The Lady of Otaria

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The Lady of Otaria - Intelligence

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The Lady asks two deckbuilding questions at once: can you keep three Dwarves available to cast her, and can you put your own lands into the graveyard often enough to draw Dwarves at end steps?

The Lady rule 1

The Lady of Otaria is a Gruul legendary Avatar from Dominaria United Commander with mana cost {3}{R}{G}, power 5, toughness 5, and Commander legality.

The Lady rule 2

Tapping three untapped Dwarves is an alternative cost, not a cost reduction. Commander tax and other additional costs still have to be paid.

The Lady rule 3

Summoning-sick Dwarves can be tapped to pay this alternative cost because the Dwarves are not activating their own tap abilities.

The Lady rule 4

The Lady of Otaria is an Avatar, not naturally a Dwarf, so she does not count toward her own alternative cost without a type-changing effect.

The Lady rule 5

The end-step ability checks whether a land you controlled moved from the battlefield to a graveyard during that turn.

The Lady rule 6

The ability can trigger at each player's end step, but it triggers only once per qualifying end step no matter how many lands went to the graveyard.

The Lady rule 7

Token lands qualify if they move from the battlefield to a graveyard before ceasing to exist.

The Lady rule 8

Dwarf cards with changeling are Dwarf cards in the library and can be put into hand when revealed.

The Lady rule 9

If no Dwarf cards are revealed, all four revealed cards go to the bottom of the library in a random order.

The Lady rule 10

Graveyard hate does not stop the trigger if the land already moved from the battlefield to the graveyard, but replacement effects that prevent that move can stop the condition.

Lands-Matter Dwarves

Pair Dwarf density with lands that can put themselves into the graveyard and engines that play those lands again.

Dwarf Typal Aggro

Curve cheap Dwarves into The Lady's alternative cost and keep the hand stocked through end-step reveals.

Symmetrical Land Destruction

Use controlled land destruction and recursion to make land losses asymmetrical over time.

Treasure and Toolbox

Use Magda and Treasure packages as optional ramp and Dwarf support while The Lady remains the card-refill engine.

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