Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor

Gameplan

Lynde turns Auras that say 'enchant player' into engines: stack Curses onto your own face, then each upkeep redistribute one onto an opponent to draw two cards. You build a board of debilitating and damaging Curses, abusing the recursion clause to protect them and reuse enchant-self synergies, while grinding card advantage until the table collapses under accumulated punishment.

Key Cards

• Curse of Opulence — Cheap Curse that ramps you with Gold tokens and reattaches each turn via Lynde for value.
• Curse of the Restless Dead — Generates a Zombie every combat the cursed player attacks, building a token army from a single enchantment.
• Overwhelming Splendor — A backbreaking Curse that cripples an opponent's board and is protected by Lynde's recursion.
• Bitterheart Witch — Tutors any Curse from your library to the battlefield, fueling your engine consistently.
• Curse of Shallow Graves — Token generation Curse that snowballs board presence whenever the cursed player is attacked.
• Cruel Reality — Forces sacrifice of creatures or planeswalkers each upkeep, a devastating recurring Curse.
• Sun Titan — Recurs your cheap Curses and other permanents, doubling down on the recursion theme.

Upgrade Path

Lean into a tighter Curse package (Opulence, Restless Dead, Shallow Graves, Cruel Reality, Overwhelming Splendor) and add tutors like Bitterheart Witch, Demonic Tutor, and Heliod's Pilgrim equivalents to find them. Add fast mana (Sol Ring, Mana Crystal, signets) and protection for Lynde such as Lightning Greaves and Swiftfoot Boots so the engine isn't disrupted. Cap the deck with a decisive payoff like Torment of Hailfire or Approach-style inevitability so the grind actually closes games before opponents stabilize.