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Valduk, Keeper of the Flame

Legendary Creature — Human Shaman2 generic manaRed mana

The Voltron payoff that pays in tokens instead of damage. Most equipment-matters commanders ask you to stack buffs on one body and swing for lethal; the danger is a single removal spell undoing a whole turn of investment. This design routes around that fragility by spending the attachments as a counter, not a state: every Aura and Equipment riding the body spits out a 3/1 with trample and haste at the start of combat, so the swords and helms do double duty as anthem fuel for the 3/2 and as a token multiplier. The Elementals are leased, not owned (they vanish at the next end step), which keeps the engine from building a board you have to protect and pushes the deck toward go-wide aggression instead. That lease also feeds an aristocrat plan cleanly, since a token slated for exile at end of turn is free value the moment you sacrifice it in the second main phase before the exile trigger resolves. Geared up properly the math snowballs fast: four attachments make four hasty 3/1 tramplers every combat, on top of whatever the equipment has done to grow the body itself. On its own the 3/2 is a forgettable beater; the moment the suit goes on it becomes a token factory, which is exactly the contract a Voltron commander signs.

Valduk, Keeper of the Flame (mul)
MUL · #154uncommon
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Oracle Text

Rules text

At the beginning of combat on your turn, for each Aura and Equipment attached to Valduk, create a 3/1 red Elemental creature token with trample and haste. Exile those tokens at the beginning of the next end step.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
Legal
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