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Papers, Please - [cEDH Winota Stax] 🔥☀️ PL9 + Deck Tech ↓
Deck Size: 100
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Est deck cost: $3076.11
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Commander

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Winota, Joiner of Forces

Whenever a non-Human creature you control attacks, look at the top six cards of your library. You may put a Human creature card from among them onto the battlefield tapped and attacking. It gains indestructible until end of turn. Put the rest of the cards on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Creature
Winota, Joiner of Forces (iko) 216

Commander

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Evasion

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Gingerbrute

Haste (This creature can attack and {T} as soon as it comes under your control.) {1}: This creature can't be blocked this turn except by creatures with haste. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature: You gain 3 life.

Creature Artifact
Gingerbrute (jmp) 466
Ornithopter

Flying

Creature Artifact
Ornithopter (6ed) 304
Phoenix Chick

Flying, haste This creature can't block. Whenever you attack with three or more creatures, you may pay {R}{R}. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped and attacking with a +1/+1 counter on it.

Creature
Phoenix Chick (dmu) 140

Evasion

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Ramp

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Chrome Mox

Imprint — When this artifact enters, you may exile a nonartifact, nonland card from your hand. {T}: Add one mana of any of the exiled card's colors.

Artifact
Chrome Mox (2xm) 240
Dockside Extortionist

When this creature enters, create X Treasure tokens, where X is the number of artifacts and enchantments your opponents control. (Treasure tokens are artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature
Dockside Extortionist (c19) 24
Goldhound

First strike Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) {T}, Sacrifice this creature: Add one mana of any color.

Creature Artifact
Goldhound (j22) 549
Jeweled Lotus

{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add three mana of any one color. Spend this mana only to cast your commander.

Artifact
Jeweled Lotus (cmm) 702
Lotus Petal

{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Lotus Petal (tmp) 294
Mana Crypt

At the beginning of your upkeep, flip a coin. If you lose the flip, this artifact deals 3 damage to you. {T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Mana Crypt (phpr) 5
Mana Vault

This artifact doesn't untap during your untap step. At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay {4}. If you do, untap this artifact. At the beginning of your draw step, if this artifact is tapped, it deals 1 damage to you. {T}: Add {C}{C}{C}.

Artifact
Mana Vault (3ed) 263
Mox Diamond

If this artifact would enter, you may discard a land card instead. If you do, put this artifact onto the battlefield. If you don't, put it into its owner's graveyard. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Mox Diamond (v10) 10
Ornithopter of Paradise

Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Creature Artifact
Ornithopter of Paradise (cmm) 966
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer

Whenever Ragavan deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token and exile the top card of that player's library. Until end of turn, you may cast that card. Dash {1}{R} (You may cast this spell for its dash cost. If you do, it gains haste, and it's returned from the battlefield to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.)

Creature
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer (mh2) 315
Simian Spirit Guide

Exile this card from your hand: Add {R}.

Creature
Simian Spirit Guide (plc) 122
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (ltc) 284

Ramp

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Tutor

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Enlightened Tutor

Search your library for an artifact or enchantment card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

Instant
Enlightened Tutor (6ed) 19
Ranger-Captain of Eos

When this creature enters, you may search your library for a creature card with mana value 1 or less, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Sacrifice this creature: Your opponents can't cast noncreature spells this turn.

Creature
Ranger-Captain of Eos (mh1) 21

Tutor

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Anthem

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Blade Historian

Attacking creatures you control have double strike.

Creature
Blade Historian (stx) 165
Greymond, Avacyn's Stalwart

As Greymond, Avacyn's Stalwart enters, choose two abilities from among first strike, vigilance, and lifelink. Humans you control have each of the chosen abilities. As long as you control four or more Humans, Humans you control get +2/+2.

Creature
Greymond, Avacyn's Stalwart (sld) 143

Anthem

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Finisher

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Combat Celebrant

If this creature hasn't been exerted this turn, you may exert it as it attacks. When you do, untap all other creatures you control and after this phase, there is an additional combat phase. (An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step.)

Creature
Combat Celebrant (ltc) 212

Finisher

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Removal

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Cathar Commando

Flash {1}, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Creature
Cathar Commando (mid) 10
Goblin Cratermaker

{1}, Sacrifice this creature: Choose one — • This creature deals 2 damage to target creature. • Destroy target colorless nonland permanent.

Creature
Goblin Cratermaker (ltc) 218
Loran of the Third Path

Vigilance When Loran enters, destroy up to one target artifact or enchantment. {T}: You and target opponent each draw a card.

Creature
Loran of the Third Path (bro) 12
Path to Exile

Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Instant
Path to Exile (ltc) 175
Shatterskull Smashing

Sorcery
Shatterskull Smashing // Shatterskull, the Hammer Pass (znr) 161Shatterskull Smashing // Shatterskull, the Hammer Pass (znr) 161
Skyclave Apparition

When this creature enters, exile up to one target nonland, nontoken permanent you don't control with mana value 4 or less. When this creature leaves the battlefield, the exiled card's owner creates an X/X blue Illusion creature token, where X is the mana value of the exiled card.

Creature
Skyclave Apparition (gdy) 2
Solitude

Flash Lifelink When this creature enters, exile up to one other target creature. That creature's controller gains life equal to its power. Evoke—Exile a white card from your hand.

Creature
Solitude (mh2) 307
Swords to Plowshares

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (ltc) 178
Éomer, King of Rohan

Double strike Éomer enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each other Human you control. When Éomer enters, target player becomes the monarch. Éomer deals damage equal to its power to any target.

Creature
Éomer, King of Rohan (ltc) 135

Removal

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Copy

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Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker

Haste {T}: Create a token that's a copy of target nonlegendary creature you control, except it has haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.

Creature
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker (j22) 79
Rionya, Fire Dancer

At the beginning of combat on your turn, create X tokens that are copies of another target creature you control, where X is one plus the number of instant and sorcery spells you've cast this turn. They gain haste. Exile them at the beginning of the next end step.

Creature
Rionya, Fire Dancer (c21) 382

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Land

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Ancient Tomb

{T}: Add {C}{C}. This land deals 2 damage to you.

Land
Ancient Tomb (wc99) mlp315
Arid Mesa

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Mountain or Plains card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Arid Mesa (mh2) 244
Blinkmoth Nexus

{T}: Add {C}. {1}: This land becomes a 1/1 Blinkmoth artifact creature with flying until end of turn. It's still a land. {1}, {T}: Target Blinkmoth creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Land
Blinkmoth Nexus (2xm) 311
Bloodstained Mire

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Swamp or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Bloodstained Mire (ktk) 230
Cavern of Souls

As this land enters, choose a creature type. {T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell of the chosen type, and that spell can't be countered.

Land
Cavern of Souls (ltc) 362
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (ltc) 301
Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire

{T}: Add {W}. Channel — {2}{W}, Discard this card: It deals 4 damage to target attacking or blocking creature. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Land
Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire (neo) 268
Flooded Strand

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Plains or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Flooded Strand (ktk) 233
Gemstone Caverns

If this card is in your opening hand and you're not the starting player, you may begin the game with Gemstone Caverns on the battlefield with a luck counter on it. If you do, exile a card from your hand. {T}: Add {C}. If Gemstone Caverns has a luck counter on it, instead add one mana of any color.

Land
Gemstone Caverns (ltc) 364
Homeward Path

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Each player gains control of all creatures they own.

Land
Homeward Path (ltc) 365
Inkmoth Nexus

{T}: Add {C}. {1}: This land becomes a 1/1 Phyrexian Blinkmoth artifact creature with flying and infect until end of turn. It's still a land. (It deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)

Land
Inkmoth Nexus (mbs) 145
Kher Keep

{T}: Add {C}. {1}{R}, {T}: Create a 0/1 red Kobold creature token named Kobolds of Kher Keep.

Land
Kher Keep (moc) 411
Marsh Flats

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Plains or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Marsh Flats (slu) 1
Mishra's Factory

{T}: Add {C}. {1}: This land becomes a 2/2 Assembly-Worker artifact creature until end of turn. It's still a land. {T}: Target Assembly-Worker creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Land
Mishra's Factory (slc) 1994
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (one) 270
Needleverge Pathway

Land
Needleverge Pathway // Pillarverge Pathway (plst) ZNR-263Needleverge Pathway // Pillarverge Pathway (plst) ZNR-263
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (one) 267
Plateau

({T}: Add {R} or {W}.)

Land
Plateau (3ed) 284
Prismatic Vista

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Prismatic Vista (mh1) 244
Sacred Foundry

({T}: Add {R} or {W}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Sacred Foundry (grn) 254
Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance

{T}: Add {R}. Channel — {3}{R}, Discard this card: Create two 1/1 colorless Spirit creature tokens. They gain haste until end of turn. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Land
Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance (neo) 415
Spectator Seating

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {R} or {W}.

Land
Spectator Seating (cmm) 427
Sunbaked Canyon

{T}, Pay 1 life: Add {R} or {W}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.

Land
Sunbaked Canyon (mh1) 247
Windswept Heath

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Forest or Plains card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Windswept Heath (ktk) 248

Land

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Stax

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Archon of Emeria

Flying Each player can't cast more than one spell each turn. Nonbasic lands your opponents control enter tapped.

Creature
Archon of Emeria (znr) 4
Aven Mindcensor

Flash Flying If an opponent would search a library, that player searches the top four cards of that library instead.

Creature
Aven Mindcensor (akh) 5
Blind Obedience

Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay {W/B}. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.) Artifacts and creatures your opponents control enter tapped.

Enchantment
Blind Obedience (wot) 1
Deafening Silence

Each player can't cast more than one noncreature spell each turn.

Enchantment
Deafening Silence (sld) 1219
Drannith Magistrate

Your opponents can't cast spells from anywhere other than their hands.

Creature
Drannith Magistrate (iko) 11
Eidolon of Rhetoric

Each player can't cast more than one spell each turn.

Creature Enchantment
Eidolon of Rhetoric (j22) 54
Ethersworn Canonist

Each player who has cast a nonartifact spell this turn can't cast additional nonartifact spells.

Creature Artifact
Ethersworn Canonist (2xm) 14
Glowrider

Noncreature spells cost {1} more to cast.

Creature
Glowrider (lgn) 15
Leonin Arbiter

Players can't search libraries. Any player may pay {2} for that player to ignore this effect until end of turn.

Creature
Leonin Arbiter (2x2) 16
Magus of the Moon

Nonbasic lands are Mountains.

Creature
Magus of the Moon (tsr) 175
Null Rod

Activated abilities of artifacts can't be activated.

Artifact
Null Rod (wth) 154
Phyrexian Revoker

As this creature enters, choose a nonland card name. Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can't be activated.

Creature Artifact
Phyrexian Revoker (brr) 103
Sanctum Prelate

As this creature enters, choose a number. Noncreature spells with mana value equal to the chosen number can't be cast.

Creature
Sanctum Prelate (mh2) 491
Soulless Jailer

Permanent cards in graveyards can't enter the battlefield. Players can't cast noncreature spells from graveyards or exile.

Creature Artifact
Soulless Jailer (one) 241
Spirit of the Labyrinth

Each player can't draw more than one card each turn.

Creature Enchantment
Spirit of the Labyrinth (plst) BNG-27
Thalia, Guardian of Thraben

First strike Noncreature spells cost {1} more to cast.

Creature
Thalia, Guardian of Thraben (mul) 7
Thorn of Amethyst

Noncreature spells cost {1} more to cast.

Artifact
Thorn of Amethyst (brr) 123
Tocatli Honor Guard

Creatures entering don't cause abilities to trigger.

Creature
Tocatli Honor Guard (xln) 42
Vryn Wingmare

Flying Noncreature spells cost {1} more to cast.

Creature
Vryn Wingmare (plst) M21-43

Stax

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Creature

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Myr Convert

Toxic 1 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get a poison counter.) {T}, Pay 2 life: Add one mana of any color.

Creature Artifact
Myr Convert (one) 297

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Lifegain

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Serra Ascendant

Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.) As long as you have 30 or more life, this creature gets +5/+5 and has flying.

Creature
Serra Ascendant (sld) 1125

Lifegain

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Theft

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Zealous Conscripts

Haste When this creature enters, gain control of target permanent until end of turn. Untap that permanent. It gains haste until end of turn.

Creature
Zealous Conscripts (mm3) 116

Theft

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Draw

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Archivist of Oghma

Flash Whenever an opponent searches their library, you gain 1 life and draw a card.

Creature
Archivist of Oghma (clb) 4
Esper Sentinel

Whenever an opponent casts their first noncreature spell each turn, draw a card unless that player pays {X}, where X is this creature's power.

Creature Artifact
Esper Sentinel (mh2) 328

Draw

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Protection

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Alseid of Life's Bounty

Lifelink {1}, Sacrifice this creature: Target creature or enchantment you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.

Creature Enchantment
Alseid of Life's Bounty (j22) 143
Deflecting Swat

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost. You may choose new targets for target spell or ability.

Instant
Deflecting Swat (cmm) 214
Emeria's Call

Sorcery
Emeria's Call // Emeria, Shattered Skyclave (znr) 12Emeria's Call // Emeria, Shattered Skyclave (znr) 12
Giver of Runes

{T}: Another target creature you control gains protection from colorless or from the color of your choice until end of turn.

Creature
Giver of Runes (plst) MH1-13
Grand Abolisher

During your turn, your opponents can't cast spells or activate abilities of artifacts, creatures, or enchantments.

Creature
Grand Abolisher (cmm) 625
Hope of Ghirapur

Flying Sacrifice Hope of Ghirapur: Until your next turn, target player who was dealt combat damage by Hope of Ghirapur this turn can't cast noncreature spells.

Creature Artifact
Hope of Ghirapur (plst) AER-154
Mother of Runes

{T}: Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.

Creature
Mother of Runes (sld) 299
Selfless Spirit

Flying Sacrifice this creature: Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn.

Creature
Selfless Spirit (prcq) 2
Silence

Your opponents can't cast spells this turn.

Instant
Silence (m14) 35
Skrelv, Defector Mite

Toxic 1 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get a poison counter.) Skrelv can't block. {W/P}, {T}: Choose a color. Another target creature you control gains toxic 1 and hexproof from that color until end of turn. It can't be blocked by creatures of that color this turn. ({W/P} can be paid with either {W} or 2 life.)

Creature Artifact
Skrelv, Defector Mite (one) 33

Protection

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Tokens

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Goblin Rabblemaster

Other Goblin creatures you control attack each combat if able. At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token with haste. Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +1/+0 until end of turn for each other attacking Goblin.

Creature
Goblin Rabblemaster (sld) 215
Legion Warboss

Mentor (Whenever this creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on target attacking creature with lesser power.) At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token. That token gains haste until end of turn and attacks this combat if able.

Creature
Legion Warboss (onc) 101
Lena, Selfless Champion

When Lena enters, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token for each nontoken creature you control. Sacrifice Lena: Creatures you control with power less than Lena's power gain indestructible until end of turn.

Creature
Lena, Selfless Champion (jmp) 117
Loyal Apprentice

Haste Lieutenant — At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you control your commander, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying. That token gains haste until end of turn.

Creature
Loyal Apprentice (cmm) 240
Myrel, Shield of Argive

During your turn, your opponents can't cast spells or activate abilities of artifacts, creatures, or enchantments. Whenever Myrel attacks, create X 1/1 colorless Soldier artifact creature tokens, where X is the number of Soldiers you control.

Creature
Myrel, Shield of Argive (bro) 18

Tokens

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Deck Info

Deck stats

51 pips - 39 cards
26 mana - 24 cards
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0 mana - 11 cards
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0 mana - 11 cards
26 pips - 19 cards
22 mana - 20 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 11 cards
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16 mana - 11 cards
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Description

{"ops":[{"insert":"Are you playing aggro on cEDH? Watch me.\n\nWinning from combat is rare in high level EDH tables, especially cEDH. Going infinite and combo are the most consitent strategies. But what if your opponents cant play their combos? Well, be like a honest and loyal government... TAX them! To the point where they're they're stuck and need to think twice about challenging your... new dictatorship!\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Winota, Joiner of Forces"}},{"insert":" is our president, but yearning to be a dictator. Your main goal is to play some stax and silly nonhuman cratures on turn 1-2, and cast our president on turn 3-4. With enought nonhuman creatures on board, her facist effect will do the job to bring strong humans to the table. We want cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Grand Abolisher"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Magus of the Moon"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sanctum Prelate"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Drannith Magistrate"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ethersworn Canonist"}},{"insert":" to lock our opponents to the ground. \n\nWith the entire country... i mean, board and hands locked, opponents will have a hard time to play theirs win conditions, while you can run free. While they suffer from our abusive taxes, you feast. See, our Boros commander / president's effect dont care for mana or taxes. We are immune to that. This way you can keep attacking and locking the entire game on your favor.\n\nWhen our dictatorship is finally established, we can think about winning. And we win with combo and blood. Now that our empire's foundations are strong enought, its time to EXPAND. Literally. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker"}},{"insert":" is our all star game winning combo. You can use his effect to get infinite "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Zealous Conscripts"}},{"insert":" targeting and untapping Kiki-Jiki. Infinite 3/3 haste creatures seems good enought, heh? "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Combat Celebrant"}},{"insert":" also combos with our Legendary goblin. On pre combat, use Kiki's effect on Celebrant to generate a token. Attack with the token and get extra combat phase. Repeat. Kiki is so valuable and can win most of our games. Perhaps he is trying to secure a seat within our mighty new empire?!\n\nWinning with combo or not, its essencial to keep taxing our opponents from doing what they want to. Its OUR government. OUR rules! We want, as soon as possible, to make "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Winota, Joiner of Forces"}},{"insert":" enter the field and apply the coup d'état, activating her effect and bringing several fascist humans to tax our opponents.\n\nBuild a wall so strong, that none of them will dare to lay a finger on our nation! Hail Winota. Hail our great and mighty leader. The beacon that will bring glory to our country! Lets make Winota Great again!!!!!!\n"}]}

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