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Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful
Legendary Creature — Dog · {W} · White commander
Whenever another legendary permanent you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on Yoshimaru.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)
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What Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful 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 · etbWhenever another legendary permanent you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on Yoshimaru.
- Keyword · partnerpartner
What a Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful deck needs
Plays as legends. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- legendary permanents (each one entering grows it)
- a partner commander
The Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 8× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- 11× Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
- 10× Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
- 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 Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful
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 permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- Knight of the White Orchid2 mana
- Spirited Companion2 mana
- Solemn Simulacrum4 mana
- Loran of the Third Path3 mana
- Ranger-Captain of Eos3 mana
- Helpful Hunter2 mana
- Loyal Warhound2 mana
- Wall of Omens2 mana
Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
- Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion3 mana
- Yoshimaru, Beloved Companion3 mana
- Grateful Apparition2 mana
- Metastatic Evangel2 mana
- Generous Pup2 mana
- Martyr for the Cause2 mana
- Charmed Stray1 mana
- Political Triumph1 mana
Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
- Airbender Ascension2 mana
- Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd2 mana
- Eldrazi Displacer3 mana
- Flickerwisp3 mana
- Touch the Spirit Realm3 mana
- Conjurer's Closet5 mana
- Distinguished Conjurer2 mana
- Felidar Guardian4 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
- Generous Gift3 mana
- Erode1 mana
- Unwanted Remake1 mana
- Angelic Ascension2 mana
- You Cannot Pass!1 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Open the Armory2 mana
- Enlightened Tutor1 mana
- Templar Knight2 mana
- Idyllic Tutor3 mana
- Ranger-Captain of Eos3 mana
- Loyal Tutor1 mana
- Recruiter of the Guard3 mana
- Search for Glory3 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Wrath of God4 mana
- Day of Judgment4 mana
- Shatter the Sky4 mana
- Split Up3 mana
- Winds of Abandon2 mana
- Depopulate4 mana
- No Witnesses4 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Archivist of Oghma2 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
- Caretaker's Talent3 mana
- Enduring Innocence3 mana
- Mentor of the Meek3 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
- Bastion Protector3 mana
- Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Chaplain of Alms // Chapel Shieldgeist1 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 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 Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful + Yomiji, Who Bars The Way + Phyrexian Altar109 decks
- Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful + Loran, Disciple Of History + Isamaru, Hound Of Konda + Cloudstone Curio + Lotus Petal9 decks
- Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful + Loran, Disciple Of History + Kytheon, Hero Of Akros + Cloudstone Curio + Lotus Petal5 decks
- Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful + Jedit Ojanen, Mercenary + Cloudstone Curio + Earthcraft2 decks
- Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful + Leyline Of Singularity + Animation Module + Ashnod's Altar1 decks
- Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful + Rograkh, Son Of Rohgahh + Skyfire Phoenix + Cloudstone Curio + Phyrexian Altar