Hidetsugu and Kairi

Hidetsugu and Kairi is a self-mill engine that rewards you for putting cards into your graveyard and your library's top. The deck wants to abuse the enter trigger to filter your hand and stack your deck, setting up future draws while sculpting what hits the graveyard. More importantly, the death trigger turns mill into card advantage—exiling the top card, draining your opponent, and potentially cheating out spells for free. You win by repeatedly triggering these effects, either by reanimating Hidetsugu to trigger the death ability multiple times or by ramping into a critical mass of free spell casts that close out the game.

Build around creatures with strong ETB effects and self-mill outlets to maximize both triggers. Cards that blink or flicker Hidetsugu (Soulherder, Ephemerate) turn one 5/4 flyer into a repeating draw engine and death trigger. Pair this with reanimation to bring Hidetsugu back from the graveyard after it dies, stacking more triggers. Fill the deck with cheap instants and sorceries so exiling them off the death ability means free wins; instant-speed interaction is your glue, and mill outlets like Glimpse of Tomorrow or Stitcher's Supplier fuel the engine.

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