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Nils, Discipline Enforcer
Legendary Creature — Human Cleric
At the beginning of your end step, for each player, put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature that player controls. Each creature with one or more counters on it can't attack you or planeswalkers you control unless its controller pays {X}, where X is the number of counters on that creature.
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“Distribute counters and tax attacks into a grinding control deck.”
Control
Intermediate
Combat damage, Control
Counters, Aristocrats, Lifegain
Strategy
Nils, Discipline Enforcer is a political control piece that taxes aggression while rewarding you for spreading counters around the table. Your game plan revolves around using Nils's repeatable counter distribution to slowly build up creatures (yours and opponents') with +1/+1 counters, then leverage the taxing ability to make attacks prohibitively expensive. This transforms into a soft-lock where opponents either pay huge mana to attack you or hold back their threats.
The deck wins through a combination of incremental damage (often from your own creatures) and eventually grinding opponents out of resources. You'll pair Nils with cards that multiply counter effects, sacrifice outlets that capitalize on your creatures getting bigger, and other sources of counters to accelerate the snowball. Think of it as playing a gentler stax deck that leans into +1/+1 synergies rather than harsh lock pieces—your opponents can still play Magic, but attacking you becomes increasingly painful.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip pricey tutors and planeswalkers; use budget counter payoffs like Ozolith, the Shattered Spire and Abzan Falconer instead of premium cards, and lean on bulk enchantments like Conclave Mentor and Winding Constrictor.
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