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Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats

Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats

Legendary Creature — Vampire Rogue · {4}{B}{R} · Black/Red commander

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature in your party. Flying, deathtouch, haste Other creatures you control have deathtouch. Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a planeswalker, destroy that planeswalker.
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What Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats actually does

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What a Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats deck wants

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

Best cards for Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats

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 cheap spell of any kind — casts per turn are the engine for an unrestricted cast trigger

  1. Everflowing Chalice0 mana
  2. Walking Ballista0 mana
  3. Hangarback Walker0 mana
  4. Mishra's Bauble0 mana
  5. Profane Tutor0 mana
  6. Sol Talisman0 mana
  7. Tormod's Crypt0 mana
  8. Urza's Bauble0 mana

A permanent whose own trigger fires on attacking — the fuel an attack-trigger doubler multiplies, and the payoff an attack commander wants beside it

  1. Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin3 mana
  2. Fear of Missing Out2 mana
  3. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun2 mana
  4. Valley Rotcaller2 mana
  5. Etali, Primal Storm6 mana
  6. Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate3 mana
  7. Captain Lannery Storm3 mana
  8. Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki3 mana

Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide

  1. Pashalik Mons3 mana
  2. Endless Ranks of the Dead4 mana
  3. Siege-Gang Lieutenant4 mana
  4. Trendy Circus Pirate0 mana
  5. Myr Battlesphere7 mana
  6. Anax, Hardened in the Forge3 mana
  7. Andúril, Flame of the West3 mana
  8. Chandra, Acolyte of Flame3 mana

Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it

  1. Wild Magic Surge2 mana
  2. Defile1 mana
  3. Tragic Slip1 mana
  4. Infernal Grasp2 mana
  5. Terminate2 mana
  6. Fatal Push1 mana
  7. Bitter Triumph2 mana
  8. Black Sun's Twilight1 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Do or Die2 mana
  2. Force of Despair3 mana
  3. Blasphemous Act9 mana
  4. Accursed Marauder2 mana
  5. Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
  6. Innocent Blood1 mana
  7. Breaking Point3 mana
  8. Coils of the Medusa2 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Demonic Tutor2 mana
  2. Diabolic Intent2 mana
  3. Vampiric Tutor1 mana
  4. Imperial Seal1 mana
  5. Insatiable Avarice1 mana
  6. Diabolic Intent2 mana
  7. Grim Tutor3 mana
  8. Liliana Vess // Liliana Vess0 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Skullclamp1 mana
  2. Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
  3. Black Market Connections3 mana
  4. Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
  5. Morbid Opportunist3 mana
  6. Phyrexian Arena3 mana
  7. The One Ring4 mana
  8. Kederekt Parasite1 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Hexing Squelcher2 mana
  2. Cryptothrall4 mana
  3. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  4. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  5. Eldrazi Monument5 mana
  6. Commander's Plate1 mana
  7. Mithril Coat3 mana
  8. Akroma's Memorial7 mana

Get ahead on mana

  1. Chrome Mox0 mana
  2. Everflowing Chalice0 mana
  3. Mox Amber0 mana
  4. Mox Diamond0 mana
  5. Mox Opal0 mana
  6. Mana Vault1 mana
  7. Sol Ring1 mana
  8. Wayfarer's Bauble1 mana

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