Shimatsu the Bloodcloaked

Shimatsu the Bloodcloaked is a flexible threat that rewards you for sacrificing permanents. The core idea is to build a sacrifice-heavy deck where you're constantly feeding creatures, tokens, or artifacts to boost Shimatsu into a massive, evasive attacker. You'll want cheap tokens and recursive threats that don't mind dying—think goblin tokens, treasure tokens, or expendable creatures that come back later. This turns every sacrifice into permanent value: you're thinning the board, triggering sacrifice outlets, and building Shimatsu into an unblockable finisher at the same time.

The deck wins primarily through combat damage with a heavily buffed Shimatsu, but you'll also want to include outlets that benefit from sacrifice (like Zulaport Cutthroat or Warstorm Surge) to close games faster. Red gives you access to token generators like Impact Tremors, Goblin token makers, and cards that create fodder. The beauty of Shimatsu is flexibility—some turns you sacrifice a lot for a 10/10 flyer, other turns you hold back and sacrifice sparingly. You're essentially playing midrange aristocrats with a build-your-own-lord mechanic.

Keep mana-hungry sacrifice outlets and token producers as your backbone. Shimatsu scales naturally with your sacrifice plan, so the deck doesn't need other win conditions—just a steady stream of permanents to feed it and a way to push damage through.

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