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Anax and Cymede

Anax and Cymede

Legendary Creature — Human Soldier

Anax and Cymede wants a deck that plays cheap creatures and attacks from the first turns. It also suits a deck that makes an army of small creatures and attacks with all of them.

  • Mana cost1 genericredwhite
  • White, Red ()
  • Power / toughness3 / 2
  • RarityRare

First strike, vigilance

Heroic — Whenever you cast a spell that targets Anax and Cymede, creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain trample until end of turn.

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Cards That Fit Anax and Cymede

Picked for what they do in Anax and Cymede's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Anax and Cymede's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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Rulings for Anax and Cymede

explain how Anax and Cymede works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary

Wizards of the Coast 15 Sep 2013

Heroic abilities will resolve before the spell that caused them to trigger.

Wizards of the Coast 15 Sep 2013

Heroic abilities will trigger only once per spell, even if that spell targets the creature with the heroic ability multiple times.

Wizards of the Coast 15 Sep 2013

Heroic abilities won't trigger when a copy of a spell is created on the stack or when a spell's targets are changed to include a creature with a heroic ability.

Wizards of the Coast 15 Sep 2013

Only creatures you control when the heroic ability resolves will get the bonuses. Creatures that come under your control later in the turn will not.

4 rulings, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

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Commanders that share the most with Anax and Cymede, and what they share.

Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryWRPlayers write colors as letters: W for white, R for red.AggroAggro decks play cheap creatures early and attack every turn, trying to knock opponents out before their bigger plans come together.Open the Aggro pageOverrunMakes your whole team bigger at once, usually with trample or another way past blockers. It turns a big group of creatures into a winning attack. Craterhoof Behemoth, Akroma's WillOpen the Overrun pageCombat TrickAn instant you cast during a fight to change how it ends: making a creature bigger or smaller, or keeping your creatures from dying. Boros Charm, Flawless ManeuverOpen the Combat Trick pageTokensToken decks fill the battlefield with small creatures made by their cards, then attack with all of them or make them all bigger at once. A token is a creature (or other object) that a card creates, not a card from your deck.Open the Tokens page