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Zurgo, Thunder's Decree

Zurgo, Thunder's Decree

Legendary Creature — Orc Warrior · {R}{W}{B} · Black/Red/White commander

Mobilize 2 (Whenever this creature attacks, create two tapped and attacking 1/1 red Warrior creature tokens. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step.) During your end step, Warrior tokens you control have "This token can't be sacrificed."
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What Zurgo, Thunder's Decree actually does

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What a Zurgo, Thunder's Decree deck wants

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Best cards for Zurgo, Thunder's Decree

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 creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one

  1. Voice of Victory2 mana
  2. Stadium Headliner1 mana
  3. Shock Brigade2 mana
  4. Avenger of the Fallen3 mana
  5. Dalkovan Packbeasts3 mana
  6. Zurgo Stormrender3 mana
  7. Zurgo, Thunder's Decree3 mana
  8. Nightblade Brigade3 mana

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

  1. Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh0 mana
  2. Accursed Marauder2 mana
  3. Reassembling Skeleton2 mana
  4. Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
  5. Norin the Wary // Norin the Wary0 mana
  6. Ainok Strike Leader2 mana
  7. Jacked Rabbit2 mana
  8. Bloodsoaked Champion1 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. Defile1 mana
  5. Tragic Slip1 mana
  6. March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
  7. Infernal Grasp2 mana
  8. Terminate2 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Final Showdown1 mana
  2. Vanquish the Horde8 mana
  3. Amalia Benavides Aguirre2 mana
  4. Do or Die2 mana
  5. Martyr's Cry2 mana
  6. Pest Control2 mana
  7. Force of Despair3 mana
  8. Split Up3 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. Esper Sentinel1 mana
  2. Skullclamp1 mana
  3. Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
  4. Black Market Connections3 mana
  5. Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
  6. Morbid Opportunist3 mana
  7. Phyrexian Arena3 mana
  8. Archivist of Oghma2 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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