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Kiora, the Rising Tide
Legendary Creature — Merfolk Noble
When Kiora enters, draw two cards, then discard two cards. Threshold — Whenever Kiora attacks, if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard, you may create Scion of the Deep, a legendary 8/8 blue Octopus creature token.
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“Blue mill aggro—cheap self-mill creature that spawns 8/8 tokens once threshold hits.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage, Tokens swarm
Graveyard, Tokens, Spellslinger
Strategy
Kiora, the Rising Tide is a self-mill engine wrapped in a cheap blue creature. Your core gameplan is to fill your graveyard quickly while using Kiora as a repeatable threat. The enter trigger lets you churn through your deck, and once you hit threshold (seven cards in the graveyard), every attack spawns an 8/8 Octopus token that can close out games fast. You're essentially grinding advantage while building toward an explosive board state.
The deck leans heavily on cheap cantrips, card draw, and self-mill effects to reach threshold consistently. Once you're there, you're creating massive tokens every turn that either win through combat or pressure opponents into poor decisions. The strategy is resilient—even if Kiora gets removed, your graveyard is already full of value, and you can recast her quickly thanks to the low mana cost. This is less about a single explosive turn and more about sustained incremental advantage that snowballs into an unbeatable board.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip expensive cantrips like Scalding Tarn; use Preordain, Ponder, and basic Island cycling lands instead. Narcomoeba and Murktide are great but Octopus tokens do the heavy lifting anyway.
Most-Played Cards
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Cephalid Inkmage
Consider
Cephalid Coliseum
Frantic Search
Scourge of Fleets
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