Kotis is a Voltron commander. The deck pumps Kotis, uses its indestructibility, and pushes it through for combat damage. Every point of damage exiles a card from the defending player's library, and any exiled spell with mana value at or below the damage dealt can be cast for free, so each big hit turns the opponent's deck against them. Equipment, +1/+1 counters (doubled by Growth Curve and Innkeeper's Talent), Mutagen tokens, trample and unblockability make the hits land, while counterspells, hexproof tricks and removal keep the path clear. How it wins: Kotis, made huge and evasive, deals heavy commander damage each turn, backed by free spells stolen from opponents' libraries and extra value from other creatures that pilfer opposing decks. Key roles: - Growing Kotis: Equipment, auras, pump spells and +1/+1 counters, including landfall and doubling effects, raise Kotis's power so it deals more damage and exiles more cards, with a higher mana value cap on free casts (Growth Curve, Innkeeper's Talent, Will of the Sultai). - Mutagen counter package: Mutagen tokens add flexible sorcery-speed counters, The Ooze replaces counters lost when a creature leaves, and Ray Fillet turns spare counters into cards (The Ooze, Mutagen Man, Living Ooze, Ray Fillet, Man Ray). - Connecting through blockers: Trample, deathtouch, unblockable effects and tapping or bouncing blockers ensure Kotis's damage reaches a player and triggers the exile (Manifold Key, Jill, Shiva's Dominant, Hunter's Axe). - Shielding the threat: Kotis's indestructibility pairs with hexproof tricks, untap effects and a dense counterspell suite that stops exile, bounce and board wipes aimed at the plan (Counterspell, Saved by the Shell, Octopus Form). - Stealing from opponents: Beyond Kotis, several creatures exile or reveal opponents' cards and cast or keep them for free, and casting spells from exile triggers The Thirteenth Doctor's Paradox counters and untaps (Krang & Shredder, Jhoira, Weatherlight Corsair, The Thirteenth Doctor). - Ramp into early pressure: Mana rocks, dorks and land search let Kotis come down early and still have mana for equip costs and protection, while lands entering feed Beorn's Hospitality (Ilysian Caryatid, Cultivate, Beorn's Hospitality).

Korochimaru in the alley made of scraps decklist

• Sol Ring
• Arcane Signet
• Dimir Signet
• Talisman of Dominance
• Fellwar Stone
• Wayfarer's Bauble
• Rampant Growth
• Cultivate
• Sakura-Tribe Elder
• Ilysian Caryatid
• Three Tree Rootweaver
• Frog Butler
• Springbloom Druid
• Prishe's Wanderings
• Farseek
• Hunter's Axe
• Novel Nunchaku
• Skateboard
• Crude Bent Blade
• Innkeeper's Talent
• Beorn's Hospitality
• Growth Curve
• Unnatural Predation
• Blitzball Shot
• Saved by the Shell
• Giant Growth
• Elvenking's Harper
• Super Strength
• Reaper's Talisman
• Virulent Swipe
• Will of the Sultai
• Manifold Key
• Mutagen Man, Living Ooze
• Warg Tactics
• Counterspell
• Ooze Spill
• Negate
• Essence Scatter
• Syncopate
• Quandrix Charm
• Magic Damper
• Go for the Throat
• Bitter Triumph
• Feed the Swarm
• Casualties of War
• Stuck in Summoner's Sanctum
• Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft
• Jill, Shiva's Dominant // Shiva, Warden of Ice
• Fight for the Throne
• Rocky Rebuke
• Unsummon
• Octopus Form
• Fblthp, Impossibly Lost
• The Thirteenth Doctor
• Harmonize
• Shigeki, Jukai Visionary
• The Ooze
• Ray Fillet, Man Ray
• Krang & Shredder
• Jhoira, Weatherlight Corsair
• Elrond, Moon-Reader
• Qarsi Revenant
• Command Tower
• Exotic Orchard
• Opulent Palace
• Deathcap Glade
• Woodland Cemetery
• Llanowar Wastes
• Dreamroot Cascade
• Hinterland Harbor
• Underground River
• Drowned Catacomb
• Sunken Hollow
• Fetid Pools
• Haunted Mire
• Temple of Malady
• Temple of Deceit
• Golgari Rot Farm
• Darkwater Catacombs
• Room of Refuge
• Myriad Landscape
• Escape Tunnel
• 7× Forest
• 5× Swamp
• 5× Island