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Mikaeus, the Lunarch
Legendary Creature — Human Cleric
Mikaeus enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on Mikaeus. {T}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from Mikaeus: Put a +1/+1 counter on each other creature you control.
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“Tap X to make your army of tokens monstrously large.”
Midrange
Beginner
Combat damage, Tokens swarm
Tokens, Counters, Aristocrats
Strategy
Mikaeus, the Lunarch is a modest but efficient +1/+1 counter engine that scales with your mana investment. You're essentially building a go-wide token strategy where Mikaeus pumps your team repeatedly. Start by ramping into an X cost as high as you can, then use his tap ability to add counters while spreading them around to your other creatures. The deck wins by flooding the board with tokens—whether tokens or small creatures—and using Mikaeus to turn them into a lethal army over a few turns.
The sweet spot is pairing Mikaeus with token generators and aristocrat outlets. Cards that make tokens cheaply (Bitterblossom, Intangible Virtue, etc.) give you bodies to pump, while sacrifice outlets let you convert excess counters into card draw or damage. Since Mikaeus is colorless-friendly for ramp, you can lean into white's token strategies: anthem effects, anthem creature lords, and sacrifice payoffs. The deck is naturally grindy but explosive once you build momentum.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip pricey lords like Doubling Season; use budget alternatives like Hardened Scales, Parallel Lives, and Cathars' Crusade to maximize counter synergy.
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