Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel

Gameplan

Get Malcolm connecting early with flying and evasion, looting each combat to dig and fuel your graveyard. Once he reaches four chorus counters you start free-casting your discards — ideally fatties, big spells, or game-ending bombs — while a tempo-control shell protects him and clears blockers.

Key Cards

• Aqueous Form — Grants unblockable so Malcolm reliably connects and stacks chorus counters every turn.
• Rogue's Passage — Makes Malcolm unblockable to guarantee combat damage and keep the loot/free-cast engine running.
• Thassa, God of the Sea — Repeatedly makes Malcolm unblockable and scries to set up the loot trigger each combat.
• Brainstorm — Pairs with the loot to bury bad cards and ensures you discard exactly what you want to free-cast.
• Cyclonic Rift — A perfect free-cast target and a blowout finisher when you discard it at four counters.
• Sakashima of a Thousand Faces — Copies Malcolm for double the counters and a second card-advantage engine.

Upgrade Path

Add more unblockable enablers (Tetsuko Umezawa, Trailblazer's Boots, Spectral Flight) and counter-doublers like Sakashima to hit four chorus counters faster. Lean into high-impact free-cast targets — extra-turn spells, big X-spells, or game-warping sorceries — and pack cheap protection like Swan Song, Mother of Runes-style effects, and Heroic Intervention analogs. Tighten the mana with fast rocks (Sol Ring, Arcane Signet) and clean curve so you can recast Malcolm cheaply after removal.