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Kagemaro, First to Suffer
Legendary Creature — Demon Spirit
Kagemaro's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand. {B}, Sacrifice Kagemaro: All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of cards in your hand.
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“Hand-size demon that grows and wipes the board with its power.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage, Board wipe advantage
Card Draw, Control, Sacrifice
Strategy
Kagemaro is a hand-size payoff commander that rewards you for holding lots of cards while punishing opponents for their board presence. Your core gameplan is to build up a large hand through card draw and ramp, making Kagemaro a growing threat that's hard to block efficiently. The real power comes from his sacrifice ability: you can dump your entire hand into a board wipe that scales with your hand size, clearing opposing creatures while leaving your own board intact (or rebuilding with what you've drawn).
The deck thrives on evasion and resilience. You'll want cheap blockers, card draw engines, and discard outlets to maximize Kagemaro's impact. Since he scales with hand size, you're naturally inclined toward control-style play: hold up interaction, grow your hand, then unleash Kagemaro as a finisher or reset button. This creates a satisfying gameplay loop where you're playing a patient game, then suddenly flipping the board.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip expensive tutors and staples like Demonic Tutor; use Vampiric Tutor's budget cousins like Diabolic Tutor or Beseech the Queen, and lean into efficient black draw like Read the Bones and Graveyard Hate synergies.
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