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Chancellor Gorkon
Legendary Creature — Klingon Noble
Vigilance When Chancellor Gorkon dies, exile up to two target creatures.
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“Mardu sacrifice engine: loop creatures through death triggers for removal and value.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage, Tokens swarm, Combo
Sacrifice, Tokens, Aristocrats
Strategy
Chancellor Gorkon is a Mardu (White-Black) creature that incentivizes sacrificing your own creatures. His vigilance means he can attack and still block, while his death trigger exiles up to two target creatures—useful for removing threats or setting up reanimation synergies. This deck plays as a midrange sacrifice strategy, using tokens (especially Klingon Warriors and Borg tokens from the new Star Trek set) as expendable resources. You'll loop creatures through the graveyard, trigger death effects from Aristocrats-style payoffs, and use Gorkon as a repeatable removal engine whenever he dies.
The core gameplan revolves around creating cheap creatures, sacrificing them for value, and recurring Gorkon or other creatures for more triggers. Star Trek cards like Rite of Ascension, D-7 Battle Cruiser, and Class-4 Tactical Cube generate tokens that feed into sacrifice outlets. Cards with "Beam me up" (like Federation Resupply) synergize well since you can return creatures to hand for reuse. You win through a combination of chip damage from tokens, life drain via Aristocrats payoffs, and grinding out value until opponents run out of resources.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip pricey dual lands; use basic lands, Evolving Wilds, and budget Mardu lands like Clifftop Retreat or Shambling Vent. Substitute premium Aristocrats like Viscera Seer with Viscera Cleric or Cruel Celebrant.
Signature Cards
- 1The City on the Edge of Forever
- 2U.S.S. Enterprise-D, Galaxy-Class
- 3Battle-Scarred Survivalist
- 4Command Decision
- 5Salt Vampire
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