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Richlau, Headmaster
Legendary Creature — Human Advisor
At the beginning of your end step, you may pay {1}. When you do, target artifact card in your graveyard perpetually gains "This spell costs {1} less to cast." If it's a creature or Vehicle card, it perpetually gets +2/+2. Put it into your library second from the top.
2 / 4
“Recycle artifacts from your graveyard, making them cheaper and better each time.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage, Tokens swarm
Artifacts, Tokens, Graveyard, Ramp
Strategy
Richlau, Headmaster is a graveyard-to-library manager that transforms your discarded artifacts into cheaper, more efficient versions of themselves. The core idea is to fill your graveyard with artifact creatures and Vehicles, then use Richlau's end-step ability to upgrade them permanently and recycle them back into your deck. You're essentially turning your graveyard into a second hand, turning artifact synergies into repeated value while setting up your future draws.
The deck wins through a mix of artifact tokens, creature beatdown, and the generated card advantage. You'll want effects that mill you or fill your graveyard (like self-discard outlets), plenty of cheap artifacts to recur, and ways to protect or double your Richlau triggers. Think of it as a grindy midrange deck where you're slowly building a more powerful deck while generating board presence.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip expensive artifact staples like Mox Opal; instead use cost-effective creatures like Ornithopter, Constructs, and budget Vehicle tokens alongside self-mill like Catalog and Careful Consideration.
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