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Professor Hojo
Legendary Creature — Human Scientist
The first activated ability you activate during your turn that targets a creature you control costs {2} less to activate. Whenever one or more creatures you control become the target of an activated ability, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
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“Cost-reduced creature activations draw cards and grind out value.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage, Tokens swarm
Tokens, Sacrifice, Landfall
Strategy
Professor Hojo rewards you for activating abilities on your own creatures, making it perfect for a deck full of creatures with interesting activated abilities. You'll build around cards that want to be tapped or activated repeatedly—think utility creatures like Selvala, creatures with tap abilities, and cards that benefit from targeting your own stuff. The cost reduction on your first activated ability each turn makes these plays cheaper and faster, letting you chain activations while drawing cards whenever anything gets targeted. Your gameplan is to build a web of synergies where activating abilities is both resource-efficient and card-advantageous.
The deck wins through incremental value and tempo. You're grinding out card draw, generating mana or tokens through creature abilities, and applying steady pressure while opponents struggle to keep up with your efficiency. Green gives you access to great utility creatures and ramp to fuel your activation engine. Some turns you'll be comboing off with multiple activations; other turns you're just improving your position. It's a "do lots of things" deck that culminates in overwhelming board presence or commander damage.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip pricey utility creatures like Yavimaya Apes; use efficient commons and uncommons instead. Swap Craterhoof Behemoth for Overrun or Embercleave.
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