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Vihaan, Goldwaker
Legendary Creature — Dwarf Warlock · {R}{W}{B} · Black/Red/White commander
What Vihaan, Goldwaker 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 · beginning_of_combatAt the beginning of combat on your turn, you may have Treasures you control become 3/3 Construct Assassin artifact creatures in addition to their other types until end of turn.
- Static ability · keyword_grantOther outlaws you control have vigilance and haste.
What a Vihaan, Goldwaker deck needs
Plays as treasure. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- Treasure makers (Treasures become 3/3 attackers each combat)
- outlaw creatures (they have vigilance and haste)
The Vihaan, Goldwaker deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 14× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- 7× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 3× Answer a whole board at once
- 9× Refill your hand
- 3× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
- 14× A permanent of the exact NON-creature type the commander counts — artifacts for an artifact commander, enchantments for an enchantress
Best cards for Vihaan, Goldwaker
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.
A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Zulaport Cutthroat2 mana
- Forsaken Miner1 mana
- Greedy Freebooter1 mana
- Impulsive Pilferer1 mana
- Iridescent Vinelasher1 mana
- Tinybones, the Pickpocket1 mana
- Dauthi Voidwalker2 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Defile1 mana
- Tragic Slip1 mana
- March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
- Infernal Grasp2 mana
- Terminate2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Demonic Tutor2 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Vampiric Tutor1 mana
- Imperial Seal1 mana
- Demonic Consultation1 mana
- Grim Tutor3 mana
- Tainted Pact2 mana
- Scheming Symmetry1 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Damn2 mana
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Toxic Deluge3 mana
- Damnation4 mana
- Wrath of God4 mana
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Chain Reaction4 mana
- Day of Judgment4 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Black Market Connections3 mana
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
- Herald's Horn3 mana
- Morbid Opportunist3 mana
- Phyrexian Arena3 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Bastion Protector3 mana
- Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Chaplain of Alms // Chapel Shieldgeist1 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Boros Signet2 mana
- Orzhov Signet2 mana
- Rakdos Signet2 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
Combos with Vihaan, Goldwaker
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Vihaan, Goldwaker is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Vihaan, Goldwaker + Pitiless Plunderer + Aggravated Assault1,916 decks
- Vihaan, Goldwaker + Pitiless Plunderer + Hellkite Charger160 decks
- Vihaan, Goldwaker + Breath Of Fury + Pitiless Plunderer91 decks
- Vihaan, Goldwaker + Breath Of Fury + Professional Face-Breaker83 decks
- Vihaan, Goldwaker + Pitiless Plunderer + Najeela, The Blade-Blossom5 decks
- Vihaan, Goldwaker + Breath Of Fury + J. Jonah Jameson5 decks
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