Kardur, Doomscourge

Kardur is a political powerhouse that forces your opponents into combat with each other while you sit back and profit. When Kardur enters, he makes all opposing creatures attack—but they have to hit each other instead of you, creating chaos and softening up the table. The real payoff is his second ability: every time an attacking creature dies (whether from combat, blocking, or removal), you drain each opponent for 1 life while gaining 1, turning the forced combat into a slow bleed.

Your gameplan is to protect Kardur, recast him if needed, and lean into effects that force more attacks or punish creatures entering combat. You want board wipes that destroy attacking creatures, cards that deal damage when creatures enter, and ways to ensure creatures die in combat. This turns a seemingly chaotic board state into a controlled engine where you're the only one gaining life while everyone else loses it.

The deck wins through accumulated life drain and politicking—you're not looking for a quick kill, but rather a grindy value game where Kardur's effect compounds. A single Kardur activation with a few creature deaths per turn cycle can drain the table for serious damage over several turns, especially if you can recast him or duplicate his effect.

Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.