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MacCready, Lamplight Mayor
Legendary Creature — Human Advisor
Whenever a creature you control with power 2 or less attacks, it gains skulk until end of turn. (It can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.) Whenever a creature with power 4 or greater attacks you, its controller loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
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“Evasive tokens swarm through skulk while draining big attackers.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage, Tokens swarm
Tokens, Aristocrats, Lifegain
Strategy
MacCready, Lamplight Mayor is a clever little defensive engine that rewards you for going wide with small creatures while punishing opponents for swinging with their big threats. Your gameplan revolves around filling the board with evasive weenies—tokens, small utility creatures, and lords that pump your team—so your 1/1s and 2/2s can slip through unblocked thanks to skulk. Meanwhile, whenever an opponent tries to attack you with their fatties, you're draining them while gaining life, which stalls the game further in your favor.
The deck wins through incremental damage from your army of small creatures chipping away over several turns, often protected by the life gain you're generating from their larger creatures. You're essentially playing a slow, grindy aristocratic shell where card advantage and resource management matter more than explosive turns. Think of it as a defensive swarm deck—you're controlling the battlefield while your tokens slip through for chip damage.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip expensive token generators like Doubling Season; use Bitterblossom, Ophiomancer, and Marsh Flitter instead. Replace tutors like Enlightened Tutor with cheaper draw like Read the Bones.
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