Gilgamesh, Master-at-Arms

Gilgamesh is an Equipment tutor on a stick that rewards you every time he enters or attacks. Your core gameplan is to build a deck packed with cheap Equipment cards—especially ones that pump your creatures or provide evasion—so Gilgamesh consistently finds them and gears up your board. Since he triggers on both entering and attacking, you'll be assembling a growing army of equipped threats that grow more menacing each turn. The deck leans into Samurai tribal as a secondary synergy, since Gilgamesh can attach found Equipment directly to Samurai, creating a snowballing advantage in the mid-game.

You win through combat damage by turning Gilgamesh and your other Samurai into oversized, evasive threats. Cards like Basilisk Collar, Sword of Fire and Ice, and Embercleave turn your creatures into serious threats while Gilgamesh keeps refilling your board with more threats. The key is that Gilgamesh's tutor effect is so efficient you can afford to play a high Equipment density without clogging your hand—you're always digging for the right tool at the right time.

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