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Hoshi Sato, Exolinguist
Legendary Creature — Human Scientist
Federation — When Hoshi Sato enters, look at the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of creature types among non-Borg creatures you control. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
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“Creature-type synergy tutor in blue; draws more the more types you play.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage, Tokens swarm
Tokens, Blink, Tribal
Strategy
Hoshi Sato rewards you for playing creatures with different creature types. Her enter-the-battlefield ability scales with type diversity—the more varied your creature lineup, the more cards you get to peek at and tutor. This makes her a perfect home for creature-heavy decks that naturally want multiple types anyway, like Merfolk, Faeries, Elves, or even a goodstuff pile of Humans, Wizards, and Zombies.
Your gameplan is to build a deck packed with creatures that have unique types, then use Hoshi as a consistent tutor engine each time she enters (or re-enters via flicker effects). You're not trying to go storm or combo—instead, you're building towards a grindy midrange game where Hoshi fuels your hand while your creature types synergize into value. Once you've assembled a good board and drawn plenty of answers or threats, you win through combat damage with an evasive or anthemic creature, or by leveraging creature synergies like lords, sacrifice outlets, or blink loops.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip expensive blue staples like Underground Sea and play basic Islands; budget alternatives like Coastal Tower and Flooded Strand work fine. Swap high-end creatures for common types like Faerie Token, Zombie Token, or budget Merfolk instead of premium lords.
Signature Cards
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