Círdan the Shipwright - Intelligence

This is Commander/deckbuilding intelligence, not confirmed market movement. Start with Illusion of Choice, Spark Double, Cloudstone Curio, blink cards, vote cards, and exact LTC print rows before trusting a move.

Círdan triggers when he enters or attacks; combat damage is unnecessary, and vigilance leaves him untapped after attacking.

Secret council has no independent rules meaning beyond the printed instructions on Círdan.

Each player secretly votes for a player, players cannot abstain, players may vote for themselves, and table promises about votes are nonbinding.

Actual votes remain concealed until all votes are revealed simultaneously.

Card draws happen before free-permanent actions, and both sets of actions occur in active-player-first turn order during one resolving ability.

Each player draws a card for each vote they received; Narset-style restrictions can change how much a player actually draws.

A player receiving zero votes may put one permanent card from hand onto the battlefield, and receiving any vote prevents that player's no-vote action.

The permanent is not cast, so cast triggers and cascade do not occur, but enter-the-battlefield triggers do occur.

A land may enter without consuming a land play; Auras need a legal object or player to enchant.

No player receives priority during Círdan's resolving ability, and later players see what earlier players put onto the battlefield.

Multiple players may receive zero votes and each eligible player may decline the permanent action.

Panharmonicon increases only the entry-trigger mode; Roaming Throne can increase both entry and attack modes; Strionic Resonator can copy a trigger.

Multiple Círdan or copied secret-council triggers resolve separately and create separate votes.

Illusion of Choice controls votes for the turn, voting does not target, and the effect must still be active when Círdan's vote resolves.

Opponents control the permanents they put onto the battlefield, so Círdan can give the table real resources.

Use Círdan's no-vote branch to put the best permanent from hand directly onto the battlefield while managing who receives cards.

Create extra Círdan triggers with blink, Panharmonicon, Roaming Throne, Strionic Resonator, and nonlegendary copy effects.

Use symmetric draw and mana to buy cooperation while keeping a stronger permanent suite and better endgame.

Use vote-control cards and secret-council payoffs to make no-vote outcomes more predictable.

Turn vote-created opponent draw into value or a win condition while respecting replacement and draw-limit effects.