Toshiro Umezawa

Toshiro Umezawa turns your graveyard into a repeatable spell engine by leveraging opponent creature deaths. Every time an opponent's creature dies—whether from combat, board wipes, or targeted removal—you get to cast an instant from your graveyard for free, and Toshiro exiles it so you don't run out of fuel. This makes him excellent in interactive, grindy shells where you're already running targeted removal, edict effects, and wraths that clear the board.

Your game plan revolves around filling your graveyard with cheap, efficient instant-speed answers (Fatal Push, Flusterstorm, Counterspell effects in black, etc.), then triggering Toshiro repeatedly to recycle them. You want opponents' creatures dying constantly—from your removal spells, from combat trades, from edict effects like Fleshbag Marauder, or from your own sacrifice outlets. The bushido ability is a nice bonus for blocking, but the real power is the instant-casting engine. You'll eventually grind out wins through commander damage, attrition, or by assembling instant-based combos that loop through your graveyard.

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