Imperial Oath

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Character Background

Imperial Oath is a six‑mana payoff that best supports a value-oriented go‑wide or midrange plan: it simultaneously refills board presence with three 2/2 vigilance Samurai and sculpts your next draws with Scry 3, letting you recover from sweepers or press a tempo advantage. The vigilance matters—those tokens attack without surrendering defense—so the card shines when you intend to grind through incremental advantages rather than race aggressively turn one. Build around token synergies: Anointed Procession doubles the output, anthem effects like Glorious Anthem or Cathars’ Crusade turn those threes into real threats, and sacrifice/heroic outlets (or protection like Heroic Intervention if you can splash green) give the tokens added utility. Deckbuilding tips: treat this as a midgame finisher—run enough lands and light ramp or acceleration to hit six reliably, and include ways to capitalize on many creatures (mass pumps, card draw from token triggers) so the Oath converts raw bodies into actual game wins.

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