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Commander

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Stangg, Echo Warrior
Whenever Stangg attacks, create Stangg Twin, a legendary 3/4 red and green Human Warrior creature token. It enters tapped and attacking. For each Aura and Equipment attached to Stangg, create a token that's a copy of it attached to Stangg Twin. Sacrifice all tokens created this way at the beginning of the next end step.
Legendary Creature - Human Warrior
Stangg, Echo Warrior (dmc) 42

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Artifact

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Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (msc) 192
Helm of the Gods
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each enchantment you control.
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Helm of the Gods (ori) 230
Sol Ring
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Artifact
Sol Ring (msc) 212
Talisman of Impulse
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: Add
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. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Impulse (tdc) 332

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Creature

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Chishiro, the Shattered Blade
Whenever an Aura or Equipment you control enters, create a 2/2 red Spirit creature token with menace.
At the beginning of your end step, put a +1/+1 counter on each modified creature you control. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)
Legendary Creature - Snake Samurai
Chishiro, the Shattered Blade (nec) 1
Destiny Spinner
Creature and enchantment spells you control can't be countered.
: Target land you control becomes an X/X Elemental creature with trample and haste until end of turn, where X is the number of enchantments you control. It's still a land.
Creature Enchantment - Human
Destiny Spinner (woc) 123
Eidolon of Blossoms
Constellation — Whenever this creature or another enchantment you control enters, draw a card.
Creature Enchantment - Spirit
Eidolon of Blossoms (woc) 124
Forgeborn Oreads
Constellation — Whenever this creature or another enchantment you control enters, this creature deals 1 damage to any target.
Creature Enchantment - Nymph
Forgeborn Oreads (jou) 98
Generous Visitor
Whenever you cast an enchantment spell, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
Creature - Spirit
Generous Visitor (neo) 185
Goblin Anarchomancer
Each spell you cast that's red or green costs
less to cast.
Creature - Goblin Shaman
Goblin Anarchomancer (mh2) 421
Herald of the Pantheon
Enchantment spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Whenever you cast an enchantment spell, you gain 1 life.
Creature - Shaman Centaur
Herald of the Pantheon (cmm) 898
Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
Whenever a commander you control deals combat damage to an opponent, it deals that much damage to each other opponent.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)
Legendary Creature - Elemental Lizard
Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar (cmr) 188
Lizard Blades
Double strike
Equipped creature has double strike.
Reconfigure
(
: Attach to target creature you control; or unattach from a creature. Reconfigure only as a sorcery. While attached, this isn't a creature.)
Creature Artifact - Equipment Lizard
Lizard Blades (neo) 153
Red XIII, Proud Warrior
Vigilance, trample
Other modified creatures you control have vigilance and trample. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)
Cosmo Memory — When Red XIII enters, return target Aura or Equipment card from your graveyard to your hand.
Legendary Creature - Beast Warrior
Red XIII, Proud Warrior (fic) 91
Sanctum Weaver
: Add X mana of any one color, where X is the number of enchantments you control.
Creature Enchantment - Dryad
Sanctum Weaver (woc) 131
Setessan Champion
Constellation — Whenever an enchantment you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and draw a card.
Creature - Human Warrior
Setessan Champion (woc) 132
Storm Herald
Haste
When this creature enters, return any number of Aura cards from your graveyard to the battlefield attached to creatures you control. Exile those Auras at the beginning of your next end step. If those Auras would leave the battlefield, exile them instead of putting them anywhere else.
Creature - Human Shaman
Storm Herald (thb) 156
Tanglespan Lookout
Whenever an Aura you control enters, draw a card.
Creature - Satyr
Tanglespan Lookout (woe) 188
Verduran Enchantress
Whenever you cast an enchantment spell, you may draw a card.
Creature - Human Druid
Verduran Enchantress (cmm) 915
Weaver of Harmony
Other enchantment creatures you control get +1/+1.
,
: Copy target activated or triggered ability you control from an enchantment source. You may choose new targets for the copy. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)
Creature Enchantment - Druid Snake
Weaver of Harmony (neo) 213
Wulfgar of Icewind Dale
Melee (Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each opponent you attacked this combat.)
If a creature you control attacking causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.
Legendary Creature - Human Barbarian
Wulfgar of Icewind Dale (afc) 56

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Enchantment

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Alpha Authority
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has hexproof and can't be blocked by more than one creature.
Enchantment - Aura
Alpha Authority (gtc) 114
Audacity
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+0 and has trample. (It can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
When this Aura is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, draw a card.
Enchantment - Aura
Audacity (j25) 631
Bear Umbra
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has "Whenever this creature attacks, untap all lands you control."
Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)
Enchantment - Aura
Bear Umbra (woc) 121
Bequeathal
Enchant creature
When enchanted creature dies, you draw two cards.
Enchantment - Aura
Bequeathal (exo) 106
Bitter Work
Whenever you attack a player with one or more creatures with power 4 or greater, draw a card.
Exhaust —
: Earthbend 4. Activate only during your turn. (Target land you control becomes a 0/0 creature with haste that's still a land. Put four +1/+1 counters on it. When it dies or is exiled, return it to the battlefield tapped. Activate each exhaust ability only once.)
Enchantment
Bitter Work (tla) 210
Canopy Cover
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.
Enchanted creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.
Enchantment - Aura
Canopy Cover (plst) WWK-98
Demonic Ruckus
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has menace and trample.
When this Aura is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, draw a card.
Plot
(You may pay
and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.)
Enchantment - Aura
Demonic Ruckus (otj) 120
Dragon Mantle
Enchant creature
When this Aura enters, draw a card.
Enchanted creature has "
: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn."
Enchantment - Aura
Dragon Mantle (cmr) 174
Enchantress's Presence
Whenever you cast an enchantment spell, draw a card.
Enchantment
Enchantress's Presence (woc) 125
Fertile Ground
Enchant land
Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional one mana of any color.
Enchantment - Aura
Fertile Ground (ecc) 106
Frog Tongue
Enchant creature
When this Aura enters, draw a card.
Enchanted creature has reach. (It can block creatures with flying.)
Enchantment - Aura
Frog Tongue (plst) TMP-228
Fruit of the First Tree
Enchant creature
When enchanted creature dies, you gain X life and draw X cards, where X is its toughness.
Enchantment - Aura
Fruit of the First Tree (frf) 132
Grim Reaper's Sprint
Morbid — This spell costs
less to cast if a creature died this turn.
Enchant creature
When this Aura enters, untap each creature you control. If it's your main phase, there is an additional combat phase after this phase.
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has haste.
Enchantment - Aura
Grim Reaper's Sprint (pip) 58
Hunter's Talent
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
When this Class enters, target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control.
: Level 2
Whenever you attack, target attacking creature gets +1/+0 and gains trample until end of turn.
: Level 3
At the beginning of your end step, if you control a creature with power 4 or greater, draw a card.
Enchantment - Class
Hunter's Talent (blb) 179
Keen Sense
Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature deals damage to an opponent, you may draw a card.
Enchantment - Aura
Keen Sense (tsr) 213
Kenrith's Transformation
Enchant creature
When this Aura enters, draw a card.
Enchanted creature loses all abilities and is a green Elk creature with base power and toughness 3/3. (It loses all other card types and creature types.)
Enchantment - Aura
Kenrith's Transformation (woc) 128
Meltstrider's Resolve
Enchant creature you control
When this Aura enters, enchanted creature fights up to one target creature an opponent controls. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
Enchanted creature gets +0/+2 and can't be blocked by more than one creature.
Enchantment - Aura
Meltstrider's Resolve (eoe) 199
One with Nature
Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature deals combat damage to a player, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Enchantment - Aura
One with Nature (plst) SCG-125
One with the Kami
Flash
Enchant creature you control
Whenever enchanted creature or another modified creature you control dies, create X 1/1 colorless Spirit creature tokens, where X is that creature's power. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)
Enchantment - Aura
One with the Kami (nec) 27
Pain for All
Enchant creature you control
When this Aura enters, enchanted creature deals damage equal to its power to any other target.
Whenever enchanted creature is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to each opponent.
Enchantment - Aura
Pain for All (eoe) 151
Rancor
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+0 and has trample.
When this Aura is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return it to its owner's hand.
Enchantment - Aura
Rancor (pip) 205
Rune of Might
Enchant permanent
When this Aura enters, draw a card.
As long as enchanted permanent is a creature, it gets +1/+1 and has trample.
As long as enchanted permanent is an Equipment, it has "Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has trample."
Enchantment - Aura Rune
Rune of Might (khm) 191
Rune of Speed
Enchant permanent
When this Aura enters, draw a card.
As long as enchanted permanent is a creature, it gets +1/+0 and has haste.
As long as enchanted permanent is an Equipment, it has "Equipped creature gets +1/+0 and has haste."
Enchantment - Aura Rune
Rune of Speed (khm) 148
Runes of the Deus
Enchant creature
As long as enchanted creature is red, it gets +1/+1 and has double strike. (It deals both first-strike and regular combat damage.)
As long as enchanted creature is green, it gets +1/+1 and has trample.
Enchantment - Aura
Runes of the Deus (shm) 215
Season of Growth
Whenever a creature you control enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Whenever you cast a spell that targets a creature you control, draw a card.
Enchantment
Season of Growth (plst) M20-191
Setessan Training
Enchant creature you control
When this Aura enters, draw a card.
Enchanted creature gets +1/+0 and has trample. (It can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
Enchantment - Aura
Setessan Training (m21) 205
Snake Umbra
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has "Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, you may draw a card."
Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)
Enchantment - Aura
Snake Umbra (woc) 133
Sticky Fingers
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has menace and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token." (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures. The token is an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
When enchanted creature dies, draw a card.
Enchantment - Aura
Sticky Fingers (pip) 191
Strong Back
Enchant creature
Equip abilities you activate that target enchanted creature cost
less to activate.
Aura spells you cast that target enchanted creature cost
less to cast.
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 for each Aura and Equipment attached to it.
Enchantment - Aura
Strong Back (pip) 83
Utopia Sprawl
Enchant Forest
As this Aura enters, choose a color.
Whenever enchanted Forest is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional one mana of the chosen color.
Enchantment - Aura
Utopia Sprawl (rvr) 159
Wild Growth
Enchant land
Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional
.
Enchantment - Aura
Wild Growth (pip) 208

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Instant

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Beast Within
Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Beast creature token.
Instant
Beast Within (msc) 169
Bolt Bend
This spell costs
less to cast if you control a creature with power 4 or greater.
Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target.
Instant
Bolt Bend (tle) 163
Collective Resistance
Escalate
(Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.)
Choose one or more —
• Destroy target artifact.
• Destroy target enchantment.
• Target creature gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.
Instant
Collective Resistance (mh3) 147
Heroic Intervention
Permanents you control gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.
Instant
Heroic Intervention (pip) 202
Kazuul's Fury
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Kazuul's Fury deals damage equal to the sacrificed creature's power to any target.
Instant
Kazuul's Fury // Kazuul's Cliffs (znr) 146Kazuul's Fury // Kazuul's Cliffs (znr) 146
Khalni Ambush
Target creature you control fights target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
Instant
Khalni Ambush // Khalni Territory (znr) 192Khalni Ambush // Khalni Territory (znr) 192
Overprotect
Target creature you control gets +3/+3 and gains trample, hexproof, and indestructible until end of turn.
Instant
Overprotect (blb) 185
Silkguard
Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to X target creatures you control.
Auras, Equipment, and modified creatures you control gain hexproof until end of turn. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)
Instant
Silkguard (soc) 286
Tamiyo's Safekeeping
Target permanent you control gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. You gain 2 life. (A permanent with hexproof and indestructible can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)
Instant
Tamiyo's Safekeeping (neo) 211
Tyvar's Stand
Target creature you control gets +X/+X and gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)
Instant
Tyvar's Stand (soc) 291
Untimely Malfunction
Choose one —
• Destroy target artifact.
• Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target.
• One or two target creatures can't block this turn.
Instant
Untimely Malfunction (dsk) 161

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Land

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Boseiju, Who Endures
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Channel —
, Discard this card: Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or nonbasic land an opponent controls. That player may search their library for a land card with a basic land type, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. This ability costs
less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Legendary Land
Boseiju, Who Endures (neo) 266
Cinder Glade
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.
Land - Mountain Forest
Cinder Glade (msc) 230
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (msc) 236
Cragcrown Pathway
: Add
.
Land
Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway (plst) ZNR-261Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway (plst) ZNR-261
Daily Bugle Building
: Add
.
,
: Add one mana of any color.
Smear Campaign —
,
: Target legendary creature gains menace until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery.
Land
Daily Bugle Building (spm) 179
Fire-Lit Thicket
: Add
.
,
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Fire-Lit Thicket (fic) 392
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (trk) 326
Highland Forest
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped.
Snow Land - Mountain Forest
Highland Forest (clb) 896
Kessig Wolf Run
: Add
.
,
: Target creature gets +X/+0 and gains trample until end of turn.
Land
Kessig Wolf Run (tdc) 375
Mountain
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Mountain
Mountain (trk) 323
Reliquary Tower
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add
.
Land
Reliquary Tower (soc) 398
Rockfall Vale
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Rockfall Vale (tdc) 387
Rogue's Passage
: Add
.
,
: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Land
Rogue's Passage (hoc) 212
Rootbound Crag
This land enters tapped unless you control a Mountain or a Forest.
: Add
or
.
Land
Rootbound Crag (msc) 261
Sheltered Thicket
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Land - Mountain Forest
Sheltered Thicket (ecc) 167
Skarrg, the Rage Pits
: Add
.
,
: Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains trample until end of turn.
Land
Skarrg, the Rage Pits (plst) PCA-127
Spire Garden
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Spire Garden (tmc) 75
Stomping Ground
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Mountain Forest
Stomping Ground (trk) 299
Taiga
(
: Add
or
.)
Land - Mountain Forest
Taiga (olgc) 2017EU
Wooded Foothills
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Mountain or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Wooded Foothills (mh3) 236
Wooded Ridgeline
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped.
Land - Mountain Forest
Wooded Ridgeline (fic) 441
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Each land is a Forest in addition to its other land types.
Legendary Land
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth (m3c) 409

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Blasphemous Act
This spell costs
less to cast for each creature on the battlefield.
Blasphemous Act deals 13 damage to each creature.
Sorcery
Blasphemous Act (msc) 163
Bridgeworks Battle
Target creature you control gets +2/+2 until end of turn. It fights up to one target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
Sorcery
Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks (mh3) 249Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks (mh3) 249
Nature's Lore
Search your library for a Forest card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Nature's Lore (msc) 177
Stump Stomp
Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature or planeswalker you don't control.
Sorcery
Stump Stomp // Burnwillow Clearing (mh3) 259Stump Stomp // Burnwillow Clearing (mh3) 259
Three Visits
Search your library for a Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Three Visits (msc) 181

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{"ops":[{"insert":"This is a Gruul Aura/enchantress deck built around turning Stangg, Echo Warrior into two increasingly ridiculous attackers while making nearly every Aura either replace itself, generate additional value, or become much stronger when Stangg copies it. Whenever Stangg attacks, he creates Stangg Twin tapped and attacking, then creates copies of every Aura attached to Stangg and attaches those copies to the Twin. Those temporary copies are sacrificed at the next end step, which means the deck is deliberately packed with Auras that care about entering the battlefield, dealing damage, or eventually dying. Instead of treating the Twin as a temporary pile of extra stats, the deck tries to squeeze as many cards, lands, removal triggers, tokens, and points of damage as possible out of him before he disappears.\n\nThe draw engine is the heart of the deck. Enchantress's Presence and Verduran Enchantress reward simply casting enchantments, while Eidolon of Blossoms, Setessan Champion, and Tanglespan Lookout become especially dangerous because they care about enchantments or Auras entering the battlefield. That distinction matters with Stangg: although the copied Auras are not cast, they do enter the battlefield, so a single attack with several Auras attached can suddenly produce several additional draw triggers. Season of Growth keeps the cards flowing while Stangg is being suited up, and Bitter Work rewards the deck for doing what it already planned to do by drawing when sufficiently large creatures attack. Keen Sense and Snake Umbra turn combat damage into more cards, while cheap Auras such as Dragon Mantle, \n\nFrog Tongue, Rune of Might, Rune of Speed, and Setessan Training replace themselves immediately.\nSeveral of the stranger Auras become much better here because Stangg Twin is guaranteed to disappear. Bequeathal turns the Twin's death into two cards, while Fruit of the First Tree can turn his toughness into a much larger burst of cards and life. Sticky Fingers creates Treasure when the enchanted creature connects and then draws when the temporary Twin dies. Audacity and Demonic Ruckus provide useful combat abilities while eventually replacing themselves when their copied versions are sacrificed. One with the Kami takes the opposite approach, turning the death of a large modified Twin into a pile of Spirit tokens. The result is that Stangg's end-step sacrifice frequently feels less like losing a creature and more like collecting the receipt from everything he did during combat.\nThe deck still has to make the two Stanggs dangerous enough for all of that value to matter, and the Aura package handles that naturally. Rancor, Rune of Might, Audacity, Demonic Ruckus, and Runes of the \n\nDeus provide trample and other forms of evasion, while Lizard Blades and Runes of the Deus can add double strike when raw size needs to become lethal damage. Helm of the Gods is one of the very few pieces of Equipment worth keeping because the deck naturally accumulates so many enchantments that a one-mana Helm can add an absurd amount of power. Strong Back attacks the problem from the opposite direction, reducing the cost of Auras targeting its creature while giving +2/+2 for every Aura and Equipment attached. Once several Auras are stacked onto Stangg, both he and the fully copied Twin can become enormous very quickly.\n\nThe support creatures all either improve or profit from the same plan. Sanctum Weaver turns the growing enchantment count into large amounts of mana, while Herald of the Pantheon and Goblin Anarchomancer reduce the cost of deploying the deck. Generous Visitor converts every enchantment cast into another +1/+1 counter, and Chishiro, the Shattered Blade creates menace Spirits whenever Auras enter while steadily growing modified creatures. Destiny Spinner makes the creature and enchantment spells difficult to counter and can turn a land into another large trampling threat if Stangg is unavailable. Red XIII, Proud Warrior recovers an Aura from the graveyard while giving other modified creatures vigilance and trample. Weaver of Harmony gives the enchantment package another layer of utility by copying useful triggered or activated abilities.\n\nThe ramp package is intentionally split between conventional green acceleration and cards that participate in the enchantment plan. Sol Ring, Arcane Signet, Talisman of Impulse, Nature's Lore, and Three Visits provide reliable early mana, while Wild Growth, Utopia Sprawl, and Fertile Ground ramp while also increasing the enchantment count and triggering the appropriate draw engines. One with Nature is particularly entertaining once Stangg is attacking because both Stangg and the Twin can carry a copy, potentially turning one successful combat into multiple basic lands directly onto the battlefield. Bear Umbra goes even further by untapping the entire land base when Stangg attacks, allowing the deck to commit mana before combat and still have resources available afterward.\nBecause so much of the deck's value is concentrated on one spectacularly overdressed commander, keeping Stangg alive matters. Alpha Authority and Canopy Cover provide protection while also remaining Auras for Stangg to copy, and Bear Umbra's umbra armor gives another layer of insurance. Heroic Intervention, Collective Resistance, Overprotect, Tamiyo's Safekeeping, Tyvar's Stand, Silkguard, and Bolt Bend provide several different ways to fight through targeted removal and sweepers without requiring the deck to become a reactive control shell. Untimely Malfunction can protect Stangg by redirecting a targeted effect while also functioning as artifact removal or clearing blockers. The land slots contribute interaction as well, with Bridgeworks Battle, Khalni Ambush, and Stump Stomp functioning as removal when a land is not needed.\n\nMost games end through combat, but the deck has several ways to turn a normal Stangg attack into something much more violent. Pain for All lets an entering Aura turn the power of an already enormous creature into direct damage, meaning Stangg's copied version can make the Twin throw his power at another target before combat damage is even dealt. Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar spreads Stangg's commander damage across the rest of the table whenever he connects. Helm of the Gods and Strong Back can make both Stanggs enormous, while double strike effects can turn that power into sudden kills. Grim Reaper's Sprint provides the most direct finishing button by untapping the team and creating another combat, giving Stangg another opportunity to manufacture a Twin and another complete set of temporary Auras.\nThe gameplan is straightforward: ramp early, establish one of the enchantment draw engines, cast Stangg, and begin attaching cheap Auras while keeping enough protection available to stop opponents from dismantling the operation. Once Stangg begins attacking, the deck stops behaving like normal Voltron. Every Aura attached to one creature suddenly exists twice, every relevant Aura ETB happens again, every temporary death payoff becomes reliable, and every successful combat threatens to refill the hand while dealing increasingly unreasonable amounts of damage. There are no tutors required to assemble a specific line and no infinite combo hiding behind the enchantress shell. The deck simply keeps drawing cards, putting pants on Stangg, and asking the table how many copies of those pants they were prepared to deal with.\n\nStangg learned that if one heavily enchanted Gruul idiot is good, making an identical second idiot every combat is basically card advantage.\n"}]}
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