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Witch-king of Angmar
Legendary Creature — Wraith Noble · {3}{B}{B} · Black commander
What Witch-king of Angmar 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 one or more creatures deal combat damage to you, each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice that dealt combat damage to you this turn. The Ring tempts you.
- Activated abilityDiscard a card: Witch-king of Angmar gains indestructible until end of turn. Tap him.
- Keyword · flyingflying
What a Witch-king of Angmar deck needs
Plays as pillowfort. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- a flying body the table does not want to attack (each creature that damages you is sacrificed)
- cards to discard for indestructible — its own protection
The Witch-king of Angmar deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 8× Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch
- 9× 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
- 10× Refill your hand
- 6× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Witch-king of Angmar
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.
Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch
- Glaring Spotlight1 mana
- Cultist of the Absolute1 mana
- Inquisitorial Rosette2 mana
- Predators' Hour2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar3 mana
- Lord Skitter's Butcher3 mana
- Skorpekh Lord3 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Defile1 mana
- Tragic Slip1 mana
- Infernal Grasp2 mana
- Fatal Push1 mana
- Bitter Triumph2 mana
- Black Sun's Twilight1 mana
- Cut Down1 mana
- Erebos's Intervention1 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
- Toxic Deluge3 mana
- Damnation4 mana
- Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
- Sickening Dreams2 mana
- Crypt Rats3 mana
- Extinction Event4 mana
- Endemic Plague4 mana
- The Meathook Massacre2 mana
Refill your hand
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Black Market Connections3 mana
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
- Morbid Opportunist3 mana
- Phyrexian Arena3 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
- Ayara, First of Locthwain3 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- The Walls of Ba Sing Se8 mana
- Brotherhood Regalia2 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
- Wayfarer's Bauble1 mana
Combos with Witch-king of Angmar
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Witch-king of Angmar is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Witch-king of Angmar + Norman Osborn + Hullbreaker Horror50 decks
- Witch-king of Angmar + Cryptcaller Chariot + Kindred Discovery26 decks
- Witch-king of Angmar + Ketramose, The New Dawn + Containment Construct + Sheoldred, The Apocalypse9 decks
- Witch-king of Angmar + Niv-Mizzet, Visionary + Glint-Horn Buccaneer9 decks
- Witch-king of Angmar + Magar Of The Magic Strings + Rise Of The Eldrazi7 decks
- Witch-king of Angmar + Ketramose, The New Dawn + Containment Construct + Starving Revenant4 decks
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