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Isshin, Two Heavens as OneutilityBudget$5.21Like Kaalia, this rewards attacking with extra combat-oriented value and can greatly amplify attack triggers from your creatures. It serves a similar Mardu commander role for explosive combat turns.Aurelia, the WarleaderfinisherBudget$18.88A strong Mardu finisher that creates additional combat phases, helping close games in the same proactive combat-focused style as Kaalia. It is also a popular top-end threat in red-white-black combat decks.Syr Gwyn, Hero of AshvaleutilityBudget$2.86Another Mardu commander that supports a board of powerful creatures by generating card advantage and combat pressure. While not cheating creatures into play, it plays the same high-threat, attack-centric game plan.Sarkhan, FirebloodrampBudget$1.50This planeswalker ramps into Dragons and filters draws, making it a common support piece for Dragon-heavy decks like Kaalia. It helps power out the same kinds of large threats Kaalia wants.Dragon ArchutilityBudget$2.39A classic cheat-into-play effect for multicolored creatures, including the Angel/Demon/Dragon threats Kaalia typically deploys. It is one of the closest functional alternatives to Kaalia's battlefield acceleration.Sneak AttackutilityBudget$10.94This puts large creatures onto the battlefield for explosive attacks, matching Kaalia's core plan of bypassing normal mana costs. It is more universal and often faster, but requires sacrificing the creature.Quicksilver AmuletutilityBudget$2.96A colorless way to put expensive creatures onto the battlefield at instant speed, mirroring Kaalia's ability to accelerate fatties into play. It is slower, but works with any creature type and any deck.Belbe's PortalutilityBudget$1.36This enables repeated creature cheating from hand, similar to Kaalia's card-to-battlefield conversion. It is especially strong in tribal or high-mana creature decks.
