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Nikara, Lair Scavenger
Legendary Creature — Human Cleric
Partner with Yannik, Scavenging Sentinel (When this creature enters, target player may put Yannik into their hand from their library, then shuffle.) Menace Whenever another creature you control leaves the battlefield, if it had one or more counters on it, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
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“Sacrifice countered creatures for card draw and incremental advantage.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage, Tokens swarm
Sacrifice, Counters, Aristocrats
Strategy
The deck wins through incremental card advantage snowballing into lethal combat damage or grinding opponents down. You're not going for explosive burst—instead, you're building a steady stream of threats while drawing cards whenever your countered creatures hit the graveyard. Cards like Viscera Seer, Blood Artist, and Zulaport Cutthroat turn your sacrifice outlet into both card draw (via Nikara) and drain effects. With enough recursion and counter sources, you'll eventually have a hand full of options and a board your opponents can't race through menace damage.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip pricey tutors like Demonic Tutor; instead use Sylvan Tutor and Crop Rotation. Replace Doubling Season with Hardened Scales and Ozolith, a cheap counter doubler.
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