Tifa wants to connect with a creature of power 7 or greater. When that happens in the first combat, all her creatures untap and an extra combat follows, so the deck works to get its attackers to that threshold quickly. Equipment, pump effects, power-doubling enchantments and a pair of cost-reduced Elder Dinosaurs that arrive already far past 7 power do that job, with melee scaling Tifa herself. Other extra-combat sources, double strike, damage doublers and trigger-copying effects then turn each additional combat into lethal damage across the table. How it wins: It strings together multiple combat phases with oversized, trampling, often double-striking attackers, and wins through combat damage before opponents can respond. Key roles: - Reaching power 7: These set base power to 7, double or triple power, or stack large static bonuses, so Tifa or another attacker meets the untap-and-extra-combat condition on the first hit. (Wrecking Ball Arm, Unnatural Growth, Sephiroth, Fallen Hero) - Dinosaur top end: Two huge Elder Dinosaurs get cheaper as the board's power grows, so they land early and with haste support. Each is a ready-made 7-plus-power trampler that turns on Tifa's trigger, and one gives the whole team trample. Big-creature cost reduction helps cast them. (Ghalta the Unstoppable, Ghalta, Primal Hunger, Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma) - Additional combat engines: These are independent untap-and-extra-combat effects that layer on top of Tifa, so the deck still gets more combats if she is removed or doesn't connect. (Aurelia, the Warleader, Moraug, Fury of Akoum, Anzrag, the Quake-Mole) - Trigger doubling: These copy attack triggers and legendary-creature triggers. That doubles Tifa's melee, beginning-of-combat counters and pumps, and attack-triggered land drops that feed landfall extra combats, and can even double Tifa's combat-damage trigger. (Wulfgar of Icewind Dale, Annie Joins Up, Windcrag Siege) - Damage multiplication and evasion: These give double strike, double incoming damage, add trample and unblockability, and spread a big attacker's damage to every opponent, so each repeated combat lands for maximum damage. (Raphael, the Nightwatcher, Lightning, Army of One, Yuriko, Blade of the Mighty) - Equipment and legendary support: A dense equipment suite and cost reducers for legends grow and protect the attackers, while big-creature card draw keeps the threats flowing. (Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER, Serah Farron, Garruk's Uprising) - Combat lockout and protection: These stop opponents from casting spells on the deck's turn or during combat, and grant indestructibility or hexproof, so the extra-combat turn resolves undisturbed. (Conqueror's Flail, Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar, Bastion Protector)

Tifa, Martial Artist decklist

• Arcane Signet
• Behemoth Sledge
• Champion's Helm
• Conqueror's Flail
• Hero's Blade
• Lightning Greaves
• Sol Ring
• Swiftfoot Boots
• Sword of the Animist
• Trailblazer's Boots
• Wrecking Ball Arm
• Battlefield Forge
• Brushland
• Canopy Vista
• Cinder Glade
• Clifftop Retreat
• Command Tower
• Evolving Wilds
• Exotic Orchard
• Fire-Lit Thicket
• 6× Forest
• Fortified Village
• Furycalm Snarl
• Game Trail
• Jungle Shrine
• Kessig Wolf Run
• Mossfire Valley
• 4× Mountain
• Path of Ancestry
• 4× Plains
• Rootbound Crag
• Rugged Prairie
• Slayers' Stronghold
• Sungrass Prairie
• Sunpetal Grove
• Sunscorched Divide
• Adriana, Captain of the Guard
• Anzrag, the Quake-Mole
• Aurelia, the Warleader
• Bastion Protector
• Bugenhagen, Wise Elder
• Cactusfolk Sureshot
• Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER
• Enduring Courage
• Ghalta the Unstoppable
• Ghalta, Primal Hunger
• Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
• Halana and Alena, Partners
• Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
• Lightning, Army of One
• Llanowar Elves
• Moraug, Fury of Akoum
• Professional Face-Breaker
• Raphael, the Nightwatcher
• Red XIII, Proud Warrior
• Ruby, Daring Tracker
• Sephiroth, Fallen Hero
• Serah Farron // Crystallized Serah
• Skyhunter Strike Force
• Thunderfoot Baloth
• Vincent, Vengeful Atoner
• Wulfgar of Icewind Dale
• Xenagos, God of Revels
• Yuriko, Blade of the Mighty
• Zack Fair
• Annie Joins Up
• Elemental Bond
• Garruk's Uprising
• Rhythm of the Wild
• Rising of the Day
• Unnatural Growth
• Windcrag Siege
• Boros Charm
• Chaos Warp
• Clever Concealment
• Lifestream's Blessing
• Swords to Plowshares
• Tifa's Limit Break
• Ultimate Magic: Holy
• Austere Command
• Blasphemous Act
• Cultivate
• Decimate
• Farseek
• Harmonize
• Nature's Lore
• Rampant Growth
• Forest