Wylie Duke, Atiin Hero

Gameplan

Wylie Duke turns every tap into a card and a life, so you build an engine of tap-and-untap effects to draw your whole deck while flooding the board with creatures. Early turns play mana dorks and cheap value creatures, then deploy ways to repeatedly tap Wylie (convoke, crewing vehicles, tap-for-mana abilities) alongside untappers to chain triggers. You snowball card advantage into a wide go-wide GW board or a tap-loop combo finish.

Key Cards

• Intruder Alarm — Untaps Wylie every time a creature enters, enabling explosive draw loops with token makers.
• Sword of the Paruns — Untaps Wylie at will so you can tap-and-untap him each turn for repeated cards and life.
• Seeker of Skybreak — A repeatable untap effect that resets Wylie for an extra trigger every turn.
• Thousand-Year Elixir — Gives haste and a built-in untap, letting you tap Wylie an extra time the turn he lands.
• Citanul Hierophants — Lets you tap creatures (including Wylie) for mana, converting taps directly into cards.
• Smothering Tithe — Pairs with your massive draw engine to generate explosive Treasure-fueled mana.
• Esper Sentinel — Stacks additional card advantage on a deck that already wants to keep drawing.
• Heroic Intervention — Protects your fragile commander-engine from board wipes and targeted removal.

Upgrade Path

Add dedicated untappers (Sword of the Paruns, Seeker of Skybreak, Kenrith's Transformation targets) and an Intruder Alarm token engine to turn draw into a true combo, then include a draw-payoff like Aetherflux Reservoir or Walking Ballista so looping actually wins. Tighten the mana with fast rocks and dorks (Birds of Paradise, Sol Ring) and add protection like Heroic Intervention and Swiftfoot Boots to keep the engine online. Finally, trim do-nothing value pieces for tutors (Eladamri's Call, Enlightened Tutor) to assemble your combo more consistently.