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Merry, Warden of Isengard
Legendary Creature — Halfling Advisor
Partner with Pippin, Warden of Isengard (When this creature enters, target player may put Pippin into their hand from their library, then shuffle.) Whenever one or more artifacts you control enter, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token with lifelink. This ability triggers only once each turn.
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“Selesnya artifact tokens—make Soldiers whenever artifacts enter.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Tokens swarm, Combat damage
Tokens, Artifact, Ramp, Aristocrats
Strategy
Merry is a token generator that rewards you for playing artifacts, making her perfect for an artifact-focused strategy in Selesnya colors. The core gameplan is to assemble a small army of 1/1 Soldier tokens while ramping through artifact mana rocks and other artifact creatures. Each artifact that enters the battlefield triggers Merry once per turn, creating a lifelink token that both grows your board and shores up your life total. The deck wins through token swarm, attacking with an army of Soldiers while your artifact engine churns out incremental value.
Your supporting cast should include cheap artifact creatures and mana rocks that synergize with Merry's token generation. Pieces like Ornithopter, Memnite, and Puresteel Paladin help you chain triggers together, while cards like Doubling Season and Parallel Lives amplify your token output. You can also lean into the artifact theme with equipment synergies or go deeper into aristocrats territory by sacrificing tokens for value. The lifelink on your tokens is deceptive—you'll gain surprising amounts of life while building a threatening board presence that's hard to race.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Budget Build
Skip expensive artifact lords like Cranial Plating in favor of budget mana rocks (Cultivate, Kodama's Reach, Felwar Stone) and free artifact creatures (Memnite, Ornithopter, Phyrexian Walker).
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