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Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
Legendary Creature — Halfling Rogue
Whenever a player casts their second spell each turn, you lose 1 life and create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
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“Kingmaker mana engine that turns table spell-casting into Treasures.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage, Combo
Tokens, Sacrifice, Aristocrats
Strategy
Lotho, Corrupt Sherriff is a sneaky mana engine that rewards the table for casting spells—especially their second spell each turn. Your job is to be the kingmaker, generating Treasure tokens while keeping yourself alive and leveraging that ramp into your own game plan. The small life loss is negligible in Commander, so you're essentially converting table activity into free mana. You win by either out-resourcing opponents with your Treasure advantage, casting bigger spells than anyone else, or tutoring into a combo finish.
Build this as a midrange or control deck that punishes fast play and rewards thoughtful sequencing. You want effects that trigger off spell-casting (yours and others'), cards that sacrifice Treasures for value, and payoffs that use all that extra mana. Include life gain to offset the drain, and lean into white-black's strength in removal and tutoring to set up your win conditions while the table fuels your mana engine.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip pricey tutors like Vampiric Tutor; use Mystical Tutor, Imperial Recruiter, or Diabolic Tutor instead. Treasure-payoff creatures like Marionette Master and Reckless Impulse are cheap alternatives to big mana sinks.
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