Stenn, Paranoid Partisan

Stenn, Paranoid Partisan is a cost-reduction engine that rewards you for committing to a single spell type. When he enters, you pick a card type (typically instant, sorcery, or enchantment) and get a permanent discount on all spells of that type. His flicker ability is the real kicker—you can blink him at will for just {1}{W}{U}, which lets you reset his trigger, change your chosen type mid-game, or dodge removal while staying ahead on mana efficiency.

Build this as a tempo-focused deck that leverages your chosen spell type. If you pick instants or sorceries, you're running a spellslinger shell with cheap cantrips, interaction, and card draw that all cost less. If you pick enchantments, you'll load up on auras, constellation effects, and permanent value. Either way, Stenn's blink ability doubles as both a protective mechanism and a way to chain multiple triggers if you can generate extra blinks from cards like Soulherder or Ephemerate.

You win through a mix of card advantage and tempo swings—out-resource your opponents with cheaper spells, protect your creatures with instant-speed tricks, and eventually close with commander damage or a swarm of tokens from your synergistic payoffs.

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