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Ayesha Tanaka, Armorer
Legendary Creature — Human Artificer
Whenever Ayesha Tanaka attacks, look at the top four cards of your library. You may put any number of artifact cards with mana value less than or equal to Ayesha Tanaka's power from among them onto the battlefield tapped. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. Ayesha Tanaka can't be blocked as long as defending player controls three or more artifacts.
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“Unblockable artifact tutor that attacks to rebuild your board every turn.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage, Tokens swarm
Artifacts, Tokens, Voltron
Strategy
Ayesha Tanaka is a creature-based artifact tutor that rewards you for attacking. Every time she swings, you get to dig four cards deep and slam artifacts onto the battlefield for free—this turns combat into card advantage and board development rolled into one. The deck wants to build up artifact density naturally, then use Ayesha as both a beefy attacker (she can't be blocked once opponents have three artifacts) and an artifact engine that keeps fueling your hand and board.
Your game plan is to ramp into cheap artifacts early, get Ayesha out by turn 4–5, and then start attacking to cascade more artifacts into play. This creates a snowball effect where each turn her power grows, more artifacts hit the board, and blocking becomes impossible. You win through a combination of combat damage from Ayesha and whatever artifact creatures or token generators you've assembled. Think of it as a gentle, artifact-themed stompy deck that rewards synergy and board building over explosive combo.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Load up on cheap artifact creatures like Ornithopter, Servo tokens, and Expedition Map; skip pricey rocks like Mana Crypt and use alternatives like Chromatic Lantern or Cultivate instead.
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