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Astor, Bearer of Blades
Legendary Creature — Human Warrior
When Astor enters, look at the top seven cards of your library. You may reveal an Equipment or Vehicle card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. Equipment you control have equip {1}. Vehicles you control have crew 1.
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“Tutor Equipment/Vehicles, equip for cheap, suit up Astor and bash.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Commander damage, Combat damage, Tokens swarm
Voltron, Tokens, Sacrifice
Strategy
Astor is your tutor-in-the-command-zone for Equipment and Vehicles, turning what would normally be expensive search effects into guaranteed value. The gameplan is straightforward: ramp into Astor, tutor up your best Equipment or Vehicle, then equip and crew cheaply thanks to Astor's cost reduction. You're building a Voltron strategy where Astor or other creatures become threats through attached gear, backed up by artifact synergies that reward you for playing multiple pieces of equipment.
The deck wants to maximize Equipment and Vehicle synergies to turn the corner quickly. Cards like Sigarda's Aid and Puresteel Paladin let you equip for free or at instant speed, while creatures with natural synergies (Brudiclad, Goblin Welder, Stoneforge Mystic) turn your equipment package into an engine. You're looking at a tempo-focused midrange deck that pivots between suiting up Astor for commander damage and generating value through artifact recursion and token generation.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip pricey tutors like Stoneforge Mystic; use Oswald Fiddlebender and Forgotten Cave as budget tutors. Swap Sword of X and Y for Butcher's Cleaver or Konda's Banner.
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Sigarda's Aid
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