Mono-blue Geralf deck that plays high-toughness walls and turtles, then sacrifices them to Geralf to turn their toughness into huge flying Zombie tokens. Toughness pumps like Captain America's Shield and Slagwurm Armor inflate the creature before it is sacrificed. Theft effects steal opponents' creatures to feed Geralf, and untap effects let Geralf stitch more than once a turn. How it wins: It attacks with giant evasive Zombie tokens, which Geralf grants flying, while token and Zombie combat-damage triggers refill the hand to keep the stitching going. Key roles: - Stitching fodder: Defenders and turtles with toughness of 5 to 8 or more, which hold the ground early and then become massive Zombies when sacrificed to Geralf, Visionary Stitcher (Charix, the Raging Isle, Caelorna, Coral Tyrant, Wall of Frost) - Toughness inflation: Equipment and instants that add large chunks of toughness or reset base stats right before a sacrifice, turning modest bodies into enormous tokens; several of these also protect Geralf with hexproof (Captain America's Shield, Slagwurm Armor, Shell Shield) - Steal and sacrifice: Control-changing spells, including temporary ones, take opposing creatures that can be stitched away before they return, removing a threat and making a token at once (Ray of Command, Blue Sun's Twilight, Kitnap) - Untap engine: Effects that untap Geralf or other permanents allow repeated stitch activations in a single turn and extra mana with Islands (Vizier of Tumbling Sands, Corridor Monitor, Octopus Form) - Sacrifice value and card flow: Creatures that reward dying or sacrifice, and payoffs for Zombie or token combat damage, keep cards coming as the sacrifice engine runs (Biolume Egg, Murder of Crows, Curiosity Crafter) - Tempo and interaction: Bounce, counters and lockdown auras keep opposing threats off the table while the flying Zombies close the game (Profaner of the Dead, Long River's Pull, Bitter Chill)

Geralf, Visionary Stitcher decklist

• Aegis Turtle
• Amphibian Downpour
• Biolume Egg
• Bitter Chill
• Blue Sun's Twilight
• Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
• Callous Oppressor
• Captain America's Shield
• Captivating Glance
• Charix, the Raging Isle
• Chase Inspiration
• Corridor Monitor
• Curiosity
• Curiosity Crafter
• Disdainful Stroke
• Dragon's Eye Savants
• Dreamtide Whale
• Foreboding Statue
• Frantic Search
• Geist of Saint Thalia
• Gleaming Barrier
• High Tide
• Honest Work
• Hordewing Skaab
• Hover Barrier
• Into the Flood Maw
• 38× Island
• Keep Watch
• Kitesail Larcenist
• Kitnap
• Long River's Pull
• Murder of Crows
• Octopus Form
• Old Fat Spider Can't See Me
• Orysa, Tide Choreographer
• Overtaker
• Perfected Theory
• Preordain
• Profaner of the Dead
• PuPu UFO
• Quicksilver Wall
• Rangers of Ithilien
• Ray of Command
• Riptide Turtle
• Rune-Sealed Wall
• Sapphire Medallion
• Shell Shield
• Slagwurm Armor
• Sol Ring
• Spellgyre
• Sting, the Glinting Dagger
• Stolen Uniform
• Super Suit
• Switcheroo
• Tempted by the Oriq
• The Reality Chip
• Thing in the Ice
• Vizier of Tumbling Sands
• Wall of Frost
• Wall of Junk
• Wall of Mist
• We Say Thee Nay!