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Alistair, the Brigadier
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
Whenever you cast a historic spell, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.) Whenever Alistair attacks, you may pay {8}. If you do, creatures you control get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of historic permanents you control.
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“Build a historic-matters token army that pumps for lethal.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage, Tokens swarm
Tokens, Legends, Artifacts
Strategy
Alistair, the Brigadier turns your love of historic permanents into an army of tokens while providing a late-game finisher. Your core gameplan is to cast legendary creatures, artifacts, and Sagas to generate a steady stream of 1/1 Soldier tokens, building up a wide board. Between token generation and the creatures you're naturally playing, you'll have a growing army that Alistair can pump all at once when it's time to attack. The deck wins through combat damage by either going wide with tokens, pushing through with pump damage, or a mix of both—you're essentially turning card advantage into board advantage.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip pricey legends like Teferi, Time Raveler; instead use cheaper legends like Elvish Visionary and Saprolling Nest and play solid artifacts like Cursed Totem and Terracotta Statue for budget historic triggers.
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