Alpharael, Dreaming Acolyte

Alpharael is a value engine that rewards you for playing artifacts and managing your hand wisely. When she enters, you draw two cards and then have a choice: either discard two cards or find an artifact in your hand to discard instead. This creates a natural home for artifact-heavy strategies where your "discards" are actually fueling graveyard synergies or triggering artifact payoffs. The deathtouch during your turn makes her a sneaky blocker and evasive threat that's hard to race over.

The deck wants to lean into artifacts—both as discard outlets and as enablers for card advantage. Pair Alpharael with cards that benefit from artifacts entering the graveyard, like Tinybones Trinket Thief or Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer, and consider artifacts with built-in value like cycling lands or Myriad Construct. The core plan is to draw cards, filter your hand with Alpharael's trigger, and build toward a critical mass of artifacts and synergies that win through combat or incremental value.

Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.