Classic Vise & Fire
Punish full hands with Black Vise, constrain creature combat with Meekstone, then aim burn directly at the opponent.
Direct damagePrisonRetro
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Player decksFyndhorn Stompy
Develop mana early, strand opponents behind with land destruction, and keep attacking with efficient green creatures.
StompyMana dorksLand denial
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Goblin Grenade Mob
Deploy cheap old-school Goblins, use Chirurgeon to keep the mob alive, and preserve direct damage for the final push.
GoblinsDirect damageTypal
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Pestilence After Midnight
Trade creatures and cards, use Pestilence to repeatedly clear small boards, and stabilize behind larger black threats.
Board controlLifedrainAttrition
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Urza's Salvage Workshop
Assemble Urza's Mine, Power Plant, and Tower, then use the mana jump to deploy a parade of resilient retro artifacts.
TronArtifactsBig mana
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Abzan Rhinos
Trade resources early, stock the graveyard, then pull ahead with efficient Rhinos and Fix What's Broken recursion.
RhinosGraveyardRemoval
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Izzet Spellementals
Cast efficient cantrips and interaction while oversized spell-powered Elementals convert tempo into damage.
SpellslingerElementalsCard selection
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Boros Dwarves
Curve out with Dwarves, turn cheap equipment into pressure, and make every combat step demand an answer.
EquipmentTypalGo wide
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Bilbo's Curious Loop
Reuse enter-the-battlefield abilities, bounce your own creatures for value, and keep a full grip while Bilbo enables the engine.
BlinkSpellslingerETB
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Pashalik's Goblin Forge
Flood the board with Goblins, turn expendable bodies into mana and cards, then make every death hurt the whole table.
GoblinsTokensSacrifice
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Smaug's Magnificent Hoard
Make Treasure early, use it to jump the curve, and let Smaug turn a growing hoard into cards and explosive Dragon turns.
TreasureDragonsArtifacts
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Dina's Lifedrain Garden
Accumulate tiny life-gain triggers from creatures, lands, and artifacts while Dina turns each one into table-wide life loss.
LifegainLifedrainSacrifice
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Thorin's Storied Company
Build a storied fellowship of legendary Dwarves, suit up the best attacker, and let Thorin turn every historic cast into pressure.
DwarvesEquipmentHistoric
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