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The Queen of Dale
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Two-mana 2/1 that recruits every time an opponent casts their first noncreature spell each turn — she punishes removal and interaction by replacing themselves with a token and a loot. Opponents face an awkward choice every turn she survives.
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Gameplay notes
She rewards you when opponents interact, making her a nightmare for spell-heavy decks. Her 2/1 body dies to almost anything, so expect her to eat cheap removal — which still triggers her once.
Key synergies
Choosing Human gives +2/+2 to the Queen and every Human Soldier token her recruit triggers create, turning her repeatable token production into a much faster clock.
The Queen recruits on the opponent's turns too, so Belladonna's once-per-turn ladder can trigger on both players' turns.
Each recruit draws a card; on turns you also draw naturally that's the 'second card' that triggers Bard's counter-and-lifelink.
Every recruit the Queen generates makes two Soldiers and two loot draws instead of one — the engine doubles itself.
Equipping the Queen makes her triggered ability trigger an additional time, so an opponent's first noncreature spell each turn produces two recruit resolutions instead of one.
When Sound the Trumpets counters an opponent's first noncreature spell of the turn with mana value 2 or less, that spell also triggers the Queen, producing two separate recruit triggers from the same exchange.
The Queen is a cheap Human that enables Bard's Company's conditional flash, and her repeated Recruit triggers create Human Soldier tokens that Company upgrades with its anthem.
Recruit draws grow the Flock a counter at a time — including on opponents' turns when the Queen triggers.
The Queen's repeated recruit tokens increase Esgaroth Garrison's power, while the Garrison adds another recruit body and another creature to the go-wide board.
The Queen can repeatedly generate 1/1 Human tokens through recruit, providing suitable bodies for Eagle's Rescue to return onto after an enchanted creature dies.
A Queen trigger can supply the second card drawn in a turn, putting a +1/+1 counter on the Apothecary; this can even happen during an opponent's turn if another effect draws the first card.
The Queen's recruit draw can become the second card drawn in a turn, triggering the Councillors to mill three and advancing their threshold-based power bonus.
The Queen can repeatedly recruit when opponents cast noncreature spells, building a wider board over time so the Eagle attacks for substantially more damage.
If an opponent casts a noncreature spell before combat on your turn, the Queen's recruit draw combines with your draw-step card to enable Toymaker's +3/+0 and first-strike combat bonus.
Returning an opponent's first noncreature spell lets them cast it again on a later turn, potentially giving the Queen an additional recruit trigger; promising the gift ensures they cannot immediately recast it that turn.