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Celes, Rune Knight
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard Knight
When Celes enters, discard any number of cards, then draw that many cards plus one. Whenever one or more other creatures you control enter, if one or more of them entered from a graveyard or was cast from a graveyard, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
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“Graveyard reanimator that pumps your team every time you cheat creatures back.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage, Commander damage
Reanimator, Graveyard, Tokens
Strategy
Celes, Rune Knight is all about creating a tight feedback loop between your graveyard and the battlefield. Her enter trigger lets you pitch excess cards and reload your hand, while her second ability rewards you for cheating creatures back from the graveyard or casting them from there. You're looking to fill your graveyard intentionally with creatures, then reanimate or flashback-cast them to trigger Celes and pump your whole team.
The deck thrives on creatures with flashback or cards that naturally live in your graveyard. Think cards like Unearth, Recycled creatures, and reanimation spells that let you cast from the yard. Each reanimated creature triggers Celes again, creating exponential growth on your board. You'll also run discard outlets and self-mill to stock the graveyard while drawing cards off Celes's entry.
You win by turning your creatures into an ever-growing army of 8/8 fliers or by swinging through with commander damage once Celes herself is pumped up. The Mardu colors give you access to tutor effects, reanimation, and evasion—all the tools you need to turn your graveyard into a second hand.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip expensive reanimation like Grief and use cheaper flashback creatures like Dragon's Rage Channeler, Murktide, or Solitude from other sets; Claim the Firstborn and Ephemerate are budget blink alternatives.
Most-Played Cards
Reanimate
Murderous Redcap
Putrid Goblin
Ephemerate
Lesser Masticore
Animate Dead
Sevinne's Reclamation
Goblin Bombardment
Cloudshift
Altar of Dementia
Entomb
Viscera Seer
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