Malcator, Purity Overseer

Malcator is a token generator that rewards you for playing artifacts. You get a free 3/3 Phyrexian Golem when Malcator enters, and then every turn you can trigger his end step ability by getting three or more artifacts onto the battlefield. The deck leans into cheap artifact creatures, artifact tokens, and effects that create multiple artifacts at once—think Thopter tokens, Servo tokens, and artifact synergies.

Your gameplan is to build a wide board of artifact creatures and then either bash in with your growing army or pivot into aristocrat strategies if you include sacrifice outlets. The beauty of Malcator is that he does the heavy lifting himself; you just need to support him with artifact-generating effects. Cards like Kyrkod Automaton, Hardened Scales, or even tokens from Saheeli give you the volume you need to trigger that end step bonus multiple times per game.

You'll win through combat damage as your token army gets out of hand, but the deck is flexible enough to include creature sacrifice synergies or even some cute infinite loops if you want to get spicy. The core plan is honest and aggressive, making it forgiving for newer players while still offering room for optimization.

Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.