Lucius the Eternal

Lucius the Eternal is a resilient threat that punishes your opponents for removing it. With haste, he comes down swinging immediately, forcing interaction. When he dies, he exiles himself and haunts one of your opponent's creatures—the moment that creature leaves play (through removal, sacrifice, or death), Lucius comes back. This creates a recursive threat that's hard to permanently answer without careful sequencing. Your deck should lean into getting Lucius into combat, protecting him when possible, and filling your deck with ways to pressure opponents so they're forced to deal with your creatures and inadvertently bring Lucius back.

The core gameplan is aggressive but grindy. You're not trying to combo off; instead, you're applying steady damage with Lucius and other threats while your opponents waste resources dealing with your board. Include creatures that matter when they die or leave the battlefield, sacrifice outlets that trigger Lucius's return, and effects that force opponents to sacrifice or remove their own creatures. Cards that benefit from creatures entering the battlefield multiple times are perfect here. Your win condition is straightforward: commander damage and combat damage from a relentless, hard-to-kill threat backed by incidental pressure.

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