Amareth, the Lustrous

Amareth, the Lustrous is a value engine disguised as a flying dragon. Every time you play a permanent—lands, creatures, artifacts, enchantments—you get to peek at the top of your library and potentially draw a card of the same type. This incentivizes you to play a wide variety of permanent types so you're frequently triggering Amareth's ability and digging through your deck.

The core gameplan is to fill your deck with diverse permanents across all five types (creatures, lands, artifacts, enchantments, planeswalkers) so nearly every spell you cast triggers a peek-and-potentially-draw. You'll naturally ramp with mana dorks and ramp spells, build up board presence, and use Amareth's flying body as a threat. Over time, you'll assemble enough pieces to either win through combat damage (Amareth can pump itself or get evasion), create a token army with token generators, or tutor into combo pieces via the library peeking.

Wins come from swinging with a 6/6 flyer backed by supporting creatures and effects, amassing token swarms, or assembling a combo. The deck rewards consistency and synergy rather than fragility—you'll simply have more gas and better draws than opponents.

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