Heiko Yamazaki, the General

Heiko Yamazaki is a commander that rewards you for attacking with individual creatures and then pivoting graveyard artifacts into play. The core strategy is building around small, evasive Samurai and Warriors that can attack alone without needing to go wide, while filling your graveyard with efficient artifacts that you'll recycle throughout the game. You're essentially turning single attacks into card advantage by casting artifacts from your graveyard for free, creating a grinding value engine that accumulates resources over time.

Wins come from two angles: either you're bashing with your army of Samurai backed by increasingly efficient artifacts (like Equipment that pump your team), or you're using artifact synergies to create explosive turns. Since you're casting artifacts every attack, consider cards that generate tokens, create mana, or grant repeated effects. This deck plays as a midrange grinder—you're not trying to win Turn 4, but by Turn 8 you'll have a river of artifacts backing up a threatening board state that's hard to contain.

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