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Vikya, Scorching Stalwart

Vikya, Scorching Stalwart

Legendary Creature — Human Warrior · {2}{W} · Red/White commander

Training (Whenever this creature attacks with another creature with greater power, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.) {4}{R}, {Q}, Discard a card: Vikya, Scorching Stalwart deals damage equal to its power to any target. If excess damage was dealt to a creature this way, draw a card. ({Q} is the untap symbol.)
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What Vikya, Scorching Stalwart actually does

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What a Vikya, Scorching Stalwart deck needs

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

The Vikya, Scorching Stalwart deck plan

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

Best cards for Vikya, Scorching Stalwart

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.

Lets YOU discard on demand — looting, rummaging, discard costs — for a commander that rewards your own discards

  1. Geier Reach Sanitarium0 mana
  2. Fomori Vault0 mana
  3. Pip-Boy 30001 mana
  4. Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty3 mana
  5. Artist's Talent2 mana
  6. Chivalric Alliance2 mana
  7. Collector's Vault2 mana
  8. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun2 mana

Mana from a NONLAND permanent — a commander that doubles nonland mana gets nothing from lands

  1. Chrome Mox0 mana
  2. Everflowing Chalice0 mana
  3. Mox Amber0 mana
  4. Mox Diamond0 mana
  5. Mana Vault1 mana
  6. Sol Ring1 mana
  7. Astral Cornucopia0 mana
  8. Mox Jasper0 mana

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

  1. Path to Exile1 mana
  2. Swords to Plowshares1 mana
  3. Wild Magic Surge2 mana
  4. March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
  5. Generous Gift3 mana
  6. Erode1 mana
  7. Unwanted Remake1 mana
  8. Angelic Ascension2 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Open the Armory2 mana
  2. Enlightened Tutor1 mana
  3. Kellan, the Fae-Blooded // Birthright Boon3 mana
  4. Templar Knight2 mana
  5. Idyllic Tutor3 mana
  6. Imperial Recruiter3 mana
  7. Ranger-Captain of Eos3 mana
  8. Loyal Tutor1 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Vanquish the Horde8 mana
  2. Wrath of God4 mana
  3. Blasphemous Act9 mana
  4. Chain Reaction4 mana
  5. Day of Judgment4 mana
  6. Street Spasm1 mana
  7. Shatter the Sky4 mana
  8. Split Up3 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Esper Sentinel1 mana
  2. Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
  3. Skullclamp1 mana
  4. Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
  5. Archivist of Oghma2 mana
  6. The One Ring4 mana
  7. Sticky Fingers1 mana
  8. Vexing Bauble1 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
  2. Hexing Squelcher2 mana
  3. Bastion Protector3 mana
  4. Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
  5. Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
  6. Coppercoat Vanguard2 mana
  7. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  8. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana

Get ahead on mana

  1. Sol Ring1 mana
  2. Boros Signet2 mana
  3. Palladium Myr3 mana
  4. Worn Powerstone3 mana
  5. Chrome Mox0 mana
  6. Everflowing Chalice0 mana
  7. Mox Diamond0 mana
  8. Mana Vault1 mana

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