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Yuan Shao, the Indecisive
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier · {4}{R} · Red commander
What Yuan Shao, the Indecisive actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Static ability · evasion_grantEach creature you control can't be blocked by more than one creature.
- Keyword · horsemanshiphorsemanship
What a Yuan Shao, the Indecisive deck wants
The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.
- 16× A permanent whose own trigger fires on attacking — the fuel an attack-trigger doubler multiplies, and the payoff an attack commander wants beside it
- 20× Creatures you are happy to sacrifice — a free sac outlet on the commander is worthless with nothing to feed it
- 6× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 2× Answer a whole board at once
- 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 8× Refill your hand
- 3× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Yuan Shao, the Indecisive
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 own trigger fires on attacking — the fuel an attack-trigger doubler multiplies, and the payoff an attack commander wants beside it
- Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin3 mana
- Fear of Missing Out2 mana
- Inti, Seneschal of the Sun2 mana
- Etali, Primal Storm6 mana
- Captain Lannery Storm3 mana
- Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki3 mana
- Laelia, the Blade Reforged3 mana
- Weathered Sentinels3 mana
Creatures you are happy to sacrifice — a free sac outlet on the commander is worthless with nothing to feed it
- Vivi's Persistence2 mana
- Hangarback Walker0 mana
- Urza's Saga0 mana
- Idol of False Gods2 mana
- Mogg War Marshal2 mana
- Myr Sire2 mana
- Felonious Rage1 mana
- Harried Spearguard1 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
Answer a whole board at once
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Breaking Point3 mana
- Crack the Earth1 mana
- Kozilek's Return3 mana
- Akki Blizzard-Herder2 mana
- Devastating Dreams2 mana
- Tectonic Break2 mana
- Tremble2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Goblin Recruiter2 mana
- Imperial Recruiter3 mana
- Dragon's Approach3 mana
- Flamekin Harbinger1 mana
- Goblin Matron3 mana
- Sarkhan's Triumph3 mana
- Dwarven Recruiter3 mana
- Myr Kinsmith4 mana
Refill your hand
- Skullclamp1 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Pip-Boy 30001 mana
- Sticky Fingers1 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
- Artist's Talent2 mana
- Fear of Missing Out2 mana
- Key to the City2 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Cryptothrall4 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Amber0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mox Opal0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Wayfarer's Bauble1 mana
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