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Ormos, Archive Keeper
Legendary Creature — Sphinx
Flying If you would draw a card while your library has no cards in it, instead put five +1/+1 counters on Ormos. {1}{U}{U}, Discard three cards with different names: Draw five cards.
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“Flying Sphinx that grows huge while you draw your deck with self-mill synergies.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Commander damage, Combat damage
Graveyard, Spellslinger, Voltron
Strategy
Ormos, Archive Keeper is a unique threat that rewards you for burning through your deck quickly. The core gameplan is to aggressively discard cards (especially ones with different names) to fuel Ormos's draw engine, cycling through your library while building a massive flyer. As your library empties, Ormos grows exponentially with +1/+1 counters whenever you'd draw from an empty deck, turning into an evasive threat that's hard to block. You win by swinging in for commander damage with an oversized flying Sphinx while your opponents scramble to deal with it.
The deck wants to be a midrange tempo build with a self-mill subtheme. Cards that discard multiple cards, wheels that refill your hand while cycling your library, and cards that benefit from high graveyard counts all synergize perfectly. You'll pair Ormos with tutors and cantrips to find your discard outlets quickly, then ride the card advantage snowball while Ormos grows into a finisher. It's a grindy deck that plays like a hybrid between stompy and mill—not quite all-in on either, but threatening both angles keeps opponents guessing.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip pricey wheels like Timetwister; use Winds of Change, Dark Deal, and Windfall instead. Replace cantrip staples with Careful Study and Obsessive Search.
Signature Cards
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