Honest Rutstein

Honest Rutstein is your ticket to a grindy midrange deck that rewards you for filling your graveyard with creatures. The gameplan is straightforward: cast creatures, fill your yard naturally, and use Rutstein's cost reduction to deploy threats faster while occasionally recasting your best creatures from the bin. You're looking to establish board presence, outvalue your opponents through efficient creature spells, and either close out with commander damage or a wide board of threats.

The deck leans into self-mill and reanimation themes to maximize Rutstein's two abilities. Cards that fill your graveyard (like Faithless Looting, Stitcher's Supplier, or simple discard outlets) set up your recursion while fueling the cost reduction engine. You'll naturally build a graveyard full of creatures as you cast from hand, then grab the best ones back when you need them. The {1} discount turns your creatures into undercosted threats, and paired with sacrifice outlets or blink effects, you can abuse the enter-the-battlefield value over and over.

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