Estinien Varlineau

Estinien Varlineau is a versatile threat that rewards you for doing two things: casting noncreature spells and dealing combat damage with dragons or itself. Every instant and sorcery you cast makes Estinien bigger and gives it evasion, turning your spell-slinging into a growing clock. The real payoff happens in your second main phase—if Estinien (or your dragons) dealt damage to opponents, you draw cards equal to the number of players hit, then lose that much life. This turns combat damage into card draw, turning Estinien into a self-contained damage engine.

The deck wants to blend tempo and card advantage. Cast efficient noncreature spells to pump Estinien while you have flying dragons on the battlefield creating multiple damage vectors. Removal, board wipes, and utility spells all trigger Estinien's counter ability while filling your spell-heavy gameplan. Your second main phase becomes a potential card draw turn where you're refueling from all the combat pressure you've applied. You win through combat damage as Estinien and your dragons pile on in the air, backed by removal and evasion spells.

This is a midrange tempo deck that scales from early interaction into a flying threat that draws cards. You're not trying to combo off—you're attacking efficiently and leveraging your spell-casting to turn Estinien into an increasingly difficult problem to ignore.

Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.