Hama, the Bloodbender

Hama is a tempo-focused mill commander that generates value by stealing your opponents' best spells right out of their graveyard. When she enters, you mill three cards from a target opponent and exile one noncreature, nonland card—basically cherry-picking their best instants, sorceries, and planeswalkers to cast for cheap using the waterbend mechanic. This turns their own threats into your advantage while filling their graveyard with cards that fuel future exiles. The deck wants to protect Hama, generate mana efficiently, and lean into artifacts or creatures that can tap for mana to power out the waterbend costs.

Your game plan is to establish Hama early, then grind value by repeatedly casting stolen spells while your opponents lose their best options. You're not trying to mill everyone to death—instead, you're a control-lite deck that uses exile effects and tempo plays to stay ahead. Win by swinging in with Hama backed by stolen premium removal, or by eventually casting enough stolen win conditions to close the game. The deck rewards playing symmetrical mill effects and reanimation-style cards that trigger when things hit the graveyard, since you're essentially reanimating via exile.

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