Wan Shi Tong, All-Knowing

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Wan Shi Tong is a 4/4 flying midrange threat that on ETB tucks a target nonland permanent to the owner's library (second from top or bottom — owner chooses, limiting its removal reliability), then generates two Spirit tokens whenever any card is put into a library from anywhere, creating a repeatable token engine off its own ETB and any subsequent library-manipulation. It's a signature Spirit-tribal payoff and a value-engine in blue control/midrange shells. The "owner chooses placement" clause makes it weaker removal than a true exile or bounce, and the token trigger doesn't directly advance a mill plan (cards entering the library is anti-synergistic with milling them out).

• Wan Shi Tong's ETB removal clause lets the permanent's OWNER choose between second-from-top or bottom — meaning the opponent controls which, so this is less reliable than a true tuck and can set up top-deck fishing.

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• The token-generation trigger fires on ANY card going into ANY library, including opponents' effects like Brainstorm, Sylvan Library, or fetchland shuffles — in high-card-manipulation pods he can generate tokens on opponents' turns.

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• The Spirit tokens have a unique pseudo-protection clause (can't block or be blocked by non-Spirits), making them effective in Spirit-tribal combat but mostly chump-proof against non-Spirit decks — they trade poorly into most creature boards.

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• EDHREC rank: #14,792