Partner with Pippin, Warden of Isengard (When this creature enters, target player may put Pippin into their hand from their library, then shuffle.)
Whenever one or more artifacts you control enter, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token with lifelink. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Merry turns your artifact deployment into a steady stream of lifelinking Soldier tokens, building a wide board that you buff and crash in for the win. You ramp out artifacts early, flood the board, then go tall with anthems and overrun effects. Because the token trigger fires once per turn, you prioritize playing many artifacts across turns rather than dumping them all at once.
Resilient go-wide engine that keeps producing bodies as long as you play artifacts
Built-in lifegain from lifelink tokens keeps you out of aggro and combat range
Easy to assemble in GW with cheap mana rocks, Treasure makers, and artifact synergies
Partner with Pippin lets you split commander tax and double up on token/artifact value
Token trigger is capped at one per turn, limiting explosive single-turn payoffs
Vulnerable to board wipes since the strategy is creature-heavy
GW lacks strong interaction, card draw, and removal compared to other color pairs
Relatively low-impact if you can't reliably stick artifacts each turn
Legendary Creature — Halfling Advisor
