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Ghost Council of Orzhova
Legendary Creature — Spirit
When Ghost Council of Orzhova enters, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life. {1}, Sacrifice a creature: Exile Ghost Council of Orzhova. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
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“Flicker and sacrifice engine that grinds life totals while building token value.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage, Tokens swarm
Tokens, Sacrifice, Aristocrats
Strategy
Ghost Council of Orzhova is a repeatable value engine that punishes opponents while protecting itself. The core gameplan revolves around sacrificing creatures—whether your own tokens, utility creatures, or even opponents' creatures if you can steal them—to exile Ghost Council and immediately flicker it back at end of turn. Each time it enters, you drain the table for 1 life while gaining 1, creating a slow but inevitable grinding advantage. This effect stacks beautifully with token generators and sacrifice outlets, turning every creature in your graveyard or on the board into incremental life gain and damage.
You'll want to fill your deck with cheap token makers (Bitterblossom, Lingering Souls, Intangible Virtue), sacrifice outlets (Viscera Seer, Ashnod's Altar), and creatures with ETB effects that can be sacrificed repeatedly. The deck functions as a midrange grinder that accumulates value over time, eventually wearing down opponents through incremental drains and a growing board presence. Ghost Council itself is a reasonable 4/4 blocker that dodges most removal since you can flicker it in response to threats.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip expensive fetchlands and play basics plus utility lands like Shambling Vent; replace Shocks with guildgates or pain lands for mana fixing.
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