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Kykar Polymorph
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Commander

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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) 683

Commander

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Artifact

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Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (clb) 298
Azorius Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {W}{U}.

Artifact
Azorius Signet (clu) 219
Boros Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {R}{W}.

Artifact
Boros Signet (mm3) 217
Fellwar Stone

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

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (c16) 254
Izzet Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {U}{R}.

Artifact
Izzet Signet (gpt) 152
Lightning Greaves

Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Equip {0}

Artifact
Lightning Greaves (afc) 331
Lotus Petal

{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Lotus Petal (p30m) 2
Skullclamp

Equipped creature gets +1/-1. Whenever equipped creature dies, draw two cards. Equip {1}

Artifact
Skullclamp (c16) 271
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (cmm) 410
Swiftfoot Boots

Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and {T} no matter when it came under your control.) Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Swiftfoot Boots (cmr) 474
Talisman of Conviction

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {R} or {W}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Conviction (mh1) 230
Talisman of Creativity

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {R}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Creativity (m3c) 308
Talisman of Progress

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W} or {U}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Progress (m3c) 313
Thought Vessel

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Artifact
Thought Vessel (c15) 55

Artifact

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Creature

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Aurelia, the Warleader

Flying, vigilance, haste Whenever Aurelia attacks for the first time each turn, untap all creatures you control. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase.

Creature
Aurelia, the Warleader (v15) 4
Bloodthirster

Flying, trample Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, untap it. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase. This creature can't attack a player it has already attacked this turn.

Creature
Bloodthirster (40k) 73
Consecrated Sphinx

Flying Whenever an opponent draws a card, you may draw two cards.

Creature
Consecrated Sphinx (2x2) 427
Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

Vigilance Other creatures you control get +2/+2. Creatures your opponents control get -2/-2.

Creature
Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite (nph) 9
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight

Flying, first strike If a source would deal damage to an opponent or a permanent an opponent controls, that source deals double that damage to that player or permanent instead. If a source would deal damage to you or a permanent you control, prevent half that damage, rounded up.

Creature
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight (mkc) 211
Hullbreaker Horror

Flash This spell can't be countered. Whenever you cast a spell, choose up to one — • Return target spell you don't control to its owner's hand. • Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.

Creature
Hullbreaker Horror (vow) 63
Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant

Whenever you cast an artifact, instant, or sorcery spell, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy. This ability triggers only once each turn. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.) Whenever an opponent casts an artifact, instant, or sorcery spell, counter that spell. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Creature
Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant (neo) 59
Medomai the Ageless

Flying Whenever Medomai deals combat damage to a player, take an extra turn after this one. Medomai can't attack during extra turns.

Creature
Medomai the Ageless (ths) 196
Ovika, Enigma Goliath

Flying Ward—{3}, Pay 3 life. Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, create X 1/1 red Phyrexian Goblin creature tokens, where X is the mana value of that spell. They gain haste until end of turn.

Creature
Ovika, Enigma Goliath (one) 322
Salvation Colossus

Flying, vigilance, trample Whenever you attack, other creatures you control get +2/+2 and gain indestructible until end of turn. Unearth—Pay eight {E}. (Pay eight energy counters: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)

Creature Artifact
Salvation Colossus (m3c) 43
Sephara, Sky's Blade

You may pay {W} and tap four untapped creatures you control with flying rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Flying, lifelink Other creatures you control with flying have indestructible. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.)

Creature
Sephara, Sky's Blade (scd) 33
Velomachus Lorehold

Flying, vigilance, haste Whenever Velomachus Lorehold attacks, look at the top seven cards of your library. You may cast an instant or sorcery spell with mana value less than or equal to Velomachus Lorehold's power from among them without paying its mana cost. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Creature
Velomachus Lorehold (stx) 245

Creature

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Enchantment

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Mystic Remora

Cumulative upkeep {1} (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.) Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays {4}.

Enchantment
Mystic Remora (dmr) 288

Enchantment

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Instant

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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 (snc) 51
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 (all) 22a
Brainstorm

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

Instant
Brainstorm (mmq) 61
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 (ncc) 266
Consider

Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.) Draw a card.

Instant
Consider (mid) 44
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (dmr) 281
Deflecting Swat

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost. You may choose new targets for target spell or ability.

Instant
Deflecting Swat (cmm) 214
Dovin's Veto

This spell can't be countered. Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Dovin's Veto (war) 193
Flawless Maneuver

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost. Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn.

Instant
Flawless Maneuver (cmm) 24
Frantic Search

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

Instant
Frantic Search (cmm) 96
Generous Gift

Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Elephant creature token.

Instant
Generous Gift (moc) 187
Mystical Tutor

Search your library for an instant or sorcery card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

Instant
Mystical Tutor (mir) 80
Opt

Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) Draw a card.

Instant
Opt (pdom) 60
Path to Exile

Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Instant
Path to Exile (cmm) 49
Stroke of Midnight

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

Instant
Stroke of Midnight (woe) 33
Swords to Plowshares

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

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (bbd) 110
Teferi's Protection

Until your next turn, your life total can't change and you gain protection from everything. All permanents you control phase out. (While they're phased out, they're treated as though they don't exist. They phase in before you untap during your untap step.) Exile Teferi's Protection.

Instant
Teferi's Protection (sld) 1691

Instant

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Land

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Arid Mesa

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

Land
Arid Mesa (mh2) 244
Castle Ardenvale

This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains. {T}: Add {W}. {2}{W}{W}, {T}: Create a 1/1 white Human creature token.

Land
Castle Ardenvale (mkc) 253
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (otc) 280
Cori Mountain Monastery

This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or an Island. {T}: Add {R}. {3}{R}, {T}: Exile the top card of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play that card.

Land
Cori Mountain Monastery (tdm) 393
Dalkovan Encampment

This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Mountain. {T}: Add {W}. {2}{W}, {T}: Whenever you attack this turn, create two 1/1 red Warrior creature tokens that are tapped and attacking. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step.

Land
Dalkovan Encampment (tdm) 253
Elegant Parlor

({T}: Add {R} or {W}.) This land enters tapped. When this land enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Land
Elegant Parlor (mkm) 260
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 (mh3) 220
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 (rvr) 280
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (frf) 178
Kher Keep

{T}: Add {C}. {1}{R}, {T}: Create a 0/1 red Kobold creature token named Kobolds of Kher Keep.

Land
Kher Keep (mkc) 270
Mishra's Factory

{T}: Add {C}. {1}: This land becomes a 2/2 Assembly-Worker artifact creature until end of turn. It's still a land. {T}: Target Assembly-Worker creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Land
Mishra's Factory (dmr) 251
Mistveil Plains

({T}: Add {W}.) This land enters tapped. {W}, {T}: Put target card from your graveyard on the bottom of your library. Activate only if you control two or more white permanents.

Land
Mistveil Plains (plst) UMA-247
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (frf) 183
Mystic Monastery

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}, {R}, or {W}.

Land
Mystic Monastery (cmm) 1014
Mystic Sanctuary

({T}: Add {U}.) This land enters tapped unless you control three or more other Islands. When this land enters untapped, you may put target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Land
Mystic Sanctuary (mkc) 277
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (frf) 177
Raugrin Triome

({T}: Add {U}, {R}, or {W}.) This land enters tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Raugrin Triome (iko) 251
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 (rvr) 285
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
Sea of Clouds

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Sea of Clouds (clb) 360
Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance

{T}: Add {R}. Channel — {3}{R}, Discard this card: Create two 1/1 colorless Spirit creature tokens. They gain haste until end of turn. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Land
Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance (neo) 276
Spectator Seating

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {R} or {W}.

Land
Spectator Seating (cmm) 427
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 (rvr) 288
Training Center

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Land
Training Center (cmm) 434

Land

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Polymorphs

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Chaos Mutation

Exile any number of target creatures controlled by different players. For each creature exiled this way, its controller reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a creature card, puts that card onto the battlefield, then puts the rest on the bottom of their library in a random order.

Instant
Chaos Mutation (40k) 111
Divergent Transformations

Undaunted (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each opponent.) Exile two target creatures. For each of those creatures, its controller reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a creature card, puts that card onto the battlefield, then shuffles the rest into their library.

Instant
Divergent Transformations (cmm) 216
Indomitable Creativity

Destroy X target artifacts and/or creatures. For each permanent destroyed this way, its controller reveals cards from the top of their library until an artifact or creature card is revealed and exiles that card. Those players put the exiled cards onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Indomitable Creativity (otp) 25
Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast

+1: Exile the top three cards of your library. Creature cards exiled this way gain "You may cast this card from exile as long as you control a Lukka planeswalker." −2: Exile target creature you control, then reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature card with greater mana value. Put that card onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. −7: Each creature you control deals damage equal to its power to each opponent.

Planeswalker
Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast (iko) 276
Mass Polymorph

Exile all creatures you control, then reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal that many creature cards. Put all creature cards revealed this way onto the battlefield, then shuffle the rest of the revealed cards into your library.

Sorcery
Mass Polymorph (plst) M11-64
Polymorph

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. Its controller reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a creature card. The player puts that card onto the battlefield, then shuffles all other cards revealed this way into their library.

Sorcery
Polymorph (plst) M10-67
Proteus Staff

{2}{U}, {T}: Put target creature on the bottom of its owner's library. That creature's controller reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a creature card. The player puts that card onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of their library in any order. Activate only as a sorcery.

Artifact
Proteus Staff (mrd) 230
Reality Scramble

Put target permanent you own on the bottom of your library. Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a card that shares a card type with that permanent. Put that card onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. Retrace (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a land card in addition to paying its other costs.)

Sorcery
Reality Scramble (plst) C18-25
Reweave

Target permanent's controller sacrifices it. If the player does, they reveal cards from the top of their library until they reveal a permanent card that shares a card type with the sacrificed permanent, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Splice onto Arcane {2}{U}{U} (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)

Instant
Reweave (chk) 82
Synthetic Destiny

Exile all creatures you control. At the beginning of the next end step, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal that many creature cards, put all creature cards revealed this way onto the battlefield, then shuffle the rest of the revealed cards into your library.

Instant
Synthetic Destiny (khc) 44
Transmogrify

Exile target creature. That creature's controller reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a creature card. That player puts that card onto the battlefield, then shuffles the rest into their library.

Sorcery
Transmogrify (m21) 167

Polymorphs

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Sorcery

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Austere Command

Choose two — • Destroy all artifacts. • Destroy all enchantments. • Destroy all creatures with mana value 3 or less. • Destroy all creatures with mana value 4 or greater.

Sorcery
Austere Command (plst) LRW-3
Faithless Looting

Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Flashback {2}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Faithless Looting (dka) 87
Farewell

Choose one or more — • Exile all artifacts. • Exile all creatures. • Exile all enchantments. • Exile all graveyards.

Sorcery
Farewell (mkc) 64
Gamble

Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, discard a card at random, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Gamble (dmr) 321
Gitaxian Probe

({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.) Look at target player's hand. Draw a card.

Sorcery
Gitaxian Probe (plst) NPH-35
Ponder

Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle. Draw a card.

Sorcery
Ponder (lrw) 79
See Beyond

Draw two cards, then shuffle a card from your hand into your library.

Sorcery
See Beyond (roe) 86
Serum Visions

Draw a card. Scry 2.

Sorcery
Serum Visions (c21) 129
Vandalblast

Destroy target artifact you don't control. Overload {4}{R} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Sorcery
Vandalblast (cmm) 267

Sorcery

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Maybeboard

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Fire Prophecy

Fire Prophecy deals 3 damage to target creature. You may put a card from your hand on the bottom of your library. If you do, draw a card.

Instant
Fire Prophecy (iko) 116
Past in Flames

Each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to its mana cost. Flashback {4}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Past in Flames (mm3) 105
Saheeli, Sublime Artificer

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, create a 1/1 colorless Servo artifact creature token. −2: Target artifact you control becomes a copy of another target artifact or creature you control until end of turn, except it's an artifact in addition to its other types.

Planeswalker
Saheeli, Sublime Artificer (cmm) 935
Star Whale

Flying, vigilance Other creatures you control have ward {2}. Suspend 6—{1}{U} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {1}{U} and exile it with six 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. It has haste.)

Creature
Star Whale (who) 55
Volcanic Spite

Volcanic Spite deals 3 damage to target creature, planeswalker, or battle. You may put a card from your hand on the bottom of your library. If you do, draw a card.

Instant
Volcanic Spite (mom) 170
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 (otc) 123

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Deck Info

Deck stats

25 pips - 17 cards
22 mana - 22 cards
30 pips - 25 cards
24 mana - 24 cards
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0 mana - 5 cards
22 pips - 17 cards
22 mana - 22 cards
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0 mana - 5 cards
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8 mana - 7 cards
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Description

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The creature suite is tuned to end games quick once the combo is rolling, with a focus on a large alpha strike, often making use of extra combats and extra turns.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Polymorphing"},{"insert":"\nThe Good Polymorphs:\nPolymorph, Transmogrify - the classics"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Reality Scramble - added benefit of retrace (I often mystical tutor for this one over the classics)"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Divergent Transformations - 4 mana in typical games, but for two polymorphs!"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Lukka - has the sneaky benefit of being a non-creature spell that ca trigger Kykar before the polymorph target needs to be declared. Best curve out option."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Proteus Staff - Repeatable polymorph, with some added setup cost "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Chaos Mutation - +1 mana for the benefit of polymorphing one of each of your opponents biggest threats"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nThe Bad Polymorphs:\nReweave - polymorph but more expensive"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Synthetic Destiny, Mass Polymorph - polymorph your whole board (sometimes good, often awkward)"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Indomitable Creativity - great to recycle mana rocks late game, but can also hit other mana rocks in the deck"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"What we Polymorph Into"},{"insert":"\nThe Classics:\nConsecrated Sphinx - we love cards "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Hullbreaker Horror - Top tier control creature"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Jin Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant - Slight stax and killer value, too good not to include even though it attacks poorly"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Gisela - less damage for me, more damage for you!"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Ovika - make more polymorph fodder, or end the game quickly with goblins and...."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite - The one and only. Closes out games on her own, and the vigilance keyword is surprisingly relevant"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Velomachus Lorehold - has 20+ good hits in the deck, but is best when chaining into additional polymorphs "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Sephara - 9 of my 12 creatures fly. Kykar flies. Sephara slaps."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nThe Combo:\nAurelia the Warleader - once per turn extra combat step which untaps all creatures - often the jumping off point for...."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Medomai the Ageless - to chain one or hopefully two extra turns in a row"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Bloodthirster - makes extra combats for each player it can attack, doesn't untap all creatures, but with 4 vigillance threats there's more than meets the eye..."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Salvation Colossus - beefy beater with some extra flair. Dovetails nicely with bloodthirster"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Ideal Play Pattern"},{"insert":"\nT1 - Land + Cantrip, Gamble, or Mystical Tutor missing pieces OR fetch for Triome\nT2 - Land, Mana Rock\nT3 - Land, Kykar if it seems safe, else continue to set up/search for missing pieces and wait for counterspell backup\nT4 - A method of triggering Kykar and a polymorph. This can happen in several ways\nFree spell (Lotus petal, Gitaxian Probe, or Frantic Search) into 4cmc Polymorph"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Land, Cantrip, 4 cmc Polymorph"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Land, Lukka"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"T5+ - continue to chain polymorphs, eventually amassing a board of creatures which can threaten multiple combats, turns, or overwhelming resource advantage\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Game Changers"},{"insert":"\nThis deck plays just one GC - Mystical Tutor. Most often, Mystical is finding a polymorph spell or an answer to a threat on board. This deck is far too powerful to be considered a 2, so the Mystical is here to stay. Given bracket three can play up to 3 GCs, I could add more, but this deck is powerful as it is and can often stand up against more tuned tier 4-like strategies. Any increase in power level may push it up to 4 irrespective of the actual GC count.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"How this Becomes a Strong Bracket 4"},{"insert":"\nFree Countermagic - my copy of Fierce Guardianship is in my Tier 4 Ezuri deck and I don't feel like buying another. Force of Will and Mana Drain would also be useful here"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Top Tier Fast Mana - Ancient Tomb, Chrome Mox, Mox Diamond ($$$)"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"More Stax - Jin Gitaxias, Core Augur is back on the menu boys!!"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Slight optimizations in card quality throughout - this deck is played in paper without proxies, and to some extent it was built with what I had laying around. Exact card decisions may have come down to what was in my old box of uncommons."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"}]}
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