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Elder Owyn Lyons
Legendary Creature — Human Knight
Artifacts you control have ward {1}. (Whenever an artifact you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {1}.) When Elder Owyn Lyons enters or dies, return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.
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“Protect and recur artifacts for endless value and resource advantage.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Artifacts swarm, Combat damage
Artifacts, Sacrifice, Graveyard, Tokens
Strategy
Elder Owyn Lyons is a defensive commander that protects your artifact strategy while grinding value through repeated recursion. Your artifacts get ward {1}, making them resilient against targeted removal and forcing opponents to pay extra to interact with your board. The real engine is Owyn's enter and death triggers, which let you recur artifacts from your graveyard repeatedly—turning her into a consistent value generator that fills your hand while keeping threats active.
Build around cheap artifacts and artifact synergies that benefit from being cast multiple times. Cards like Solemn Simulacrum, Ichor Wellspring, and other sacrifice outlets create a loop where you're constantly getting your best artifacts back while triggering various synergies. Your gameplan is to out-resource opponents through consistent advantage, then close out with either artifact-driven tokens, big plays powered by your recursion, or just beating them down with a resilient, card-advantage-generating board.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip expensive mana rocks; use Wayfarer's Bauble, Mind Stone, and Chromatic Lantern instead. Foundry Inspector and Semblance Anvil are budget-friendly synergy pieces.
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Fabricate
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