Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink

Gameplan

Orthion turns a single value creature into an army for a turn. Use his cheap ability to copy a creature with a strong ETB or attack trigger, and ramp toward the 9-mana mode to make five copies at once for a explosive, game-ending burst. The haste tokens swing or trigger, then sacrifice—so you want bodies whose value comes from entering play, leaving combat, or attacking.

Key Cards

• Combat Celebrant — Copying it grants extra combat steps—five copies means a one-turn-kill engine.
• Port Razer — Each copy that connects grants another combat, snowballing into lethal with Orthion's tokens.
• Terror of the Peaks — Each copy's ETB and the others entering deal stacking damage that can wipe a table.
• Magmatic Force — A copy-friendly bomb, but the real all-stars are damage-on-ETB and combat creatures.
• Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker — Redundant copy effects let you double down on your best creature without Orthion.
• Jeska's Will — Burst mana to reach the five-copy mode ahead of schedule.
• Thousand-Year Elixir — Untaps Orthion and removes summoning sickness so he activates the turn he lands.
• Dockside Extortionist — Copying it floods you with Treasures to immediately fuel the big activation.

Upgrade Path

Add fast mana and rituals (Mana Geyser, Jeska's Will, Dockside) so you reach the five-copy mode early, and include redundancy like Kiki-Jiki and Twinflame to protect against Orthion removal. Lean into one or two true combo finishers (Combat Celebrant for the kill, Terror of the Peaks as backup) and add haste/untap enablers like Lightning Greaves and Thousand-Year Elixir. Round out with mono-red card advantage (Wheel of Misfortune, Outpost Siege) to keep the gas flowing.