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Wonder Man, Hollywood Hero
Legendary Creature — Human Performer Hero · {3}{R}{R} · Red commander
Flying
Each power-up ability of permanents you control can be activated an additional time.
Power-up — {5}{R}{R}: Put two +1/+1 counters on Wonder Man. (Activate each power-up ability only . . . once? Reduce the cost by his mana cost if he entered this turn.)
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What Wonder Man, Hollywood Hero actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Activated ability{5}{R}{R}: Put two +1/+1 counters on Wonder Man.
- Keyword · flyingflying
- Keyword · power-uppower-up
- AbilityEach power-up ability of permanents you control can be activated an additional time.
What a Wonder Man, Hollywood Hero deck needs
Plays as mana sink. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- counter doublers and proliferate (it grows only itself with +1/+1 counters)
- power-up creatures (it rewards the mechanic by name)
- mana rocks and dorks beyond the curve (its ability turns spare mana into value)
The Wonder Man, Hollywood Hero deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 19× A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
- 13× Mana from a NONLAND permanent — a commander that doubles nonland mana gets nothing from lands
- 9× Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
- 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 Wonder Man, Hollywood Hero
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 creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
- Quicksilver, Brash Blur1 mana
- Extremis Elite2 mana
- Iron Fist, Hero for Hire2 mana
- Loki Laufeyson2 mana
- Human Torch, Johnny Storm3 mana
- Jack of Hearts, Volatile Hero3 mana
- Molly Hayes, Runaway3 mana
- Ultron Drone3 mana
Mana from a NONLAND permanent — a commander that doubles nonland mana gets nothing from lands
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Amber0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Astral Cornucopia0 mana
- Mox Jasper0 mana
Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
- Cacophony Scamp1 mana
- Glistening Sphere3 mana
- Walking Ballista0 mana
- Forge of Heroes0 mana
- Hangarback Walker0 mana
- Stonecoil Serpent0 mana
- Opal Palace0 mana
- Surge Conductor3 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Crush1 mana
- Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
- Titan's Presence3 mana
- Abrade2 mana
- Untimely Malfunction2 mana
- Chaos Warp3 mana
- Kozilek's Command2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Imperial Recruiter3 mana
- Shield-Wall Sentinel4 mana
- Skyship Weatherlight4 mana
- Moonsilver Key2 mana
- Pattern Matcher4 mana
- Gamble1 mana
- Hoarding Dragon5 mana
- Shrine Steward5 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Chain Reaction4 mana
- Street Spasm1 mana
- Selective Obliteration5 mana
- Mizzium Mortars2 mana
- Delete2 mana
- Earthquake1 mana
- Apocalypse5 mana
Refill your hand
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Sticky Fingers1 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
- Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty3 mana
- Adaptive Omnitool2 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- 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
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