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U.S.Agent, John Walker

U.S.Agent, John Walker

Legendary Creature — Human Soldier Hero · {3}{W/B} · Black/White commander

When U.S.Agent enters, create a colorless Equipment artifact token named Sturdy Shield with "Equipped creature gets +1/+2" and equip {2}. Attach it to U.S.Agent.
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What U.S.Agent, John Walker actually does

Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.

What an U.S.Agent, John Walker deck needs

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

The U.S.Agent, John Walker deck plan

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

Best cards for U.S.Agent, John Walker

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.

Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses

  1. Airbender Ascension2 mana
  2. Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd2 mana
  3. Eldrazi Displacer3 mana
  4. Flickerwisp3 mana
  5. Touch the Spirit Realm3 mana
  6. Conjurer's Closet5 mana
  7. Distinguished Conjurer2 mana
  8. Felidar Guardian4 mana

Equipment and Auras — the things a suit-up commander's trigger and plan are actually made of

  1. Basilisk Collar1 mana
  2. Skullclamp1 mana
  3. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  4. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  5. Sword of the Animist2 mana
  6. Shadowspear1 mana
  7. Mithril Coat3 mana
  8. Paradise Mantle0 mana

A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses

  1. Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
  2. Accursed Marauder2 mana
  3. Knight of the White Orchid2 mana
  4. Spirited Companion2 mana
  5. Solemn Simulacrum4 mana
  6. Cauldron Familiar1 mana
  7. Fleshbag Marauder3 mana
  8. Loran of the Third Path3 mana

Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers

  1. Elspeth, Sun's Champion6 mana
  2. Eldrazi Monument5 mana
  3. Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar3 mana
  4. Akroma's Memorial7 mana
  5. On Wings of Gold4 mana
  6. Ninja Teen3 mana
  7. Shadowspear1 mana
  8. Bilbo's Ring3 mana

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

  1. Path to Exile1 mana
  2. Swords to Plowshares1 mana
  3. Defile1 mana
  4. Tragic Slip1 mana
  5. March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
  6. Infernal Grasp2 mana
  7. Fatal Push1 mana
  8. Bitter Triumph2 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Demonic Tutor2 mana
  2. Diabolic Intent2 mana
  3. Vampiric Tutor1 mana
  4. Imperial Seal1 mana
  5. Demonic Consultation1 mana
  6. Grim Tutor3 mana
  7. Tainted Pact2 mana
  8. Scheming Symmetry1 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Damn2 mana
  2. Vanquish the Horde8 mana
  3. Toxic Deluge3 mana
  4. Damnation4 mana
  5. Wrath of God4 mana
  6. Day of Judgment4 mana
  7. Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
  8. Kaya's Wrath4 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Esper Sentinel1 mana
  2. Skullclamp1 mana
  3. Black Market Connections3 mana
  4. Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
  5. Morbid Opportunist3 mana
  6. Phyrexian Arena3 mana
  7. Archivist of Oghma2 mana
  8. The One Ring4 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
  2. Bastion Protector3 mana
  3. Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
  4. Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
  5. Coppercoat Vanguard2 mana
  6. General's Enforcer2 mana
  7. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  8. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana

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