Purphoros, God of the Forge

Purphoros is an engine that punishes your opponents every time a creature enters the battlefield under your control. Your core gameplan is to flood the board with creatures—whether through tokens, cheap creatures, or effects that create multiple tokens at once—and let Purphoros ping away 2 damage per entry. The beauty is that Purphoros doesn't need to attack; the damage comes from ETB triggers, so you're safe behind your creature wall while dealing steady damage.

Your win condition is typically a combination of chip damage from Purphoros triggers and combat damage once you've built a reasonable board. You can also go all-in on token generation with cards that create many tokens simultaneously, then swing in with a full board. The deck often plays as midrange-aggro: you're producing value every turn while pressuring opponents, and you don't need to go all-in on combat damage if Purphoros is locking out their life total.

Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.