{"ops":[{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Overview:"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Best played in bracket three. This deck plays with a certain feeling of inevitability. As illusions die, ramping extra lands is incredibly beneficial. With additional Minn clones or triggers, this deck stays compact while also being capable of large attacks. Ideally after turn three, you can adopt a certain level of \"draw go\". As the mono blue deck, people play around your potential counter spells longs enough that the games don't necessarily pressure you as much. \n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Ideal play pattern by turns. Assuming land drop for first 4 turns:"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Maybe Sol Talisman, Sol Ring, or Wayfarer's Bauble"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Want to have a two CMC rock to play. Not critical but very nice."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Play Minn. If possible due to ramp, also play a one mana, single card draw spell (Consider, Shadow Rift, Thought Scour, or cycle Lonely Sandbar). If you have brainstorm in hand, hold for later turn as it is easy to bluff one mana counterspells. Be careful with Shadow Rift as well as you illusions can get to be 10+ power in the late game and giving your tokens shadow can make them a one shot kill."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Make sure you have a fourth land drop, even if you have to use a draw spell on your turn. This deck wants a minimum of six mana available to be able to draw on at least two other turns. Making the illusions and playing lands with the death triggers can ramp really well but you don't want to miss these first turns."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"From turn five on, as long as you have a land drop, a \"draw go\" playstyle can be adopted. This deck really plays around Minn so hold counterspells for protection or your opponents' game winning plays."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Combo:"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"With Omniscience and Psychosis Crawler, the odds that you can churn through your deck while pinging the board to death are high but not technically infinite as an opponent may have more life than you have cards in deck. To solve this, Elixir of Immortality can be used to shuffle your graveyard back into the deck and you can continue to draw. If you need to draw even more, Perilous Research allows you to sacrifice a token and replay the Elixir of Immortality at instant speed. You are also \"putting\" the Elixir of Immortality in with Minn's triggered ability so you can fight through counterspell battles. \n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Easy Upgrades:"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Free counterspells. This deck was made for a bracket two-three meta but free counters make is stronger. "},{"attributes":{"list":"true"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Fast mana or more reducers. Having Minn sooner and instants costing less means more illusions faster."},{"attributes":{"list":"true"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Laboratory Maniac or Thassa's Oracle effects. This deck does not actually deck itself often but in combination with Omniscience, these types of wins become very doable. If you pivot to focusing on an Omniscience combo, easy cuts are Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive and Wonder"},{"attributes":{"list":"true"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth guarantees that Submerge works."},{"attributes":{"list":"true"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Alter of Dementia for mill wins and instant speed Minn triggers."},{"attributes":{"list":"true"},"insert":"\n"}]}