Savanti Romero, Time's Exile

Savanti Romero is a self-scaling threat that rewards you for turning sideways. Every combat, it gets a counter and then forces you to draw cards equal to its total counters—which sounds painful, but you're building around that life loss as a resource. The deck leans into cards that convert life into value (like Bolas's Citadel or Necropotence), tutors and draw effects that turn your library into answers, and ways to close out games before the life drain catches up. You're playing an aggressive black midrange strategy where Savanti is your card-draw engine and evasive threat rolled into one.

The gameplan is straightforward: swing with Savanti, draw tons of cards, and use those cards to either win fast or protect yourself. Include life gain to offset the repeated draws, discard outlets to bin extra cards (since you'll draw a lot), and combat tricks to keep your demon unblocked. Cards that trigger on life loss like Zulaport Cutthroat add bonus value, and tutors let you find specific answers mid-game. By turn 6–8, Savanti should be drawing 6+ cards per turn, giving you the resources to combo off or finish opponents with whatever you've assembled.

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