Single Combat

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Character Background

Single Combat is a brutal, elegant white spell that forces each player to compress their board into a single champion, thematically a duel where everyone else must bow out; it best supports control and attrition/tempo plans that want to convert a wide board or messy midgame into a one-on-one race you can win with targeted answers. Practically, it shines in voltron decks and builds centered on one resilient threat: include an equipment package (Swiftfoot Boots, large sword-style finishers), auras or anthem effects to make your surviving creature disproportionately dangerous, and a few tutors or recursion tools to reliably find or return that finisher. Because it prevents creature or planeswalker casting until the end of your next turn, follow up with noncreature answers (removal, enchantments, planeswalker ultimates you already have) and protective instants to hold your single asset. In short, Single Combat turns board parity into a binary decision—build to be the survivor.

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