}{R}{G}{W} · Green/Red/White commander

More Than Meets the Eye {2}{R}{G}{W} (You may cast this card converted for {2}{R}{G}{W}.) Ward {2} Whenever Ultra Magnus attacks, you may put an artifact creature card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped and attacking. If you do, convert Ultra Magnus at end of combat. Living metal (During your turn, this Vehicle is also a creature.) Haste Formidable — Whenever Ultra Magnus attacks, attacking creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn. If those creatures have total power 8 or greater, convert Ultra Magnus.

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What Ultra Magnus, Tactician // Ultra Magnus, Armored Carrier 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 · attackWhenever Ultra Magnus attacks, you may put an artifact creature card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped and attacking. If you do, convert Ultra Magnus at end of combat.
• Triggered ability · attackWhenever Ultra Magnus attacks, attacking creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn. If those creatures have total power 8 or greater, convert Ultra Magnus.
• Static ability · keyword_grantFormidable — Whenever Ultra Magnus attacks, attacking creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn. If those creatures have total power 8 or greater, convert Ultra Magnus.
• Keyword · living metalliving metal
• Keyword · hastehaste
• Keyword · convertconvert
• Keyword · more than meets the eyemore than meets the eye
• Keyword · wardward
• Keyword · formidableformidable

What an Ultra Magnus, Tactician // Ultra Magnus, Armored Carrier deck wants

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

• 4× Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch
• 16× A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
• 14× A permanent that does something every turn it is on the battlefield — the deck's body, for a commander whose text asks for nothing specific
• 10× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
• 2× Answer a whole board at once
• 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
• 7× Refill your hand

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