Gyruda, Doom of Depths

Gyruda is a powerful mill-and-cheat engine that rewards you for building a deck of only even-mana-value cards. Your companion ability lets you cast it from outside the game for just {3}, giving you a repeatable way to mill four cards and steal creatures. The real payoff comes from blinking or reanimating Gyruda multiple times—each trigger mills more cards and puts more creatures onto the battlefield for free. You'll fill your deck with efficient even-cost creatures, ramp spells, and evasion tools, then use cards like Soulherder, Ephemerate, or Teleportation Circle to flicker Gyruda repeatedly and generate massive value.

Your wincon is straightforward: mill away your opponents' libraries while building a growing army of stolen creatures. Between the creatures you cheat into play and your own solid creatures, you'll have board presence to close out games. The restriction to even mana values actually helps you—you'll naturally play efficient spells and creatures, keeping your mana curve low while maintaining consistency. Once Gyruda is online, the deck plays like a value machine: every blink triggers another mill, another creature theft, and another step toward victory.

This is a midrange deck that pivots into combo territory once you establish Gyruda and blink effects. It's forgiving because the base strategy is solid (good creatures, ramp, interaction), but rewarding for players who learn to chain multiple triggers together and sequence their blinks optimally.

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