Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia 
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard · Secrets of Strixhaven Commander
At the beginning of your end step, if you control no creatures with decayed, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token with decayed. (It can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.)
Plays well with: Tokens, Combat
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📖 How to build Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia is a cheap engine that fills your board over time. At the beginning of your end step, if you control no creatures with decayed, it creates a 2/2 black Zombie with decayed. Each token can attack once, then is sacrificed at end of combat, so you keep rebuilding a steady stream of attackers.
Build around sacrifice and recursion. Blood Artist rewards creatures dying, and Feed the Swarm or Victimize can turn expendable tokens into value. Reanimate and Demonic Tutor help you find or return Jadar if it is lost. Dark Ritual provides fast mana to deploy it early, and Phyrexian Arena adds card advantage to fuel the plan.
Watch the weaknesses. Decayed tokens can't block, so you have little defense and must race or rely on removal. Jadar is only a 2/2, and the engine stops if it leaves the battlefield. Toxic Deluge also hits your own creatures, so use it carefully alongside your tokens.
Deck guide written with AI assistance based on the card's rules text.
🔗 Tokens synergy
$38.75
$12.92
$0.33
$3.25
$3.60
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$0.33🔗 Combat synergy
$41.29
$10.18
$41.41
$12.27
$18.48
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$5.93
$0.23🧩 Top staples for this deck
✔️ Auto-includes (you probably already run these): Sol Ring, Command Tower, Arcane Signet, Exotic Orchard, Reliquary Tower, Swiftfoot Boots, Lightning Greaves, Path of Ancestry.
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