{"ops":[{"insert":"The Vision — Technopathy Engine Primer"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Deck identity"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Commander:"},{"insert":" The Vision\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Archetype:"},{"insert":" Colorless artifact control/combo\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Power target:"},{"insert":" High Bracket 3\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Primary strategy:"},{"insert":" Generate incremental advantage at instant speed, control the most dangerous permanents, and assemble one of three overlapping artifact win conditions.\nThis is not a traditional Voltron deck. Vision’s double-strike mode remains useful, but the deck is built primarily around "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Technopathy"},{"insert":".\nThe Vision has flying and vigilance. Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, you choose an option that has not been chosen during that turn:\nGive Vision double strike."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Give Vision indestructible."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Draw a card."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Each option may be chosen once per turn, not once per round. With flash enablers, Technopathy can therefore draw a card during every player’s turn.\nThe central plan"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The deck follows four steps:\nDevelop lands and mana artifacts."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Establish Vision and a flash or untap engine."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Control threats without spending every resource."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Assemble Reactor, Calendar, or Mystic Forge storm."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Most cards support more than one part of that plan. The deck avoids narrow cards that only function alongside a single win condition.\nThe three main wins are:\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Darksteel Reactor"},{"insert":" with charge counters and proliferation."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The Millennium Calendar"},{"insert":" with artifact untapping and proliferation."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Mystic Forge, Sensei’s Divining Top, a cost reducer, and Aetherflux Reservoir."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Nettlecyst"},{"insert":" provides a combat backup without forcing the deck to run a large Equipment package.\nPlaying The Vision"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Technopathy is the default mode"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Unless Vision must survive removal or is threatening lethal combat damage, choose "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Technopathy"},{"insert":" first.\nOn your own turn:\nUse Technopathy when developing resources."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Use Density Control if Vision is exposed to removal."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Use Solar Beam only when combat damage matters."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"During an opponent’s turn:\nCast one noncreature spell."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Choose Technopathy."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Draw a card."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Preserve additional spells unless another mode is immediately useful."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The ideal situation is not casting three artifacts during your own main phase. It is casting one useful artifact during each player’s turn and drawing from each one.\nVision does not provide flash"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Vision rewards instant-speed casting but does not enable it. Your flash enablers are:\nShimmer Myr"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Liberator, Urza’s Battlethopter"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Skittering Cicada"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Vedalken Orrery"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Emergence Zone"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The first three primarily enable artifacts or colorless spells. Vedalken Orrery is the broadest enabler.\nDo not expose a flash enabler without something useful to cast. 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It needs infrastructure.\nEarly game: turns one through three"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The early game is about mana efficiency.\nYour preferred development order is:\nStable mana source."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Cheap mana artifact."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Selection or card advantage."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Vision or a flash engine."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Do not automatically cast Vision on turn three just because Mana Vault or Sol Ring allows it. Vision should ideally enter when you can either:\nCast another noncreature spell immediately."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Protect it with Welding Jar or Mithril Coat."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Untap with a flash enabler."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Gain meaningful value before an opponent removes it."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Vision is inexpensive enough to recast once, but repeated commander tax will slow the deck considerably.\nEarly tutor decisions"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Moonsilver Key"},{"insert":" usually finds:\nSol Ring"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Mana Vault"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Mind Stone"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Thought Vessel"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Liquimetal Torque"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Everflowing Chalice"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"A basic Wastes"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Do not use Moonsilver Key to search for something clever when you are short on mana. Fix the mana first.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Expedition Map"},{"insert":" usually finds:\nAncient Tomb for acceleration."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Urza’s Saga for development."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Inventors’ Fair for a later tutor."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Emergence Zone for a combo turn."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Karn’s Bastion when counters are already established."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Buried Ruin when an important artifact has been destroyed."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Middle game: turns four through seven"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The middle game is where the deck becomes difficult to out-resource.\nYour best engine generally consists of:\nVision"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"A flash enabler"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Several mana artifacts"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Unwinding Clock or Clock of Omens"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"A draw or selection engine"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"At this point, stop thinking only about your own turn. Plan around the entire rotation.\nA strong rotation might look like:\nYour turn: develop an engine and leave mana available."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Opponent one: cast a flash artifact and draw through Vision."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Opponent two: activate a control artifact or proliferate."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Opponent three: cast another artifact, draw again and prepare to untap."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Unwinding Clock"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Unwinding Clock untaps your artifacts during every other player’s untap step.\nImportant targets include:\nMana Vault"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Thran Dynamo"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Hedron Archive"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Victory Chimes"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The One Ring"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The Millennium Calendar"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Lux Cannon"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Coretapper"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Staff of Compleation"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Contagion Clasp"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Kuldotha Forgemaster"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The strongest use is usually not producing excessive mana for no reason. It is repeatedly using one or two high-impact artifacts during every turn.\nClock of Omens"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Clock of Omens converts excess artifacts into additional activations.\nUseful targets include:\nThe Millennium Calendar"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Lux Cannon"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Coretapper"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The One Ring"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Staff of Compleation"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Kuldotha Forgemaster"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Mana Vault"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Basalt Monolith"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Tokens and artifacts that have already been used are ideal tapping material.\nClock of Omens does not care whether the two artifacts tapped to pay its cost have summoning sickness, because the Clock is tapping them rather than the artifacts activating their own tap abilities.\nWin condition one: Darksteel Reactor"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Darksteel Reactor is the slowest but most resilient primary win condition.\nIt gains one charge counter during your upkeep and wins when it has at least twenty. It is indestructible, but it can still be exiled, bounced, sacrificed or disabled.\nReactor support"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The primary Reactor cards are:\nCoretapper"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Energy Chamber"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Power Conduit"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Throne of Geth"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Contagion Clasp"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Contagion Engine"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Staff of Compleation"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Karn’s Bastion"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Unwinding Clock"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Voltaic Key"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Manifold Key"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Clock of Omens"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Coretapper line"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Coretapper may tap to put a charge counter on an artifact. It may also be sacrificed for two charge counters.\nWith Unwinding Clock, Coretapper untaps during every opponent’s turn. That can produce approximately one Reactor counter per turn cycle segment before considering proliferation.\nDo not sacrifice Coretapper for two counters unless:\nThe final two counters win the game."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Coretapper is about to be removed."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Scrap Trawler or Myr Retriever can recover it."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"You urgently need to accelerate Lux Cannon or another artifact."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Its repeated tap ability is normally more valuable.\nPower Conduit and The One Ring"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"After resolving The One Ring’s draw ability, Power Conduit can remove a burden counter and place a charge counter on:\nDarksteel Reactor"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Lux Cannon"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Transferred artifact engines"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"This does not reduce the number of cards drawn by the Ring activation that already resolved. It does reduce future burden-counter damage and advances the Reactor plan.\nPower Conduit can also move counters from another permanent, but do not casually remove time counters from Calendar unless transferring one creates an immediate win.\nWhen to deploy Reactor"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Do not cast Reactor simply because you have four mana.\nThe best times are when:\nYou can add several counters immediately."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"You have Buried Ruin or Codex Shredder available."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Opponents have already spent some exile removal."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"A board wipe is likely and Reactor will survive it."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"You can untap with Coretapper or proliferation active."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"A Reactor with one counter attracts attention without meaningfully threatening the game. A Reactor entering and immediately reaching eight or more counters is much harder to manage.\nWin condition two: The Millennium Calendar"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The Millennium Calendar receives time counters based on the permanents you untap during your own untap step. Its activated ability doubles its time counters. At one thousand counters, it causes each opponent to lose one thousand life.\nCalendar support"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Calendar overlaps with the same cards used for Reactor:\nUnwinding Clock"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Clock of Omens"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Voltaic Key"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Manifold Key"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Staff of Compleation"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Karn’s Bastion"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Contagion Clasp"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Contagion Engine"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Mana artifacts"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The Unwinding Clock interaction"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Unwinding Clock does "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"not"},{"insert":" add time counters during opponents’ untap steps. Calendar specifies your untap step.\nInstead, Unwinding Clock untaps Calendar and your mana artifacts during each opponent’s turn. During that player’s upkeep or later, you can pay two mana and tap Calendar to double its counters.\nFor example, suppose Calendar has ten counters:\nActivate it: 10 becomes 20."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Next opponent’s turn, Unwinding Clock untaps it."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Activate it: 20 becomes 40."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Next opponent: 40 becomes 80."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Next opponent: 80 becomes 160."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"After your next untap adds more counters, the next series of doublings can reach one thousand quickly.\nCalendar timing"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Calendar is strongest when you have:\nAt least eight to ten permanents."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Unwinding Clock or Clock of Omens."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Enough mana to activate it repeatedly."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Protection or recursion available."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Without an untap engine, Calendar is usually a slow and visible threat. Do not cast it into a board where you cannot activate it until your next turn.\nProliferation"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Proliferating Calendar is useful early, but doubling becomes much stronger once it has a meaningful number of counters.\nAdding one counter when Calendar has five is minor. Doubling five into ten is also modest. Once Calendar has forty or more counters, prioritize untapping and doubling rather than paying four mana to proliferate once.\nWin condition three: Mystic Forge storm"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The deterministic combo requires:\nMystic Forge"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Sensei’s Divining Top"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Foundry Inspector or Cloud Key naming artifacts"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Aetherflux Reservoir"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The reducer makes Sensei’s Divining Top cost zero. Mystic Forge allows Top to be cast from the top of the library. Top then draws a card and places itself on top, where it can be cast again. This repeats for as many cards as remain in the library and produces repeated spell casts.\nExact sequence"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Control Mystic Forge and a cost reducer."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Control Sensei’s Divining Top."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Control Aetherflux Reservoir, or have enough mana to cast it during the sequence."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Tap Top to draw a card and place Top on top of the library."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Cast Top from the top for zero mana."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Aetherflux Reservoir triggers."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Repeat."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Stop once Reservoir has produced enough life to eliminate every opponent."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"This loop is technically limited by the number of cards remaining in your library. Do not describe it as infinite card draw. It is a deterministic deck-drawing and storm loop.\nDo not draw the final card unnecessarily"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Stop looping before drawing from an empty library.\nYou generally need only enough Top casts to gain more than 150 life, adjusted for:\nYour current life total."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The number of opponents."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Whether an opponent can gain life."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Whether Reservoir may be removed between activations."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Once you have enough life, retain priority and activate Reservoir as needed.\nReservoir not yet on the battlefield"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"When Top draws Aetherflux Reservoir into your hand:\nRecast Top."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Cast Reservoir from your hand."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Continue the Top loop."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"This requires four available mana. Do not begin the sequence assuming Reservoir will solve the problem if all mana has already been spent.\nMystic Forge outside the combo"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Mystic Forge remains useful without Top.\nUse it to:\nPlay artifacts from the top."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Cast colorless nonland spells."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Exile an unusable top card."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Convert cost reducers into virtual mana."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Keep noncreature spells flowing for Vision."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Mystic Forge does not allow you to play lands from the top.\nCombat backup: Nettlecyst"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Nettlecyst is not a primary plan. It punishes opponents who ignore Vision while focusing on your artifacts.\nA developed board can make Vision large enough that Solar Beam creates a commander-damage kill.\nBecause Vision already has flying:\nEquip Nettlecyst."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Cast a noncreature spell before combat."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Choose Solar Beam."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Attack the opponent least able to block or remove Vision."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Do not tutor Nettlecyst while a primary combo is nearly complete. Use it when:\nAlternate-win pieces have been exiled."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"An opponent is vulnerable to flying commander damage."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"You need to pressure a control player."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The artifact count is already high enough to threaten lethal."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Nettlecyst can also create its own Germ, so it remains functional when Vision is unavailable.\nControlling the board"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"This deck is "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"artifact control"},{"insert":", not hard control. It cannot answer every spell. Remove threats that either shut down your engine or immediately threaten to win.\nHighest-priority threats"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Prioritize answers for:\nNull Rod"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Collector Ouphe"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Stony Silence"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Karn, the Great Creator"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Drannith Magistrate when relying on Mystic Forge"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Rule of Law effects"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Mass artifact exile"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Opposing deterministic combos"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Graveyard hate when recursion is essential"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Do not spend Dismember or a board wipe on a medium attacker just because it targets you once.\nAsymmetrical board control"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"All Is Dust"},{"insert":" forces players to sacrifice colored permanents. Most of your board is colorless, so it usually survives.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Ugin, the Spirit Dragon"},{"insert":" can exile colored permanents while leaving your colorless artifacts intact.\nThese are generally preferable to Oblivion Stone when your artifact board is well developed.\nOblivion Stone"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Oblivion Stone is the emergency reset.\nBefore activating it:\nAdd fate counters to crucial permanents when time allows."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Consider whether Welding Jar can save an artifact."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Trigger Vision’s Density Control if you can cast a noncreature spell."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Use expendable artifacts for value first."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Activate The One Ring, Calendar, Staff and other tap artifacts before destroying them."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Consider whether Darksteel Reactor will survive naturally."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Oblivion Stone destroys rather than exiles, so Scrap Trawler, Myr Retriever, Buried Ruin and Codex Shredder can help rebuild.\nRepeatable interaction"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Lux Cannon"},{"insert":" becomes effective with:\nEnergy Chamber"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Coretapper"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Proliferation"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Voltaic Key"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Manifold Key"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Clock of Omens"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Unwinding Clock"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Do not spend its first activation on a low-impact permanent. 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