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Melek, Reforged Researcher
Legendary Creature — Weird Detective
Melek's power and toughness are each equal to twice the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard. The first instant or sorcery spell you cast each turn costs {3} less to cast.
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“Discount spellslinger that grows by filling your graveyard with instants and sorceries.”
Aggro
Intermediate
Commander damage, Combat damage, Combo
Spellslinger, Graveyard, Tokens
Strategy
Melek, Reforged Researcher is a graveyard-fueled spell-slinger that rewards you for filling your bin with instants and sorceries. Your game plan is to build Melek into a flying threat while repeatedly casting cheap spells thanks to the {3} cost reduction each turn. This creates a feedback loop: you're discarding and milling spells into your graveyard to grow Melek's power, then casting those spells back (or new ones) at a steep discount. Since Melek triggers on the first spell each turn, you're incentivized to play efficiently and stack multiple spells in a turn to maximize value.
Win through a combination of commander damage as Melek grows larger, and incidental damage from your spell suite. Include cost-effective cantrips, card draw, and rituals that let you chain spells together. The deck wants cards that filter into the graveyard naturally—looting effects, surveil, and self-mill—plus reanimation or flashback so you're casting the same spell twice. You'll win by turning Melek into an oversized threat faster than opponents can stabilize, backed by burn spells or combo finishes for those grindy matchups.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Replace pricey cantrips like Expressive Iteration with Accumulated Knowledge or Consider; use budget rituals like Seething Song instead of Jeska's Will.
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