But these are wild animals, not under your control.

Learn how to play the Marvin, Murderous Mimic Commander Deck in Magic: The Gathering!

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Rendmaw, Creaking Nest’sblack/green color identitygives it access to all kinds of Golgari goodstuff.

Rendmaw along with several key cards.

It has reach and menace, so like any good Scarecrow it can block fliers.

Whenever you trigger Rendmaw’s last ability,each player creates a tapped 2/2 flying Birdcreature token.

The Birds are a big enough bonus to make up for summoning sickness on artifact mana dorks.

Marvin, Murderous Mimic shows off some of his favorite combo pieces.

Bird, by Josu Hernaiz

Adding +1/+1 or other counters will contribute to your Spider swarm later.

For four mana you get a 1/2 Kavu and draw a card for each black creature your opponents control.

This counts both the Bird tokens you’ve given them and all of their own black creatures!

A raven holding an eyeball.

Bird, by Josu Hernaiz

If you have Coat of Arms and each player only has one Bird, they each get +3/+3.

It will only take a few Rendmaw triggers to turn your small Birds into flying behemoths.

Remember to attack before wiping out your opponent’s Birds.

Image of Rendmaw, Creaking Nest card.

They should already be tapped, so you don’t need to worry about them as blockers.

Here, though, it becomes your sanctuary.

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A mage drains power from her surroundings.

Culling Ritual, by Lorenzo Mastroianni

The Twitching Doll card, from Duskmourn: House of Horror.

The Enduring Vitality card, from Duskmourn: House of Horror.

The Echoing Courage card, from Darksteel.

The Revenge of Ravens card, from Throne of Eldraine.

The Raking Canopy card, from Shadowmoor.

MTG Standard cards including Vaultborn Tyrant, Emberheart Champion, and Knight Errant of Eos.

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