Splinter, Aging Champion

Gameplan

Splinter is a mono-white blink/recursion engine: every time it enters, it kills a tapped creature, and every time it leaves, you draw a card. The deck loops Splinter with flicker effects and sacrifice outlets to grind out removal and card advantage, while building a wide or tall board to close the game. You want enablers to tap down enemy creatures so the ETB always has a target.

Key Cards

• Conjurer's Closet — End-step blink reliably re-triggers Splinter's destroy and draw every turn.
• Restoration Angel — Instant-speed flicker rescues Splinter and resets its removal at a moment's notice.
• Brave the Sands — Vigilance-style and tap effects help ensure enemy blockers stay tapped for Splinter's ETB.
• Skullclamp — Turns blink fodder and tokens into a relentless card-draw engine to support white's weak draw.
• Faith's Reward — Recurs your board after a wrath, letting Splinter and friends re-enter for value.
• Thousand-Year Elixir — Pseudo-haste and an untap effect let you reuse tapping outlets and protect tempo.

Upgrade Path

Lean into cheap reusable blink (Conjurer's Closet, Soulherder, Restoration Angel) and sac outlets (Viscera Seer, Ashnod's Altar) to maximize trigger volume, and add mass tappers or pacifism effects to guarantee Splinter always has a kill target. Shore up mono-white's weaknesses with strong rocks (Sol Ring, mana-positive rituals) and white's best card draw (Welcoming Vampire, Mentor of the Meek, Bygone Bishop). For a real ceiling, build toward a token/aristocrats payoff like Reveillark or a Karmic Guide loop to convert all that incremental value into a closing engine.