Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar

Gameplan

You cast Awaken the Blood Avatar early by sacrificing creatures (tokens are ideal) to get a hasty 3/6 that pings every opponent on attack, then flip back to Extus when he dies. Extus turns every instant/sorcery into card advantage by recurring nonlegendary creatures from your graveyard, fueling a value engine of cheap creatures, sacrifice fodder, and burn. You grind opponents down with Avatar swings, magecraft triggers, and recursive aristocrat loops.

Key Cards

• Underworld Breach — Lets you recast instants and sorceries from the graveyard, triggering Extus' magecraft repeatedly for explosive recursion.
• Young Pyromancer — Churns out cheap tokens both to fuel magecraft triggers and to sacrifice for Awaken the Blood Avatar.
• Dockside Extortionist — A cheap nonlegendary creature you can recur with Extus and resacrifice for ramp and fodder.
• Reanimate — A cheap spell that both triggers magecraft and cheats back big nonlegendary threats from the yard.
• Goblin Bombardment — Free sacrifice outlet that converts recurred creatures into reach damage and aristocrat value.
• Bonus Round — Doubles your instants and sorceries, multiplying magecraft triggers and burn output in a turn.

Upgrade Path

Tighten the mana base with fast mana (Mana Crypt, signets, fetch/dual lands) and add free or low-cost spells like Reanimate, Faithless Looting, and Dark Ritual to chain magecraft triggers. Build toward an Underworld Breach combo package with cheap sacrifice outlets and aristocrat payoffs (Blood Artist, Zulaport Cutthroat) for deterministic kills. Add graveyard protection and selective recursion engines to insulate the deck against hate while maximizing loop potential.