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Lu Xun, Scholar General
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
Horsemanship (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.) Whenever Lu Xun deals damage to an opponent, you may draw a card.
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“Unblockable scholar who draws cards whenever she hits—evasive blue damage engine.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage, Alt-win
Evasion, Card Draw, Voltron
Strategy
Lu Xun is a evasive card-draw engine that rewards you for dealing damage to opponents. With horsemanship, she's nearly unblockable against most decks, and every hit triggers a draw. Your gameplan is to protect Lu Xun, enhance her evasion and damage output, and weaponize the card advantage she generates into a winning position. You're not trying to kill with combat damage alone—instead, you're using the extra cards to find threats, interaction, and win conditions while applying steady pressure.
Focus on blue's strengths: cheap evasion effects, unblockable creatures with horsemanship, and cards that pump or protect Lu Xun. You'll want effects that grant her extra combat steps, boost her power, or give her other keywords like menace or double strike to pressure opponents faster. Include draw-alike effects and cantrips to maximize value from every spell. Once you've drawn enough cards, deploy finishers like big flyers, combo pieces, or simply overwhelm with evasive threats.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip expensive cantrips like Ponder and Brainstorm; use Opt, Serum Visions, and Sleight of Hand instead. Swap premium protection (Counterspell) for Archmage's Charm and Mana Leak.
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