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Doran, Besieged by Time
Legendary Creature — Treefolk Druid
Each creature spell you cast with toughness greater than its power costs {1} less to cast. Whenever a creature you control attacks or blocks, it gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the difference between its power and toughness.
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“Turn defensive walls into glass cannons via toughness-as-power combat damage.”
Aggro
Intermediate
Combat damage
Tokens, Sacrifice, Aristocrats
Strategy
Doran, Besieged by Time rewards you for building a deck full of creatures with high toughness and low power—the kind of defensive creatures most decks ignore. Your creatures get a mana discount when cast, making them efficient to play out, and whenever they attack or block, Doran turns their toughness advantage into temporary power, letting a 0/5 wall suddenly deal 5 damage in combat. This creates a unique tension: you're playing "defensive" creatures in an aggressive way.
The deck wants to flood the board with cheap, beefy creatures early, then turn them sideways with Doran's anthem effect to deal damage. Cards like Wall of Roots, Toughness-matters creatures, and defensive utility creatures become aggressive threats. You can also lean into the toughness theme with lords and synergies that make these walls and plants even harder to kill, while Doran pushes you toward an unexpectedly aggressive combat strategy. Tokens with high toughness and sacrifice outlets also work beautifully, letting you squeeze value from creatures before they die.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip expensive utility lands like Mana Confluence; use basics, Guildgates, and budget dual lands like Evolving Wilds. Replace pricey creatures with any 0/X or high-toughness bodies like Fog Bank and Tile Worm.
Signature Cards
- 1Great Forest Druid
- 2Felothar the Steadfast
- 3Doran, the Siege Tower
- 4Assault Formation
- 5Ancient Lumberknot
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