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Pia Nalaar, Consul of Revival
Legendary Creature — Human Artificer
Thopters you control have haste. Whenever you play a land from exile or cast a spell from exile, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying.
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“Exile-matters Thopter swarm with repeatable value from casting out of exile.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage, Tokens swarm
Tokens, Exile, Artifacts, Aristocrats
Strategy
Pia Nalaar, Consul of Revival is all about generating value by casting spells and playing lands from exile. Your game plan revolves around filling your exile zone—through cards like Prosper, Tome-Bound, Escape Protocol, and Solitude—then turning that exile zone into a steady stream of Thopter tokens. Since your Thopters enter with haste thanks to Pia, you can start attacking immediately and chip away at opponents while building a flying army.
The deck wants to balance card advantage engines with ways to cheat things into play from exile. Cards like Manamorphose, Jeska's Will, and Mizzix's Mastery keep the exile train rolling, while artifacts like Goblin Engineer and effects like Tibalt's Trickery generate repeatable triggers. Once you've assembled a critical mass of tokens, you're either swinging for lethal or using sacrifice outlets to turn your tokens into damage or utility.
This is a mid-range deck with explosive potential. You're not trying to go infinite necessarily, but rather maintain steady pressure while playing the long game. Your commander is cheap and resilient, letting you rebuild after board wipes and keep the token factory running.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip pricey cards like Arid Mesa and Scalding Tarn; use basics and utility lands like Rugged Prairie instead. Replace Mizzix's Mastery with cheaper cantrips like Expressive Iteration.
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