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Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp

Legendary Artifact Creature — Insect · {1} · Red/White commander

Modular 1 If a modular triggered ability would put one or more +1/+1 counters on a creature you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on it instead. {R}: Destroy target artifact you control. {W}: Zabaz gains flying until end of turn.

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What Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp 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{R}: Destroy target artifact you control.
• Activated ability{W}: Zabaz gains flying until end of turn.
• Replacement effect · counter_doublerIf a modular triggered ability would put one or more +1/+1 counters on a creature you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on it instead.
• Keyword · modularmodular

What a Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp deck wants

The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.

• 12× Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
• 8× Proliferate — every counter already placed is placed again
• 16× A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
• 22× A permanent of the exact NON-creature type the commander counts — artifacts for an artifact commander, enchantments for an enchantress
• 14× 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
• 1× Answer a whole board at once
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 7× Refill your hand

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