Zethi, Arcane Blademaster

Zethi is a tempo-focused commander that turns your instant graveyard into a repeatable spell engine. Every time you cast it with kicker mana, you're loading up exiled instants that get copied whenever it attacks. The core gameplan is to fill your graveyard with cheap, efficient instants—counterspells, removal, card draw—then ramp up Zethi's kicks to exile multiple spells at once. Once you're attacking, you're essentially doubling or tripling your spell output, which generates massive tempo swings and card advantage.

The deck wants to be aggressive but controlling. You're running low-to-the-ground instants that protect Zethi, answer threats, and generate value. Haste enablers let you attack immediately and start copying spells the same turn. Flicker effects and reanimation synergize beautifully since every time Zethi re-enters, you can reload exiled instants and build a new spell engine. By mid-game, you're untouchable: your commander is a threat that also blanks removal and generates card advantage every combat step.

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