{"ops":[{"insert":"I have always liked creatures that permanently tap down something when they enter, ever since jamming "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dungeon Geists"}},{"insert":" in my first Azorius blink deck. So I was excited when "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ty Lee, Chi Blocker"}},{"insert":" was spoiled and she had that effect as a Legendary, alongside Flash and Prowess. I immediately put a copy in my Sonic deck... but I had a feeling that Ty Lee could probably lead her own deck.\n\nThis is the result of that feeling: a Mono-Blue tempo/blink/clone deck that aims to have as many of our opponents' Creatures permanently tapped down as possible. \n\nI started with cards that have a similar effect to Ty Lee - the aforementioned Dungeon Geists, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Merchant Raiders"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Icefall Regent"}},{"insert":" and even "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Tidebinder Mage"}},{"insert":". The effect... honestly kind of sucks, but we wanted as many functional copies of it as we could get for the next two parts of the deck.\n\nNext, I used my experience building Blink decks to grab as many cards that would copy our Creatures' tap down triggers as possible. We really don't want to blink our Creatures too much - as that thaws out whatever they targeted - so we have to make do with cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Panharmonicon"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Starfield Vocalist"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Virtue of Knowledge // Vantress Visions"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mirror Room // Fractured Realm"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Strionic Resonator"}},{"insert":". We also have a few traditional blink cards - namely "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Essence Flux"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ghostly Flicker"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Illusionist's Stratagem"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Deadeye Navigator"}},{"insert":" - to allow our freezers to retarget if their original targets are no longer a priority - and for our other ETB Creatures. \n\nFinally, I grabbed a variety of clones to allow our five freezers to impact more Creatures than they would otherwise be able to. The dream is to have every one of our opponents' Creatures permanently tapped down, and clones like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Phyrexian Metamorph"}},{"insert":", actual factual "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Clone"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Irenicus's Vile Duplication"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sakashima of a Thousand Faces"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Spark Double"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ember Island Production"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Pirated Copy"}},{"insert":" all help with that.\n\nThe rest of the deck is mostly staples - be they actual staples or cards that pass for staples in tap decks like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Hylda's Crown of Winter"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Time of Ice"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Borrowing 100,000 Arrows"}},{"insert":". However, I do want to shout out a few fun cards.\n\nI had never read "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mjölnir, Storm Hammer"}},{"insert":" before now, and it is hilarious to me that tap down decks now have a burn wincon.\n\nEither "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Archaeomancer"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Shipwreck Dowser"}},{"insert":" can form a blink loop with Ghostly Flicker or Illusionist's Stratagem, resulting in repeatedly recurring the spell in question and repeatedly blinking something else on our field. Our freezers can clear the way for an attack like this, but more impressively we can also just remove problematic permanents by targeting either "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Meteor Golem"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cityscape Leveler"}},{"insert":".\n\nMeanwhile, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cryptic Command"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mystic Sanctuary"}},{"insert":" create a similar loop, allowing me to replay Cryptic once each turn cycle (assuming I have a draw engine online). It's not as backbreaking here as it is on Arena, but I imagine it is still just as soul crushing for the player whose turn I decide to deploy it on.\n\nI got rather cute with the ramp package in this deck, adding in "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Retraced Image"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mitotic Manipulation"}},{"insert":" to take advantage of the 28 Islands the deck runs.\n\nAnd that's a brief overview of this very silly deck.\n"}]}