Glarb, Calamity's Augur

Gameplan

Glarb turns the top of your library into a second hand, letting you cast big-mana-value spells (4+) and play lands off the top while surveiling to set up exactly what you want. You build mana and card advantage, dig with surveil to bury answers in the graveyard and stack threats on top, then snowball into game-ending payoffs. Deathtouch keeps Glarb a relevant blocker while the engine grinds opponents out.

Key Cards

• Sensei's Divining Top — Lets you reorder the top of your library on demand to guarantee a castable spell every turn.
• Etali, Primal Conqueror — A huge top-deck cast that snowballs into more free spells and is exactly the MV Glarb wants to cheat.
• Mystic Confluence — Flexible MV5 instant you can cast straight off the top for card draw, bounce, or counters.
• Lurking Predators — Compounds Glarb by flipping creatures into play whenever opponents cast, while you control the top with surveil.
• Worldly Tutor — Stacks any big creature on top of your library for an immediate free cast next turn.

Upgrade Path

Add top-of-library manipulation (Sensei's Divining Top, Brainstorm, scry effects, Vampiric Tutor) so every Glarb activation finds gas, and lean on fast mana (Mana Crypt, Sol Ring, signets) to deploy multiple top-deck spells per turn. Tighten the curve toward high-impact MV4+ bombs and dual win lines (reanimation plus a compact combo) so a single Glarb removal doesn't stall you. Round out with strong interaction and graveyard recursion to protect the engine against the inevitable hate.