Zeriam, Golden Wind

Gameplan

Deploy Zeriam and a critical mass of evasive Griffins, then snowball your board: every Griffin connection spawns more 2/2 fliers, building an unstoppable aerial army. You play a tribal aggro/go-wide game, curve out efficient Griffins and anthems, attack in the air, and convert each combat into more bodies until you fly over the table.

Key Cards

• Kongming, "Sleeping Dragon" — Anthem that boosts your whole flock and makes connections more lethal to trigger more tokens.
• Cathars' Crusade — Each Griffin token entering pumps your entire board, turning Zeriam's snowball into explosive growth.
• Skullclamp — Cheap, repeatable card draw that turns spare 2/2 tokens into a refilled hand in mono-white.
• Akroma's Memorial — Grants evasion and protection so your flock connects reliably and dodges removal.
• Smothering Tithe — Premier mono-white ramp to power out anthems and refill after a wipe.
• Felidar Retreat — Adds bodies or anthem counters each landfall, reinforcing the go-wide flying plan.

Upgrade Path

Add a robust protection and resilience package—Heroic Intervention-style effects are off-color, so lean on Flawless Maneuver, Teferi's Protection, and Make a Stand to survive wipes, plus Eldrazi Monument for indestructibility. Improve the engine with anthems (Intangible Virtue, Coat of Arms), recursion, and strong mono-white ramp (Smothering Tithe, Land Tax, Sword of the Animist). Finish with mass-pump or extra-combat finishers like Finale of Glory and Aurelia, the Warleader-style aggression to close before opponents stabilize.