Toluz, Clever Conductor

Toluz is a clever little engine that rewards you for discarding cards and punishes opponents by exiling them temporarily. Your main gameplan is to load up on discard outlets—both forced discard effects and cards you control—to trigger Toluz's connive ability repeatedly and stack +1/+1 counters on it. The connive triggers also let you filter through your deck, turning excess lands or dead cards into fresh draws. When Toluz inevitably dies (it's a 3/1), you get all those exiled cards back, effectively giving you a second hand and turning your graveyard into a resource rather than a dead zone.

The deck leans into aristocratic discard synergies: wheels effects, madness cards, and creatures that reward discarding. Cards like Faithless Looting, Thin the Herd, or even simple effects like Dark Deal let you trigger Toluz multiple times per turn cycle. You'll also want cards that benefit from discarding—like Murktide, Dragon's Rage Channeler, or Grief—so your discard pile isn't wasted. The win is typically combat damage as Toluz grows into a decent threat, backed up by a hand full of returning threats once it dies.

This is a midrange-tempo deck that plays like a resource engine: you're grinding value, cycling through your deck, and turning "bad" card advantage (discarding) into real threats and card advantage. It's forgiving enough for intermediate players who like synergy and discard mechanics.

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