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Legendary Creature — Human Artificer
When Pia Nalaar enters, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying. {1}{R}: Target artifact creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. {1}, Sacrifice an artifact: Target creature can't block this turn.
“Thopter-generating artifact aristocrat who pumps and dodges blocks.”
Pia Nalaar is a compact token generator that rewards you for playing artifacts and creature tokens. She enters the battlefield creating a Thopter, then uses her activated abilities to push damage through by either pumping artifact creatures or forcing blocks. The deck wants to lean into artifact synergies—Thopters, Construct tokens, and other artifact creatures—while using Pia's abilities to turn those tokens into evasive threats.
Your game plan is to assemble a small army of flying artifact creatures, then use Pia's pump and evasion modes to slip damage past opponents. Cards that create multiple tokens, especially artifacts, multiply her effectiveness. Equipment like Cranial Plating turns your tokens into real threats, while cards that reward artifact sacrifice (like Mayhem Devil or Impact Tremors) give you extra value. You're not aiming for a explosive combo turn—instead, you're grinding out steady damage while generating utility from your artifact tokens.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Skip pricey artifact lands; use basic Mountains and artifact mana rocks like Mind Stone or Cursed Scroll instead. Replace Cranial Plating with Bonesplitter or Flayer Husk.
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