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Witch-king, Sky Scourge

Legendary Creature — Wraith Noble · {5}{B}{R} · Black/Red commander

Flying Whenever you attack with one or more Wraiths, exile the top X cards of your library, where X is their total power. You may play those cards this turn. Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)

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What Witch-king, Sky Scourge 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 · attackWhenever you attack with one or more Wraiths, exile the top X cards of your library, where X is their total power. You may play those cards this turn.
• Keyword · flyingflying
• Keyword · undyingundying

What a Witch-king, Sky Scourge deck needs

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

• cheap spells and lands to play off its impulse draw (exiled cards must be played that turn)
• wraith creatures (its text counts them)
• a wide board that attacks every turn (the trigger fires on the attack)

The Witch-king, Sky Scourge deck plan

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

• 4× Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch
• 26× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
• 11× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
• 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

Best cards for Witch-king, Sky Scourge

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.

Combos with Witch-king, Sky Scourge

Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Witch-king, Sky Scourge is a piece of, and how many decks list them.

• Witch-king, Sky Scourge + Eirdu, Carrier Of Dawn + Phyrexian Altar2 decks
• Witch-king, Sky Scourge + Eirdu, Carrier Of Dawn + Altar Of Dementia2 decks
• Witch-king, Sky Scourge + Eirdu, Carrier Of Dawn + Ashnod's Altar1 decks
• Witch-king, Sky Scourge + Eirdu, Carrier Of Dawn + Blasting Station1 decks
• Witch-king, Sky Scourge + Eirdu, Carrier Of Dawn + Goblin Bombardment1 decks
• Witch-king, Sky Scourge + Eirdu, Carrier Of Dawn + Viscera Seer

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