Skanos, Dragon Vassal

Skanos is a mid-combat lord that wants you to attack with multiple creatures and pump one of them into the red zone for huge damage. The Specialize mechanic lets you customize Skanos into one of three specialized versions mid-game, each offering a different angle: go bigger with more power, gain flexibility, or protect your investment. Your gameplan revolves around filling the board with creatures—tokens, stompy dudes, whatever—and using Skanos's pump ability to turn one attacker into a lethal threat each turn while your team chips in.

You're essentially playing a gruul-lite stompy deck that doesn't need to run red. Load up on token generators, mana dorks, and creatures that get stronger naturally as the game progresses. Since Skanos pumps *another* creature, he's perfect in a tokens or +1/+1 counters shell where you can create bodies and turn them sideways. The deck wins through combat damage, often using Skanos's pump to turn a single token or elf into a game-ending threat.

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