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Dralnu, Lich Lord
Legendary Creature — Zombie Wizard
If damage would be dealt to Dralnu, sacrifice that many permanents instead. {T}: Target instant or sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to its mana cost. (You may cast that card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
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“Graveyard control wizard that recycles spells and dodges damage via sacrifice.”
Control
Intermediate
Commander damage, Control, Alt-win
Graveyard, Spellslinger, Control
Strategy
Dralnu is a graveyard-focused control wizard that turns your yard into a second hand. Your core gameplan is staying alive while filling your graveyard with cheap interaction and card draw, then using Dralnu's ability to flash back those spells repeatedly. The damage-prevention clause is deceptive—it's not about avoiding harm, it's about sacrificing disposable permanents (tokens, lands you've ramped with) to stay alive while you grind your opponents down. You win by controlling the board with flashback spells, eventually swinging in with a modest 3/3 or triggering a combo finish.
Build around cheap instant-speed interaction: counterspells, removal, and cantrips that cantrip away in your graveyard. Spells like Snapcaster Mage effects and actual Snapcaster provide redundancy, while mill payoffs (Teferi's Tutelage, Consuming Aberration) turn your graveyard filling into a secondary win condition. Tokens and sacrifice outlets help you trigger Dralnu's damage prevention smoothly—think Bitterblossom, token makers, and free sacrifice outlets. This is a tempo-control shell disguised as graveyard value, and your job is to outlast the table while grinding through your carefully curated spell suite.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip pricey cantrips like Counterspell; use Mana Leak, Exclude, and Spell Pierce instead. Bitterblossom is optional—Reef Worm or even Forbidden Orchard serve similar roles on a budget.
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