Zareth San, the Trickster

Zareth San is a sneaky tempo creature that rewards you for dealing combat damage and punishing opponents' graveyard interactions. The core gameplan revolves around evasion: you're attacking with Rogues (especially Zareth itself thanks to flash), dealing damage to slip through blockers, then stealing the best permanent from your opponent's graveyard. This creates a two-for-one value engine where you're filling their graveyard naturally through mill and removal, then harvesting the best pieces for yourself.

The deck thrives on a mix of evasive Rogues, blue and black removal, and light mill effects to stock graveyards. You'll want cheap creatures with unblockable mechanics (shadow, flying, menace), combat tricks to slip damage through, and effects that mill opponents or fill their yards. Zareth's flash ability lets you bounce a Rogue mid-combat to reset it, dodge removal, and replay it alongside another Rogue for a tempo advantage. You win through combat damage while simultaneously stealing their best permanents—creatures, enchantments, planeswalkers—turning their own best spells against them.

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