Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis runs a group-hug-flavored "aikido" control deck: the commander and cards like Heartwood Storyteller and Loran of the Third Path hand opponents extra cards and lands, while a punisher suite (Faerie Mastermind, Mangara, The Council of Four, Smothering Tithe, Gleaming Splendor, Esper Sentinel) turns every extra draw or spell into cards, Treasure and tokens for the deck itself. Meanwhile it walls itself off with pillowfort and fog-style tricks and redirects the table's aggression: goading, stealing or bouncing attackers back into extra combats, and reflecting damage, so opponents spend their resources hitting each other. How it wins: Opponents are bled out by their own creatures turned on each other through goad and extra combats, then finished with land-count burn like Treacherous Terrain and Acidic Soil and reflected or doubled damage, while Gisela, Blade of Goldnight or copied spells push the last points through. Key roles: - Gifts that pay back: Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis, ramp handed to opponents, and symmetrical draw feed the table, and second-card-drawn and second-spell triggers convert that generosity into cards, Treasure and bodies for this deck. (Faerie Mastermind, The Council of Four, Smothering Tithe) - Aikido combat redirection: Goad effects and instant-speed combat tricks force attackers to untap, swing again and hit someone else, or switch sides for a turn, so opposing armies fight each other. (Take the Bait, Illusionist's Gambit, Life of the Party) - Damage reflection and amplification: Damage aimed at this deck or its creatures gets bounced back at its source, and a doubler multiplies every point that lands on opponents. (Brash Taunter, Deflecting Palm, Gisela, Blade of Goldnight) - Land-count burn finishers: Because the commander and removal like Path to Exile and Settle the Wreckage pad opponents' land counts, burn that scales with lands becomes a lethal closer. (Treacherous Terrain, Acidic Soil, Olórin's Searing Light) - Pillowfort and fogs: Attack taxes, attacker-neutering lands, and phase-out or prevention effects keep the deck alive while the table is goaded into each other. (Collective Restraint, Maze of Ith, Teferi's Protection) - Spell copying and trigger multiplication: Copy effects reuse the instant suite, and a trigger doubler makes the small-power hug and punisher creatures fire twice. (Dualcaster Mage, Narset's Reversal, Delney, Streetwise Lookout)

Lovers Quarrel decklist

• Boros Charm
• Homunculus Horde
• Illusionist's Gambit
• Bloom Tender
• Settle the Wreckage
• Heartwood Storyteller
• Arcane Signet
• Jetmir's Garden
• Olórin's Searing Light
• Trouble in Pairs
• Beast Within
• 2× Plains
• Return the Favor
• Brash Taunter
• Alchemist's Refuge
• Scalding Tarn
• Narset's Reversal
• Winds of Abandon
• Life of the Party
• Hallowed Fountain
• Eternal Witness
• City of Brass
• Mystic Snake
• Displacer Kitten
• Reap
• Faerie Mastermind
• Tower Winder
• Esper Sentinel
• Duelist's Heritage
• Delney, Streetwise Lookout
• Mountain
• Oversimplify
• Legion Leadership // Legion Stronghold
• Stomping Ground
• 3× Forest
• Flooded Strand
• Thraben Charm
• Skyserpent Seeker
• Arid Mesa
• 2× Island
• Three Visits
• Loran of the Third Path
• Breeding Pool
• Wilderness Reclamation
• Swan Song
• Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
• Mangara, the Diplomat
• Steam Vents
• Taunt from the Rampart
• Field of the Dead
• Acidic Soil
• Wooded Foothills
• Windswept Heath
• Path to Exile
• Sacred Foundry
• Misty Rainforest
• Prismatic Vista
• Spara's Headquarters
• Boros Garrison
• Nature's Lore
• Reins of Power
• Raugrin Triome
• Deflecting Palm
• Reliquary Tower
• Smothering Tithe
• Sol Ring
• Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
• Tempt with Discovery
• Kessig Wolf Run
• Galadriel's Dismissal
• Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
• Teferi's Protection
• Mystic Remora
• Treacherous Terrain
• Birds of Paradise
• Take the Bait
• Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
• Flare of Fortitude
• Command Tower
• Collective Restraint
• Dualcaster Mage
• Simic Growth Chamber
• Firestorm
• Xyris, the Writhing Storm
• Selfless Squire
• Temple Garden
• Imperial Recruiter
• Generous Gift
• Swords to Plowshares
• Naya Charm
• Maze of Ith
• Sword of Hearth and Home
• The Council of Four
• Mirrorform
• Gleaming Splendor