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Silver Surfer, Cosmic Voyager
Legendary Creature — Alien Hero
Flash Flying When Silver Surfer enters, exile any number of other target permanents you control. Return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control at the beginning of the next end step. If a land enters this way, it enters tapped.
5 / 5
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“Blue blink engine that recycles ETB effects and beats down with a cosmic flyer.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage, Tokens swarm
Blink, Tokens, Ramp
Strategy
Silver Surfer is a flash-speed blink engine that temporarily exiles your permanents and bounces them back at end of step. This lets you abuse enter-the-battlefield effects repeatedly while dodging removal and resetting tapped permanents (especially lands). The core gameplan is to layer ETB value—draw cards, ramp, create tokens, tutor—while a 5/5 flyer beats down. Since you're flickering permanents constantly, you'll generate card advantage and mana acceleration that snowballs into a commanding board state. You win through a combination of combat damage from Silver Surfer and your token army, plus incremental value that grinds opponents out.
Build around cheap ETB creatures, lands that untap or ramp when they re-enter, and artifacts that generate value on entry. Evoke creatures and bouncing permanents pair beautifully with the blink effect. You're not looking for a single explosive turn; instead, you're assembling a engine that repeats every turn cycle, letting you out-resource opponents.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip pricey Timetwister effects; use Opt, Consider, or Ledger Shredder instead. Arc Reactor is a solid utility land substitute for color fixing.
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