Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls

Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls is a flying threat that grows and generates card advantage whenever your opponents take damage. The core gameplan is simple: trigger life loss once per opponent's turn, and you'll pump Valgavoth while filling your hand. This works perfectly with any source of damage—burn spells, creature hits, ping effects—so you're not locked into a specific strategy. You're essentially building a midrange deck that pressures the table while Valgavoth becomes a growing evasive threat over time.

The beauty of Valgavoth is its flexibility. You can go all-in on direct damage with cards like Deflecting Swat and Chandra planeswalkers, lean into Rakdos aristocrats sacrifice outlets, or simply include enough red pingers and black creature removal to trigger the effect consistently. Since the trigger only counts once per opponent per turn, you don't need to go all-in on burn—just ensure your removal and creatures deal chip damage. Ward keeps Valgavoth resilient, making it hard for opponents to remove via targeted spells.

Victory comes through commander damage as Valgavoth inevitably grows larger, combined with general chip damage from your deck's incidental effects. You're playing a grindy, evasive game where card draw accelerates your resources while your commander becomes an increasingly serious clock.

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