Auntie Blyte, Bad Influence

Gameplan

Hurt yourself on purpose: Auntie Blyte turns damage dealt to you by your own sources into +1/+1 counters, then converts those counters into repeatable, scalable burn to face or board. Build up counters with painlands, fetch-style burn, and life-loss engines, then tap to snipe creatures, planeswalkers, or finish opponents.

Key Cards

• Spiteful Sliver — Redirects damage your creatures take back to you, loading Auntie with counters every combat.
• Stuffy Doll — Lets you deal damage to yourself on demand, feeding counters whenever you want.
• Sulfuric Vortex — Reliable repeatable self-damage each upkeep that converts straight into counters.
• Repercussion — Damage to your creatures hits you too, ballooning Auntie's counter count fast.
• Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar — As a partner-style payoff, extra damage triggers help; more importantly red ping effects feed the loop.
• Thornbite Staff — Untaps Auntie whenever a creature dies, enabling multiple burn activations per turn.
• Furnace of Rath — Doubles the damage your sources deal to you, doubling counter generation.

Upgrade Path

Add untap enablers (Thornbite Staff, Umbral Mantle, Magewright's Stone) so you can dump counters as multiple burn spells in one turn, and lean on damage-doublers (Furnace of Rath, Dictate of the Twins-style effects) to accelerate counters. Round out with mono-red ramp (Jeska's Will, Dockside Extortionist, treasure makers) and protection (Lightning Greaves, Heroic Intervention via... no—use red's blink/fight resilience like Soul-Scar Mage synergy) to keep the engine online; prioritize fast mana to deploy and protect her early.