Zhuge Jin, Wu Strategist

Gameplan

Zhuge Jin is a mono-blue evasion engine: each turn tap him to make one creature unblockable, then ride that creature's combat damage or attack triggers to victory. Build around a single threat you protect and pump, while using blue's card draw and counterspells to grind out the table.

Key Cards

• Thassa's Oracle — Not relevant—ignore; instead pair Zhuge with combat payloads, but a true MVP is below.
• Bident of Thassa — Turns your guaranteed unblockable hits into a card-draw engine every combat.
• Coastal Piracy — Rewards connecting with the unblockable creature by drawing cards on damage.
• Sword of Feast and Famine — Equipment payloads thrive when you can force damage through every turn, untapping your lands.
• Bruvac the Grandiloquent — If you go the mill route, an unblockable miller plus Bruvac doubles damage into lethal mill.
• Whispersilk Cloak — Backup evasion and shroud protection for your main threat so you aren't reliant solely on Zhuge.

Upgrade Path

Lean into one payload axis—pick voltron equipment (Swords, Batterskull), infect, or mill—so every unblockable hit threatens to end someone. Add protection like Lightning Greaves, Whispersilk Cloak, and counterspells to keep your single threat alive, and round out with strong mono-blue card advantage (Rhystic Study, Mystic Remora) plus fast mana (Sol Ring, Mana Vault) to deploy and equip ahead of the table.