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Legendary Creature — Zombie Warrior
{1}{R}, Sacrifice another creature: Tymaret deals 2 damage to target player or planeswalker. {1}{B}, Sacrifice a creature: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand.
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“Recursive sacrifice engine that deals damage and refills from the graveyard.”
Tymaret, the Murder King is a sacrifice-focused commander that rewards you for throwing creatures into the fire. Your core game plan is to build a web of expendable creatures and sacrifice outlets, then use Tymaret to turn those deaths into direct damage while maintaining repeatable access to your commander. Each creature you sacrifice fuels both Tymaret's damage output and his graveyard recursion, creating a self-sustaining engine that chips away at opponents while keeping your resources flowing.
Win by assembling a critical mass of sacrifice synergies—think aristocrats payoffs like Blood Artist, Zulaport Cutthroat, and Impact Tremors that trigger when creatures die. Loop creatures through sacrifice outlets and Tymaret's recursion ability to generate incremental damage. The deck thrives in the midgame when you're grinding value, but can also pivot to explosive turns if you assemble the right combo pieces. You're not trying to be the fastest deck at the table, but rather the most resilient, converting every creature into a resource that pressures opponents from multiple angles simultaneously.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Skip expensive tutors like Vampiric Tutor and Demonic Tutor; use Diabolic Tutor or Heretic's Punishment instead. Replace Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer with Young Pyromancer or Mogg War Marshal for token generation on a budget.
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