Nevinyrral, Urborg Tyrant

Nevinyrral is a resilient threat that rewards you for having creatures die, then punishes your opponents when it itself dies. The core gameplan is to set up a board state where creatures are dying regularly—either through your own sacrifice outlets, combat, or targeted removal—then cast Nevinyrral to generate a swarm of Zombie tokens while gaining hexproof protection. Once Nevinyrral is in play, it becomes a ticking time bomb: opponents know that removing it triggers a one-sided board wipe, but leaving it alive lets you build an army of tokens.

The deck wins by amassing Zombie tokens and swinging for combat damage, or by using Nevinyrral's death trigger as a reset button that lets you rebuild while opponents are left empty-handed. You'll want sacrifice outlets, token generators, and ways to fill your graveyard or trigger death effects. Cards that recur or persist let you get multiple death triggers per turn, maximizing Nevinyrral's token generation. The beauty is that you're simultaneously building a threat and protecting it—opponents struggle to answer a creature that destroys everything when it dies.

Pair this with aristocrat synergies and graveyard synergies to ensure you're always getting value, whether Nevinyrral lives or dies. Think of it as a control-combo hybrid: control the board through sacrifice and death triggers, then combo into a token swarm or a game-ending wipe.

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