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Zirda, the Dawnwaker

Zirda, the Dawnwaker

Legendary Creature — Elemental Fox · {1}{R/W}{R/W} · Red/White commander

Companion — Each permanent card in your starting deck has an activated ability. (If this card is your chosen companion, you may put it into your hand from outside the game for {3} as a sorcery.) Abilities you activate that aren't mana abilities cost {2} less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana. {1}, {T}: Target creature can't block this turn.
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What Zirda, the Dawnwaker actually does

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What a Zirda, the Dawnwaker deck wants

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Best cards for Zirda, the Dawnwaker

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Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise

  1. Rising of the Day3 mana
  2. Thousand-Year Elixir3 mana
  3. Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki3 mana
  4. Goblin Chieftain3 mana
  5. Blacksmith's Talent1 mana
  6. The Fire Crystal4 mana
  7. Cloudshredder Sliver2 mana
  8. Lightning Greaves2 mana

Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot

  1. Aggravated Assault3 mana
  2. Aurelia, the Warleader6 mana
  3. Reconnaissance1 mana
  4. Sword of Feast and Famine3 mana
  5. Amulet of Vigor1 mana
  6. Sting, the Glinting Dagger2 mana
  7. Umbral Mantle3 mana
  8. Genji Glove5 mana

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

  1. Path to Exile1 mana
  2. Swords to Plowshares1 mana
  3. Wild Magic Surge2 mana
  4. March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
  5. Flicker of Fate2 mana
  6. Generous Gift3 mana
  7. Erode1 mana
  8. Getaway Glamer1 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Final Showdown1 mana
  2. Vanquish the Horde8 mana
  3. Martyr's Cry2 mana
  4. Split Up3 mana
  5. Blasphemous Act9 mana
  6. Cathedral Membrane2 mana
  7. Citywide Bust3 mana
  8. Harsh Mercy3 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Open the Armory2 mana
  2. Enlightened Tutor1 mana
  3. Goblin Recruiter2 mana
  4. Templar Knight2 mana
  5. Idyllic Tutor3 mana
  6. Imperial Recruiter3 mana
  7. Dragon's Approach3 mana
  8. Ranger-Captain of Eos3 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Esper Sentinel1 mana
  2. Skullclamp1 mana
  3. Archivist of Oghma2 mana
  4. Smothering Tithe4 mana
  5. The One Ring4 mana
  6. Pip-Boy 30001 mana
  7. Sticky Fingers1 mana
  8. Vexing Bauble1 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
  2. Hexing Squelcher2 mana
  3. Bastion Protector3 mana
  4. Greater Auramancy2 mana
  5. Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
  6. Cryptothrall4 mana
  7. Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
  8. Lightning Greaves2 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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