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Vren, the Relentless

Legendary Creature — Rat Rogue · {2}{U}{B} · Black/Blue commander

Ward {2} If a creature an opponent controls would die, exile it instead. At the beginning of each end step, create X 1/1 black Rat creature tokens with "This token gets +1/+1 for each other Rat you control," where X is the number of creatures that were exiled under your opponents' control this turn.

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What Vren, the Relentless 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 · end_stepAt the beginning of each end step, create X 1/1 black Rat creature tokens with "This token gets +1/+1 for each other Rat you control," where X is the number of creatures that were exiled under your op
• Replacement effect · otherIf a creature an opponent controls would die, exile it instead.
• Keyword · wardward

What a Vren, the Relentless deck needs

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

• removal, deathtouch and one-sided sweepers (its payoff is the opponents' creatures dying)
• rat (its size grows with every one you control)
• rat creatures (its text counts them)

The Vren, the Relentless deck plan

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

• 28× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
• 6× A team pump that actually pumps tokens
• 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
• 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

Best cards for Vren, the Relentless

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.

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