Oji, the Exquisite Blade

Oji, the Exquisite Blade is a tempo-control commander that rewards you for casting multiple spells per turn. Her enters-the-battlefield effect gives you early life gain and card selection with scry, while her main ability blinks creatures whenever you cast your second spell each turn. This creates a engine where you're constantly flickering your own creatures to re-trigger enter-the-battlefield effects, dodge removal, or reset key abilities. You'll build around creatures with strong ETB effects—think card draw, token generation, removal, or board wipes—and supplement them with cheap spells to trigger Oji's blinking ability consistently.

The deck functions as a midrange tempo strategy that generates value every turn cycle. Your goal is to assemble a board of efficient creatures with powerful ETB effects, then use Oji to repeatedly blink them alongside your spell-slinging to generate card advantage, tokens, or answers. You win through a combination of card advantage grinding out resources and steady combat damage from your flickering creatures. The life gain from Oji's entry also gives you time to stabilize against aggro strategies.

Keep your mana curve low and focus on creatures that do something meaningful when they enter—bounce-back effects, card draw, small tokens, or creature removal. Pair this with cheap cantrips and interaction spells to reliably hit your second spell trigger each turn.

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