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Zuo Ci, the Mocking Sage

Zuo Ci, the Mocking Sage

Legendary Creature — Human Advisor · {1}{G}{G} · Green commander

Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.) Zuo Ci can't be blocked by creatures with horsemanship.
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What Zuo Ci, the Mocking Sage actually does

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What a Zuo Ci, the Mocking Sage deck wants

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Best cards for Zuo Ci, the Mocking Sage

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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. Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma4 mana
  2. Horizon Explorer3 mana
  3. Weathered Sentinels3 mana
  4. Copperhorn Scout1 mana
  5. District Mascot1 mana
  6. Mirkwood Spider1 mana
  7. Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen4 mana
  8. World Shaper4 mana

Creatures you are happy to sacrifice — a free sac outlet on the commander is worthless with nothing to feed it

  1. Hangarback Walker0 mana
  2. Old One Eye6 mana
  3. Sosuke's Summons3 mana
  4. Pest Infestation1 mana
  5. Reach of Branches5 mana
  6. Termagant Swarm1 mana
  7. Sekki, Seasons' Guide8 mana
  8. Urza's Saga0 mana

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

  1. Beast Within3 mana
  2. Nature's Claim1 mana
  3. Emerald Charm1 mana
  4. Shrink1 mana
  5. Naturalize2 mana
  6. Origin of Metalbending2 mana
  7. Natural State1 mana
  8. Umezawa's Jitte2 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Simplify1 mana
  2. Aligned Hedron Network4 mana
  3. Coercive Portal4 mana
  4. Needle Storm3 mana
  5. Whirlwind4 mana
  6. Hurricane1 mana
  7. Worldslayer5 mana
  8. Corrosive Gale1 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
  2. Nature's Rhythm2 mana
  3. Celestial Reunion1 mana
  4. Worldly Tutor1 mana
  5. March of Burgeoning Life1 mana
  6. Archdruid's Charm3 mana
  7. Chord of Calling3 mana
  8. Eldritch Evolution3 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Skullclamp1 mana
  2. Garruk's Uprising3 mana
  3. Beast Whisperer4 mana
  4. The One Ring4 mana
  5. Pip-Boy 30001 mana
  6. Vexing Bauble1 mana
  7. Elemental Bond3 mana
  8. Selvala, Heart of the Wilds3 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Innkeeper's Talent2 mana
  2. Guardian Augmenter3 mana
  3. Cryptothrall4 mana
  4. Saryth, the Viper's Fang4 mana
  5. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  6. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  7. Asceticism5 mana
  8. Eldrazi Monument5 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. Birds of Paradise1 mana
  7. Crop Rotation1 mana
  8. Delighted Halfling1 mana

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