Hylda of the Icy Crown

Gameplan

Hylda rewards you for tapping down your opponents' creatures: every untapped creature you tap triggers her, and for you snowball into 4/4 Elementals, anthem counters, or card draw. You stall the board with mass-tappers and ramp into repeatable tap effects, then convert those triggers into an overwhelming army or a wide counter-pumped board that closes the game.

Key Cards

• Kheru Spellsnatcher — Placeholder—prioritize repeatable mass-tappers; pair Hylda with effects that tap many creatures at once.
• Sleep — Taps down a whole opponent's board, firing Hylda once per creature for a massive value turn.
• Dragonlord Ojutai — Not core—focus instead on cards like Icy Manipulator for repeatable single-target taps each turn.
• Convergence of Minds — Skip; the real engines are cheap untappers and tappers you reuse every turn.
• Intruder Alarm — While risky, untap-on-cast loops can chain Hylda triggers, but mind the symmetry.

Upgrade Path

Add repeatable tappers like Icy Manipulator, Sword of the Meek/Thousand-Year Elixir style untappers, and mass-tap spells (Sleep, Cryptic Command, Dazzling Reflection-style) to maximize triggers per turn. Improve ramp with mana rocks (Arcane Signet, Talisman of Progress) so you can pay repeatedly, and protect Hylda with Swiftfoot Boots and Heroic Intervention. Finish faster by leaning on anthem doublers like Doubling Season for the counter and token modes, plus an overrun effect like Craterhoof or Finale of Glory equivalents.