Vihaan, Goldwaker

Vihaan, Goldwaker is your ticket to turning mana rocks into aggressive blockers and attackers. The core gameplan revolves around generating Treasure tokens—either through artifact ramp, sacrifice payoffs, or dedicated token producers—then animating them into 3/3 creatures at combat. Since your other outlaws (Assassins, Mercenaries, Pirates, Rogues, Warlocks) get vigilance and haste, you're swinging out with an army every turn while keeping your mana open. This creates a dual game plan: ramp into your threats early, then pivot into a token swarm that's hard to block or race.

The beauty of Vihaan is that the deck naturally loves sacrifice outlets and recursion. You generate Treasures, pump them into combat, then sac them for value—drawing cards, dealing damage, or reanimating threats. Cards like Goblin Bombardment, Viscera Seer, and Blood Artist turn your animated Treasures into incremental damage or card advantage. Pair this with Rogue and Assassin lords (or Pirates/Mercenaries for flavor), and you've got a resilient midrange deck that grinds opponents down through combat and incidental damage.

You win by turning your ramp into an evasive army. Vigilance means you attack freely without tapping down, and haste on your outlaws lets you deploy and swing immediately. The Treasures-to-Constructs trick is your combat trick and finisher rolled into one, forcing opponents to block with their best blockers or take a pile of damage.

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