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Legendary Creature — Human Villain
Whenever Kang attacks, he connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.) Whenever you draw your second card each turn, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
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“Dimir connive tyrant who drains as he draws and grows.”
Kang is a conniving tempo engine that draws cards while pumping himself and draining opponents. Every time he attacks, he connives—drawing a card and discarding a nonland card to add a +1/+1 counter—then triggers his second card draw effect, dealing 1 damage to each opponent while you gain 1 life. The deck wants to keep Kang swinging early and often, leveraging card draw payoffs and cheap evasion to close games through a combination of commander damage and incremental life drain. You'll fill the deck with low-cost creatures and cantrips that fuel connive triggers, then pack it with Plan enchantments and artifacts that reward repeated card draws and Villain synergies. The game plan is lean and proactive: turn 2–3 Kang, start attacking by turn 3–4, and let the card advantage and drain pressure stack until opponents fold.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Skip expensive mana bases; use dual lands like Hidden Lair and Surveillance Room. Replace premium draw spells like Expressive Iteration with Opt, Consider, and Careful Study.
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