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Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor

Legendary Creature — Human Knight · {2}{R} · Red commander

Whenever Varchild deals combat damage to a player, that player creates that many 1/1 red Survivor creature tokens. Survivors your opponents control can't block, and they can't attack you or planeswalkers you control. When Varchild leaves the battlefield, gain control of all Survivors.

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What Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor 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 Varchild deals combat damage to a player, that player creates that many 1/1 red Survivor creature tokens.
• Triggered ability · otherWhen Varchild leaves the battlefield, gain control of all Survivors.
• AbilitySurvivors your opponents control can't block, and they can't attack you or planeswalkers you control.

What a Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor deck needs

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

• evasion and protection for the commander (each hit hands opponents harmless Survivors)
• sacrifice outlets and blink (when it leaves you take every Survivor)

The Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor deck plan

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

• 10× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
• 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
• 12× 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
• 4× Sacrifice a creature for no mana, repeatably

Best cards for Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor

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