Maga, Traitor to Mortals

Maga is a straightforward big-mana payoff commander that rewards you for casting her with a large X value. You ramp early with mana rocks and creatures like Dark Ritual effects, then dump that mana into Maga to deal a chunk of life loss while putting a threatening body on the battlefield. She's part threat, part burn spell—the more mana you invest, the harder she hits and the bigger she becomes.

The deck wants to be a midrange pile that accelerates into Maga as early as possible, then protects her while she beats down. Since she's a reasonable body that scales with your mana, you're not locked into a single game plan—she wins through commander damage eventually, but she'll also soften opponents up with her life loss ETB effect. The backup strategy is grinding through early removal and board wipes until you resolve Maga with enough mana to take over the game.

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