Agrus Kos, Spirit of Justice

Agrus Kos is a threat that punishes opponents for playing creatures while also enabling a unique political minigame around the suspect mechanic. Your core gameplan is to swing in with Agrus early and often—double strike plus vigilance means you're always attacking without tapping out, pressuring opponents while keeping mana open for interaction. The suspect mechanic creates a fun decision tree: you're marking creatures as suspected (giving them menace and removing their ability to block), then exiling them on future attacks. This creates a powerful tempo engine where you're forcing opponents to either rebuild their board or deal with a growing threat.

Build around creatures that benefit from attacking, cards that reward you for dealing combat damage, and ways to maximize the suspect synergy. Token generators let you flood the board and make suspect creatures less relevant, while cards that ping opponents or create death triggers give you additional value on top of your combat pressure. Think of it as a tempo-aggressive deck with a control element—you're managing the board through suspect while closing out games with efficient threats.

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