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One Vadrok, Two Vadrok, Three Vadrok Ahaha
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Est deck cost: $472.96
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Commander

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Vadrok, Apex of Thunder

Mutate {1}{W/U}{R}{R} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.) Flying, first strike Whenever this creature mutates, you may cast target noncreature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard without paying its mana cost.

Creature
Vadrok, Apex of Thunder (iko) 214

Commander

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Draw

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Ancestral Vision

Suspend 4—{U} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, pay {U} and exile it with four time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.) Target player draws three cards.

Sorcery
Ancestral Vision (tsr) 52
Compulsive Research

Target player draws three cards. Then that player discards two cards unless they discard a land card.

Sorcery
Compulsive Research (clb) 715
Expedition Map

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Artifact
Expedition Map (j22) 765
Frantic Search

Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Untap up to three lands.

Instant
Frantic Search (woc) 93
Izzet Charm

Choose one — • Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {2}. • Izzet Charm deals 2 damage to target creature. • Draw two cards, then discard two cards.

Instant
Izzet Charm (rvr) 190
Jeskai Ascendancy

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn. Untap those creatures. Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.

Enchantment
Jeskai Ascendancy (2x2) 231
Powerbalance

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may reveal the top card of your library. If you do, you may cast that card without paying its mana cost if the two spells have the same mana value.

Enchantment
Powerbalance (mh3) 131
Preordain

Scry 2, then draw a card. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Sorcery
Preordain (j22) 63
Prismari Command

Choose two — • Prismari Command deals 2 damage to any target. • Target player draws two cards, then discards two cards. • Target player creates a Treasure token. • Destroy target artifact.

Instant
Prismari Command (lcc) 279
Serum Visions

Draw a card. Scry 2.

Sorcery
Serum Visions (j22) 345
Solve the Equation

Search your library for an instant or sorcery card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Solve the Equation (stx) 54
Tolaria West

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}. Transmute {1}{U}{U} ({1}{U}{U}, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with mana value 0, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)

Land
Tolaria West (v16) 13
Vega, the Watcher

Flying Whenever you cast a spell from anywhere other than your hand, draw a card.

Creature
Vega, the Watcher (khm) 233
Weathered Wayfarer

{W}, {T}: Search your library for a land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Activate only if an opponent controls more lands than you.

Creature
Weathered Wayfarer (2x2) 34
Wheel of Fate

Suspend 4—{1}{R} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, pay {1}{R} and exile it with four time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.) Each player discards their hand, then draws seven cards.

Sorcery
Wheel of Fate (tsr) 198
Whirlwind of Thought

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, draw a card.

Enchantment
Whirlwind of Thought (moc) 344
Windfall

Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.

Sorcery
Windfall (lcc) 180

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (lcc) 299
Birgi, God of Storytelling

Creature
Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty (khm) 123Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty (khm) 123
Cloud of Faeries

Flying When this creature enters, untap up to two lands. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Creature
Cloud of Faeries (woc) 86
Grinning Ignus

{R}, Return this creature to its owner's hand: Add {C}{C}{R}. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature
Grinning Ignus (stx) 104
High Tide

Until end of turn, whenever a player taps an Island for mana, that player adds an additional {U}.

Instant
High Tide (dmr) 54
Jeska's Will

Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead. • Add {R} for each card in target opponent's hand. • Exile the top three cards of your library. You may play them this turn.

Sorcery
Jeska's Will (clb) 799
Kykar, Wind's Fury

Flying Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying. Sacrifice a Spirit: Add {R}.

Creature
Kykar, Wind's Fury (cmm) 343
Palinchron

Flying When this creature enters, untap up to seven lands. {2}{U}{U}: Return this creature to its owner's hand.

Creature
Palinchron (ulg) 38
Peregrine Drake

Flying When this creature enters, untap up to five lands.

Creature
Peregrine Drake (dmr) 65
Smothering Tithe

Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player may pay {2}. If the player doesn't, you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Enchantment
Smothering Tithe (cmm) 57
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (lcc) 313
Sol Talisman

Suspend 3—{1} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, pay {1} and exile it with three time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.) {T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Talisman (mh2) 236
Storm-Kiln Artist

This creature gets +1/+0 for each artifact you control. Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, create a Treasure token.

Creature
Storm-Kiln Artist (cmm) 260

Ramp

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Bounce

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Curfew

Each player returns a creature they control to its owner's hand.

Instant
Curfew (usg) 68
Darting Merfolk

{U}: Return this creature to its owner's hand.

Creature
Darting Merfolk (mmq) 72
Geistwave

Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. If you controlled that permanent, draw a card.

Instant
Geistwave (mid) 56
Quickling

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Flying When this creature enters, sacrifice it unless you return another creature you control to its owner's hand.

Creature
Quickling (woc) 103
Seal of Removal

Sacrifice this enchantment: Return target creature to its owner's hand.

Enchantment
Seal of Removal (mh2) 269
Snap

Return target creature to its owner's hand. Untap up to two lands.

Instant
Snap (woc) 110
Unsummon

Return target creature to its owner's hand.

Instant
Unsummon (m20) 78

Bounce

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Interaction

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An Offer You Can't Refuse

Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
An Offer You Can't Refuse (fdn) 160
Arcane Denial

Counter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep. You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Instant
Arcane Denial (woc) 84
Blasphemous Act

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature on the battlefield. Blasphemous Act deals 13 damage to each creature.

Sorcery
Blasphemous Act (lcc) 216
Chaos Warp

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Instant
Chaos Warp (lcc) 221
Dismantling Wave

For each opponent, destroy up to one target artifact or enchantment that player controls. Cycling {6}{W}{W} ({6}{W}{W}, Discard this card: Draw a card.) When you cycle this card, destroy all artifacts and enchantments.

Sorcery
Dismantling Wave (c20) 25
Grapeshot

Grapeshot deals 1 damage to any target. Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)

Sorcery
Grapeshot (dmr) 125
Lightning Bolt

Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target.

Instant
Lightning Bolt (clu) 141
Narset's Reversal

Copy target instant or sorcery spell, then return it to its owner's hand. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Instant
Narset's Reversal (war) 62
Rapid Hybridization

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. That creature's controller creates a 3/3 green Frog Lizard creature token.

Instant
Rapid Hybridization (lcc) 166
Sejiri Shelter

Instant
Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier (znr) 37Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier (znr) 37
Soul-Guide Lantern

When this artifact enters, exile target card from a graveyard. {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Exile each opponent's graveyard. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Soul-Guide Lantern (woe) 251
Stroke of Midnight

Destroy target nonland permanent. Its controller creates a 1/1 white Human creature token.

Instant
Stroke of Midnight (woe) 33
Supreme Verdict

This spell can't be countered. Destroy all creatures.

Sorcery
Supreme Verdict (ima) 210
Swords to Plowshares

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (lcc) 137
Tibalt's Trickery

Counter target spell. Choose 1, 2, or 3 at random. Its controller mills that many cards, then exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card with a different name than that spell. They may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then they put the exiled cards on the bottom of their library in a random order.

Instant
Tibalt's Trickery (khm) 153
Vanish into Eternity

This spell costs {3} more to cast if it targets a creature. Exile target nonland permanent.

Instant
Vanish into Eternity (one) 36
Wear

Instant
Wear // Tear (moc) 343

Interaction

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Clone

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Cackling Counterpart

Create a token that's a copy of target creature you control. Flashback {5}{U}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Instant
Cackling Counterpart (mm3) 32
Fated Infatuation

Create a token that's a copy of target creature you control. If it's your turn, scry 2.

Instant
Fated Infatuation (bng) 39
Heat Shimmer

Create a token that's a copy of target creature, except it has haste and "At the beginning of the end step, exile this token."

Sorcery
Heat Shimmer (2xm) 130
Quasiduplicate

Create a token that's a copy of target creature you control. Jump-start (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a card in addition to paying its other costs. Then exile this card.)

Sorcery
Quasiduplicate (grn) 51
Twinflame

Strive — This spell costs {2}{R} more to cast for each target beyond the first. Choose any number of target creatures you control. For each of them, create a token that's a copy of that creature, except it has haste. Exile those tokens at the beginning of the next end step.

Sorcery
Twinflame (2x2) 129
Vesuvan Duplimancy

Whenever you cast a spell that targets only a single artifact or creature you control, create a token that's a copy of that artifact or creature, except it's not legendary.

Enchantment
Vesuvan Duplimancy (dmu) 73

Clone

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Land

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Azorius Chancery

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {W}{U}.

Land
Azorius Chancery (brc) 175
Bloodstained Mire

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Swamp or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Bloodstained Mire (ktk) 230
Boros Garrison

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {R}{W}.

Land
Boros Garrison (onc) 146
Cascade Bluffs

{T}: Add {C}. {U/R}, {T}: Add {U}{U}, {U}{R}, or {R}{R}.

Land
Cascade Bluffs (cmm) 990
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (lcc) 325
Exotic Orchard

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Land
Exotic Orchard (lcc) 329
Fabled Passage

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Then if you control four or more lands, untap that land.

Land
Fabled Passage (m21) 246
Flooded Strand

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Plains or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Flooded Strand (ktk) 233
Hallowed Fountain

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Hallowed Fountain (prna) 251p
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (lci) 396
Izzet Boilerworks

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {U}{R}.

Land
Izzet Boilerworks (brc) 188
Lotus Field

Hexproof This land enters tapped. When this land enters, sacrifice two lands. {T}: Add three mana of any one color.

Land
Lotus Field (m20) 249
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (lci) 399
Myriad Landscape

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for up to two basic land cards that share a land type, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Myriad Landscape (lcc) 343
Mystic Gate

{T}: Add {C}. {W/U}, {T}: Add {W}{W}, {W}{U}, or {U}{U}.

Land
Mystic Gate (cmm) 1013
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (lci) 393
Prairie Stream

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Prairie Stream (cmm) 1020
Sacred Foundry

({T}: Add {R} or {W}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Sacred Foundry (grn) 254
Sanctum of Eternity

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Return target commander you own from the battlefield to your hand. Activate only during your turn.

Land
Sanctum of Eternity (c19) 59
Scalding Tarn

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for an Island or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Scalding Tarn (mh2) 254
Steam Vents

({T}: Add {U} or {R}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Steam Vents (grn) 257
Wooded Foothills

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Mountain or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Wooded Foothills (ktk) 249

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Combo

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Chef's Kiss

Gain control of target spell that targets only a single permanent or player. Copy it, then reselect the targets at random for the spell and the copy. The new targets can't be you or a permanent you control.

Instant
Chef's Kiss (mh2) 120
Leyline of Anticipation

If this card is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield. You may cast spells as though they had flash.

Enchantment
Leyline of Anticipation (clb) 726

Combo

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Mutate

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Dreamtail Heron

Mutate {3}{U} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.) Flying Whenever this creature mutates, draw a card.

Creature
Dreamtail Heron (iko) 47
Huntmaster Liger

Mutate {2}{W} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.) Whenever this creature mutates, other creatures you control get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of times this creature has mutated.

Creature
Huntmaster Liger (iko) 16
Lore Drakkis

Mutate {U/R}{U/R} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.) Whenever this creature mutates, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Lore Drakkis (iko) 194
Porcuparrot

Mutate {2}{R} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.) {T}: This creature deals X damage to any target, where X is the number of times this creature has mutated.

Creature
Porcuparrot (iko) 128
Sea-Dasher Octopus

Mutate {1}{U} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.) Flash Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Sea-Dasher Octopus (iko) 66

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Maybeboard

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Brainstorm

Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.

Instant
Brainstorm (afc) 79
Lantern Spirit

Flying {U}: Return this creature to its owner's hand.

Creature
Lantern Spirit (isd) 62
Narset, Parter of Veils

Each opponent can't draw more than one card each turn. −2: Look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal a noncreature, nonland card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Planeswalker
Narset, Parter of Veils (cmm) 853
Pollywog Symbiote

Each creature spell you cast costs {1} less to cast if it has mutate. Whenever you cast a creature spell, if it has mutate, draw a card, then discard a card.

Creature
Pollywog Symbiote (iko) 63
Pouncing Shoreshark

Mutate {3}{U} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.) Flash Whenever this creature mutates, you may return target creature an opponent controls to its owner's hand.

Creature
Pouncing Shoreshark (iko) 64
Restore Balance

Suspend 6—{W} Each player chooses a number of lands they control equal to the number of lands controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Players sacrifice creatures and discard cards the same way.

Sorcery
Restore Balance (tsr) 36
Sorcerer Class

(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.) When this Class enters, draw two cards, then discard two cards. {U}{R}: Level 2 Creatures you control have "{T}: Add {U} or {R}. Spend this mana only to cast an instant or sorcery spell or to gain a Class level." {3}{U}{R}: Level 3 Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, that spell deals damage to each opponent equal to the number of instant and sorcery spells you've cast this turn.

Enchantment
Sorcerer Class (afr) 233

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Deck Info

Deck stats

16 pips - 15 cards
20 mana - 16 cards
45 pips - 37 cards
26 mana - 20 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 6 cards
25 pips - 22 cards
23 mana - 19 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 6 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
10 mana - 7 cards
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Description

{"ops":[{"insert":"This is a Vadrok combo deck, just to get that clear from the get-go. It can value-play and go big and wide, but it's not designed with those strategies in mind.\n\nIt primarily wins through either Direct Damage or Forced Draw effects, cast repeatedly on your opponents until they're out of life or drawing from empty libraries, respectively.\n\nThe main combo, in abstract, consists of: Clone spell + creature for Vadrok to mutate under + way to bounce the Vadrok pile back to hand + mana producer.\n\nFor example, with Palinchron in play, mutate Vadrok under it. \nClone the mutate stack with Cackling Counterpart. Because of how Mutate works, the abilities of mutated creatures carries over to the copy, i.e. it has a Vadrok Mutate triggered ability on it, but because the top card of the stack is still Palinchron, it doesn't die to the legend rule."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The token is also a Palinchron, so it untaps 7 lands. "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Bounce the nontoken Palinchron with Snap and untap two more lands."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Mutate Vadrok onto the token, giving it two instances of his Mutate trigger. "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Use one Mutate trigger to cast Cackling Counterpart from the graveyard on the mutate stack again, making a token copy with two instances of the mutate trigger. The other should be Snap, again, to return Vadrok to hand and essentially chamber the next round for this machine gun."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nThen you just repeat this, making tokens with more and more instances of the mutate triggers, casting more and more spells from your GY, and ending the game by casting unlimited Lightning Bolts or forced draw spells to force our opponents to draw out and lose.\n\nNote that it's easier to get this combo going if you have two or more lands that tap for two or more mana each (hence the bouncelands and Lotus Field being included in the deck). On turn 6, you should have enough mana to get this combo to be mana neutral and then mana positive, with just one effect that untaps two lands, or even earlier if you've gotten a mass mana producer like Birgi, Jeska's Will or similar effects into motion\n\nOr;\n\nWith Vadrok mutating onto a creature on the stack (and the target must be the only creature you control), cast Chef's Kiss targeting it. "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Chef's Kiss resolves and goes to the GY, and because your mutates only can target a creature you control the copy of Vadrok mutates onto your creature by default, putting a Mutate trigger on the stack."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Use it to recast Chef's Kiss onto the original Vadrok who's still is on the stack, adding more Mutate triggers to our mutate stack."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Once you have a minimum of two mutate triggers on the creature, you just start casting card draw spells until you find a Lightning Bolt or instant speed Forced Draw spell, and you cast those with all but one trigger (which will recast Chef's Kiss and continue the combo)."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nAs a backup plan, we can mutate Huntsman Liger and Royal Leosaur repeatedly onto a bunch of tokens, making an instant KO army.\n\nAs for how the deck plays, it has a lot of the reckless abandon of a red deck. You will discard a lot of spells, and you shouldn't feel any trepidation in doing so or you won't have a great time playing this sort of deck. Most of the spells we end up casting are cast from the yard, so pitching a bunch of instants and sorceries is just gravy.\n\nThe ideal starting hand is a pretty stock affair: 3-5 lands that gives us all our colors but ideally skews red and blue, since most of our spells are one of those two, with white just being a splash. Add some form of card draw to it, ideally a protective counterspell, and a creature to start mutating Vadrok onto. \n\nBecause the deck is so low to the ground, I've chosen to not run a lot of ramp. If we can get to four mana in the right colors, we're in business, and mana rocks are simply a starter engine for that since we don't have ways of reusing them.\n\nThe actual pieces of the combo are flexible, with several cards fitting into every slot, but it still happens on occasion that you have to try to sustain while you're digging for that final piece of your combo, and to serve that purpose I've included a pretty robust suite of removal and counterspells to keep your opponents from going off the rails.\n\nIn interaction, a note should also be made for the card Sea-Dasher Octopus. Because it has Flash, it's a great way to reuse interaction that is in the yard, when it's not your turn. In response to a removal spell or a counterspell aimed at disrupting your Vadrok stack, Mutate it at instant speed onto the Vadrok stack, and use those mutate triggers to cast either protective spells or counterspells/interaction of your own from the GY.\n"}]}
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