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Volo, Guide to Monsters
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
Whenever you cast a creature spell that doesn't share a creature type with a creature you control or a creature card in your graveyard, copy that spell. (A copy of a creature spell becomes a token.)
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“Copy creatures by playing diverse types; build an army of free tokens.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage, Tokens swarm
Tokens, Creatures, Ramp, Landfall
Strategy
Volo turns your creature spells into double dips by copying creatures that introduce new types to your board. The key is building a creature-heavy deck with diverse creature types—think Eldrazi, Beasts, Merfolk, Elementals, and Humans all mixed together. Each new creature type you cast triggers Volo's copy ability, effectively doubling your creature deployment and filling the board quickly. You're not just ramping creatures; you're generating token copies that multiply your threat count and make blocking a nightmare.
The win condition is straightforward: combat damage from an army of creatures, many of which are free tokens from Volo's triggers. You'll want redundant creature types so that almost every creature spell creates a copy. Cards with enter-the-battlefield effects amplify this strategy since the tokens trigger them too. The deck plays like a blue-green midrange deck that accelerates into a creature swarm, with Volo functioning as a resource multiplication engine.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip expensive creatures like Fury and Subtlety; use budget alternatives like Mulldrifter, Murktide, and Solkaar to hit multiple types cheaply.
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