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The Lady of Otaria
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You may tap three untapped Dwarves you control rather than pay this spell's mana cost. At the beginning of each end step, if a land you controlled was put into a graveyard from the battlefield this turn, reveal the top four cards of your library. You may put any number of Dwarf cards from among them into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
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“Dwarf lord that digs for creatures when lands hit your graveyard.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage, Tokens swarm
Tokens, Sacrifice, Landfall
Strategy
The Lady of Otaria is a landfall-themed commander that rewards you for sacrificing or discarding lands while generating card advantage and assembling Dwarf creatures. Your core gameplan revolves around finding ways to put lands into your graveyard—whether through sacrifice outlets, discard effects, or fetchlands—which triggers her end-step ability to dig for Dwarves and other gas. You're essentially building a self-mill engine that fills your hand while building a Dwarf army.
The deck wants to assemble a critical mass of Dwarves while using lands as a resource rather than purely ramp. Cards like Tireless Tracker, Omnath, Locus of Creation, and sacrifice outlets (Arid Mesa, Evolving Wilds, etc.) keep the engine humming. You can cast The Lady for cheap using three untapped Dwarves, creating a snowball effect where early Dwarves enable her, and she generates more Dwarves. Win by swinging in with an ever-growing Dwarf army, or occasionally pivot to combo lines with cards like Warstorm Surge or Impact Tremors for direct damage.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip expensive fetchlands; use Evolving Wilds, Terramorphic Expanse, and basic lands with Zuran Orb or Outpost Siege as budget sacrifice outlets.
Signature Cards
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