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Lobelia, Defender of Bag End
Legendary Creature — Halfling Citizen
When Lobelia enters, look at the top card of each opponent's library and exile those cards face down. {T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Choose one — • Until end of turn, you may play a card exiled with Lobelia without paying its mana cost. • Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
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“Peek at foes' libraries, exile cards, sacrifice artifacts for free spells & drain.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage, Alt-win
Artifacts, Sacrifice, Lifegain
Strategy
Lobelia, Defender of Bag End is a unique blend of disruption and resource generation rolled into a sneaky little halfling. When she enters, you peek at the top card of each opponent's library and exile them face-down—giving you hidden information and denying them draws. Her activated ability then lets you sacrifice artifacts to either play those exiled cards for free or drain each opponent while gaining life, making her a slow, grinding value engine that punishes opponents over time.
The deck wants to generate cheap artifacts consistently so you can fuel Lobelia's ability repeatedly. You'll pack the deck with artifact tokens, mana rocks, and expendable artifacts like Clues and Treasures, turning them into card advantage and life total manipulation. The exiled cards you cast for free are just gravy—sometimes they're lands or answers that help you stabilize, sometimes they're threats that swing the game. You're not racing; you're wearing everyone down while dictating what they draw.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip expensive mana rocks like Mox Opal; lean on budget artifacts like Terrarion, Implement of Ferocity, and token generators like Bitterblossom and Dreadhorde Invasion instead.
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