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Legendary Creature — Bird Spirit
Flash Flying, vigilance When Wan Shi Tong enters, put X +1/+1 counters on him. Then draw half X cards, rounded down. Whenever an opponent searches their library, put a +1/+1 counter on Wan Shi Tong and draw a card.
“Flash flyer that grows and draws whenever opponents search—punish tutors.”
Wan Shi Tong is a flash flyer that grows bigger and draws cards whenever your opponents search their library. Your main gameplan is to punish your opponents' tutoring and deck-searching while building an evasive threat. Every time someone fetches a land, cracks a tutoring artifact, or searches for anything, Wan Shi Tong gets a counter and you draw a card—essentially turning their efficiency into your advantage.
You'll want to lean into blue's control shell to protect your Librarian while waiting for opponents to generate triggers. Include cards that force library searches (like Spreading Seas or other effects) to generate extra value if the table isn't tutoring much on their own. The flash keyword lets you flash him in at end-of-turn as a surprise blocker or combat trick, making him surprisingly evasive for dealing commander damage.
Wins come through commander damage or combat as Wan Shi Tong steadily scales, backed up by card advantage from the draw engine. This is a tempo-control deck that punishes greedy strategies and rewards patience.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Skip pricey blue fetches like Scalding Tarn; lean on basics and Evolving Wilds. Replace expensive card-draw like Mystic Reflection with humble Divination and Peer into the Abyss.
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