McCoy, Not a Bricklayer

McCoy, Not a Bricklayer is a straightforward +1/+1 counter engine that rewards you for playing Doctors and other creatures. Every time a Doctor enters the battlefield, all your creatures get a counter, and anything wearing a counter gets lifelink—turning your team into a resilient wall that gains life as it beats down. The core gameplan is to build a creature-heavy deck full of Doctors (and supporting creatures) that enter repeatedly, stack counters fast, and swing for damage while you're simultaneously building a life total buffer. You win by turning your lords and tokens into an evasive, lifelinked army that your opponents simply can't race.

In the new Star Trek set, you've got excellent Doctors to lean on, plus card draw and token generation that synergizes beautifully with McCoy's enter-the-battlefield trigger. Pairing McCoy with cards like Excalbian Gamemaster (which creates Officer tokens and puts counters on creatures when they die) or token generators turns your board into a growing, life-gaining machine. The lifegain from lifelink also lets you play more aggressively, since you're never low on life. Your secondary win conditions include grinding out commander damage on a heavily-countered McCoy or swinging with a wide token army.

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