Gonti, Canny Acquisitor rewards connecting in combat. Whenever one or more creatures deal combat damage to a player, it exiles the top card of that player's library face down, and that card can be played with mana of any type. The plan is to attack with many evasive or hard-to-block creatures across several opponents each turn to keep stealing their cards, while Gonti's cost reduction makes spells cast but not owned cost one less. This turns opponents' decks into a growing stream of extra card advantage and threats. How it wins: It wins through repeated combat damage from evasive creatures, adding stolen threats and spells to its board until opponents' life totals and resources collapse. Key roles: - Evasive attackers: Cheap flying, unblockable or otherwise hard-to-block creatures that reliably connect with players. They trigger Gonti every combat, ideally hitting different opponents to spread the theft. (Gonti, Canny Acquisitor) - Theft and copying of opponents' cards: Effects that cast, exile-and-play or gain control of cards owned by opponents. Gonti makes these spells cost one less, and its any-type mana clause makes off-color cards castable. (Gonti, Canny Acquisitor) - Steal triggers on damage: Other creatures and effects that also take or exile cards when they deal combat damage. They stack with Gonti's trigger so each attack yields several stolen resources. - Ramp and mana fixing: Extra mana lets the deck cast its own threats and the stolen cards in the same turn instead of letting the exiled pile go unused. - Combat enablers and protection: Effects that clear blockers, grant evasion or keep key attackers alive, so damage keeps connecting and the theft engine never stalls.