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Zirilan of the Claw

Zirilan of the Claw

Legendary Creature — Lizard Shaman · {3}{R}{R} · Red commander

{1}{R}{R}, {T}: Search your library for a Dragon permanent card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle. That Dragon gains haste until end of turn. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step.
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What Zirilan of the Claw actually does

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What a Zirilan of the Claw deck needs

Plays as dragon typal. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.

The Zirilan of the Claw deck plan

The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.

Best cards for Zirilan of the Claw

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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. The Fire Crystal4 mana
  4. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  5. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  6. Urabrask the Hidden5 mana
  7. Fervor3 mana
  8. Hammer of Purphoros3 mana

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

  1. Aggravated Assault3 mana
  2. Sting, the Glinting Dagger2 mana
  3. Thornbite Staff2 mana
  4. Umbral Mantle3 mana
  5. Genji Glove5 mana
  6. Éomer, Marshal of Rohan4 mana
  7. Honor-Worn Shaku3 mana
  8. Lightning Runner5 mana

A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality

  1. Shivan Devastator1 mana
  2. Slumbering Dragon1 mana
  3. Invasion of Tarkir // Defiant Thundermaw2 mana
  4. Reckless Barbarian2 mana
  5. Atsushi, the Blazing Sky4 mana
  6. Leyline Tyrant4 mana
  7. Thunderbreak Regent4 mana
  8. Vengeful Ancestor4 mana

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

  1. Wild Magic Surge2 mana
  2. Crush1 mana
  3. Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
  4. Titan's Presence3 mana
  5. Abrade2 mana
  6. Untimely Malfunction2 mana
  7. Chaos Warp3 mana
  8. Kozilek's Command2 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Imperial Recruiter3 mana
  2. Dragon's Approach3 mana
  3. Sarkhan's Triumph3 mana
  4. Shield-Wall Sentinel4 mana
  5. Skyship Weatherlight4 mana
  6. Moonsilver Key2 mana
  7. Pattern Matcher4 mana
  8. Gamble1 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Blasphemous Act9 mana
  2. Chain Reaction4 mana
  3. Street Spasm1 mana
  4. Selective Obliteration5 mana
  5. Mizzium Mortars2 mana
  6. Delete2 mana
  7. Earthquake1 mana
  8. Apocalypse5 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
  2. Skullclamp1 mana
  3. Herald's Horn3 mana
  4. Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
  5. The One Ring4 mana
  6. Sticky Fingers1 mana
  7. Vexing Bauble1 mana
  8. Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty3 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Hexing Squelcher2 mana
  2. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  3. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  4. Eldrazi Monument5 mana
  5. Commander's Plate1 mana
  6. Mithril Coat3 mana
  7. Akroma's Memorial7 mana
  8. The Walls of Ba Sing Se8 mana

Get ahead on mana

  1. Sol Ring1 mana
  2. Palladium Myr3 mana
  3. Worn Powerstone3 mana
  4. Chrome Mox0 mana
  5. Everflowing Chalice0 mana
  6. Mox Diamond0 mana
  7. Mana Vault1 mana
  8. Wayfarer's Bauble1 mana

Combos with Zirilan of the Claw

Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Zirilan of the Claw is a piece of, and how many decks list them.

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