{"ops":[{"insert":{"video":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/PGfVwe9_qmU?showinfo=0"}},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Chain Veil Gideon"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"-A mono white, land-based casual combo deck"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Introduction "},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"\"Chain Veil Gideon is the Mono White Lands deck that nobody asked for and nobody needed.\" -Vanity Fair"},{"attributes":{"blockquote":true},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"\"Well, its a deck.\" -Guy at my local card shop"},{"attributes":{"blockquote":true},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"\"What is this disgusting pile of jank?\" -Player who targeted me with "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Praetor's Grasp"}},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"blockquote":true},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n\tChain Veil Gideon is a mono white land based casual combo deck focused around manlands, mana dorks, and abusing "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Gideon, Martial Paragon"}},{"insert":"'s +2 ability to untap creatures and generate value. It protects itself and grinds out card advantage (in mono white!) while assembling either its combo or some other win in hand. We have an excellent recursion engine and a compact and powerful, tutorable, package of walkers that can help us at any point in the game. This deck is a hell of a lot of fun to pilot and due to lack of tutors (but not lack of trying!) games with it are highly variable and a ton of fun to play. We abuse nearly every draw engine white has to offer and assemble loads of card advantage, and can flood the board with creatures or sit behind responses depending on what the game requires. \n\tWhile Chain Veil Gideon is named after a planeswalker, I wouldn't consider it a superfriends deck. With the exception of "},{"attributes":{"background":"#ffffff","link":"https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=429662"},"insert":"Gideon Jank Paragon"},{"insert":", all the walkers in this deck were carefully selected to serve as either answers to threats, sources of card advantage, or in very rare cases backup win conditions. We will break down each one and their roles later in the primer. The main focus of this deck is the cards our walkers help us play around, our glorious manlands and mana dorks. By flooding the board with these guys and buffing them up with anthems and "},{"attributes":{"background":"#ffffff","link":"https://gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?multiverseid=429662&type=card"},"insert":"Protagonist Man's"},{"insert":" +2 we can often swing in without even having to use our combo. \n\n\n"},{"insert":{"image":"https://i.imgur.com/zmWSuk6.png"}},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The Gameplan "},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"-This primer was written before our beloved "},{"attributes":{"italic":true,"link":"https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/006/237/686/large/_-tutu-_-.jpg?1497019449"},"insert":"Beefslab McBenchpress"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":" killed himself to save Liliana and sell more cards. Most of the article refers to him as if he was still alive. Obviously, he isn't, but I wrote a primer, not an obituary so I am not going to change it too much. "},{"attributes":{"italic":true,"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/ss2/4/rest-in-peace"},"insert":"Rest in Peace"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"italic":true,"link":"https://media-dominaria.cursecdn.com/attachments/141/208/635722585589884704.jpg"},"insert":"Sideburn Fightshit"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":", you will always hold a special place in my jank encrusted heart. "},{"insert":"\n\t\n\tAs with most EDH decks we want to spend the beginning of the game building up our resources. Play ramp spells such as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sol Ring"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Gold Myr"}},{"insert":" and slam down Djeru as early as possible to fetch your first walker. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Karn, Scion of Urza"}},{"insert":" is usually the best option for the early game as he is cheap and essentially says \"draw a card\" but there are a few other good walkers to bring down early depending on your opening hand. Here is the breakdown on each one and their role in the deck: \n\nPlaneswalking with the Bois (and Elspeth) "},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\t\t\n\t"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Elspeth, Sun's Champion"}},{"insert":": This is one of our more powerful walkers in the deck. If our mana is good, and we need to pressure the boardstate, she is a good one to grab in the early game. Otherwise she is a great tutorable boardwipe that also hits "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Djeru, With Eyes Open"}},{"insert":", allowing us to re-cast him again and search once more. Don't worry. "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/brazen-2017-05-03"},"insert":"He drowned this guy in front of Gideon"},{"insert":" once and kinda deserves it.\n\t"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Gideon, Ally of Zendikar"}},{"insert":": Remember that time in War of the Spark when Gideon killed himself to help the team? You get the idea. Don't worry, we can cycle him with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mistveil Plains"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Codex Shredder"}},{"insert":".\n\t"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Kytheon, Hero of Akros // Gideon, Battle-Forged"}},{"insert":": This guy is a discount Martial Paragon. He also allows us to swing in with one of our lands without fear after using it for mana. \n\t"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Gideon, Martial Paragon"}},{"insert":": Our homie, our boi, our namesake and our savior. Very rarely should this be the first walker you should bring out. Most opponents hold on to removal and it is best to just play "},{"attributes":{"background":"#ffffff","link":"https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/HwvA8B6kU1X6of0EF_hHAZZxkWU=/0x0:2040x1498/1200x0/filters:focal(0x0:2040x1498):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/16161183/Path_to_Exile_by_Daarken_sized.jpg"},"insert":"Golden Boy Gideon"},{"insert":" when it comes time to reign in the win. \n\t"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Karn, Scion of Urza"}},{"insert":": This is kinda a Karn tribal deck too since I search for this guy in almost every game. He is cheap, he grants card advantage, he can protect himself, and in the late game he makes these MASSIVE tokens. Cool guy.\n\t"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Karn, the Great Creator"}},{"insert":": One of our combo pieces, allowing us to untap "},{"insert":{"card-link":"The Chain Veil"}},{"insert":" by turning it into a creature. In the toolbox he can rescue lost artifacts or lock out rock reliant decks or decks that need artifacts (like equipment) to function. Also nothing like beating people to death with a "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mind's Eye"}},{"insert":".\n\t"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ugin, the Ineffable"}},{"insert":": Well for starters he reduces the cost of about a third of our deck. I can dig that. His +1 basically says \"draw a card... eventually\" and his -3 is a solid source of tutorable removal. \n\t"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ugin, the Spirit Dragon"}},{"insert":": Another tutorable source of removal. If we can protect him long enough he usually can ult for extreme value that often leads to a win. He's also just sweet and demands an answer from opponents. Easily one of the coolest things this deck can do right now is -0 Ugin with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Eight-and-a-Half-Tails"}},{"insert":" on board make everyone’s good lands white. Oops no lands. EDIT: I cut Eight and a Half Tails but the world still needs to know about this interaction.\n\n\tOnce we have our first walker we want to sit on the board and quietly amass card advantage. Leave mana open for our draw engines and responses and keep creatures up to block for our walkers. Don't feel bad about throwing "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://img.scryfall.com/cards/large/front/2/2/2234df89-0835-4a17-b5d8-2334ee8f692d.jpg?1562792235"},"insert":"Dijon Mustard"},{"insert":" in front of your attackers. We like to recast him anyways. Draw as many cards as possible and begin to move towards one of our wincons. \n\n\tThe Wincons"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\t\n\t"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Chain Veil Gideon: "},{"insert":"Our primarary wincon is generating infinite mana, infinite untaps and infinite power and toughness using \t "},{"attributes":{"background":"#ffffff","link":"http://i.imgur.com/4EMYGV9.png"},"insert":"Gideon, Sexual Paragon"},{"insert":"' s +2 in conjunction with one of our Karns and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"The Chain Veil"}},{"insert":". Here's how we break it down:\n\t\tWith manlands and mana dorks that can produce at least 4 mana, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"The Chain Veil"}},{"insert":", and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Gideon, Martial Paragon"}},{"insert":" on board as well as either "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Karn, Silver Golem"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Karn, the Great Creator"}},{"insert":" in and able to use their ability you can begin the combo.\n\t\t\t1.) Turn the Veil into a creature\n\t\t\t2.) +2 "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://media.wizards.com/images/magic/daily/ld/ld136_gideon.jpg"},"insert":"The Incredible Hunk"},{"insert":" \n\t\t\t3.) In response, animate all your manlands and float mana from your dorks. Lands like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mutavault"}},{"insert":" can activate themselves when they tap. \n\t\t\t4.) Spend 4 mana from your manlands and dorks to activate The Veil. Tap all the creatures you can and use any other walker abilities.\n\t\t\t5.) Activate "},{"attributes":{"background":"#ffffff","link":"https://i.pinimg.com/originals/87/46/13/874613883ce4dd66a25a50ec2eac44ee.jpg"},"insert":"Tap Me Daddy"},{"insert":" once more and begin your loop. Once you have achieved"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://i.imgur.com/njXCipM.png"},"insert":" I N F I N I T E G I D E O N"},{"insert":" you can end the loop any time by ulting "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUvgO_uYdeY"},"insert":"The Mighty Martyr Man"},{"insert":" and blowing out your opponents with creatures the size of "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://img.scryfall.com/cards/large/front/1/6/16acf619-0f45-4985-a8ec-074a4ec33fa7.jpg?1562008659"},"insert":"Gideon's ego"},{"insert":" right before his friends died and his spark ignited. You could also mill to death with an animated "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Codex Shredder"}},{"insert":", draw your library with one of our many draw artifacts, burn people out with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ugin, the Spirit Dragon"}},{"insert":", gain infinite life with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Trading Post"}},{"insert":" or loop any spell you want using our draw engines, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Codex Shredder"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Trading Post"}},{"insert":" or just by Awakening "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mistveil Plains"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Conqueror's Galleon // Conqueror's Foothold"}},{"insert":". \n\t"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"White Sun's Zenith: "},{"insert":{"card-link":"White Sun's Zenith"}},{"insert":" is rather self explanatory as wincons go. We ramp a lot and have quite a few anthems. Zenith allows us to blow people out with 20+ power worth of cats, plus it shuffles itself back in so we can just throw it out whenever we have the mana leftover if we so desire. \n\t"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Attacking with Creatures and Lands: "},{"insert":"We should be incrementally whittling our opponents down every chance we get and in the late game we can sometimes just eliminate players one by one without having to blow anyone out if we can keep our responses up and enough bulk on board. We flood the board pretty often in the late game with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Thraben Doomsayer"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Elspeth, Sun's Champion"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Field of the Dead"}},{"insert":", and our manlands so attacking in with anthemed up creatures often is the way to go. Oh yeah, and we have an "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite"}},{"insert":". \n\t"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Infect: "},{"insert":"Yeah you read that right. We can buff our "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Plague Myr"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Inkmoth Nexus"}},{"insert":" and kill people in 1-2 swings. We can awaken the Inkmoth to put counters on it and then pay 1 to give infect. Hilarious. \n\t"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Conquering the Competition: "},{"insert":"We also have our good friend "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Conqueror's Galleon // Conqueror's Foothold"}},{"insert":" to fall back on if things get rough. This bad boy is a draw enabler as well as a way to recycle our cards and loop spells like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Planar Outburst"}},{"insert":" every turn.\n\n\n"},{"insert":{"image":"https://i.imgur.com/njXCipM.png"}},{"insert":"\n\nYeah, I'd Tap That (Manlands and Mana Dorks)"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Blinkmoth Nexus"}},{"insert":": Not only does it only cost one to activate but it can also buff our "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Inkmoth Nexus"}},{"insert":" for better blocks or some zesty infect kills. \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Forbidding Watchtower"}},{"insert":": Enters tapped which feels bad but taps for white which feels good. Great blocker that people forget about.\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Frostwalk Bastion"}},{"insert":": The sole reason we run snow lands and well worth it. This card slaps. A+ blocker and intimidating attacker. \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Inkmoth Nexus"}},{"insert":": This one will kill ya. Also a flying blocker. \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mishra's Factory"}},{"insert":": Another cheap one that can be tapped to activate itself. It can also buff itself if we are untapping it. \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mobilized District"}},{"insert":": A big beefy 3/3 that is sometimes free. \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mutavault"}},{"insert":": Cheap land to activate. Counts as a Gideon? (It doesn't)\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Thespian's Stage"}},{"insert":": I just use this guy to copy manlands mostly.\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Encircling Fissure"}},{"insert":": A little pricey as a 5 mana fog but its one sided so our blockers and new land friend can get some kills. Also works for attacking into blockers.\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Planar Outburst"}},{"insert":": Just your friendly neighborhood boardwipe leaving behind all our manlands and a 4/4. \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sheer Drop"}},{"insert":": Passable removal with a landtastic upside. \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ondu Rising"}},{"insert":": Not a super great card on its own. It can mitigate our Mana Crypt I guess. Paying 5 mana to put 4 counters on a land is just awesome though. The Awaken effect alone makes this card super worth it. \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Wall of Resurgence"}},{"insert":": Great blocker and makes a beefy land.\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Gold Myr"}},{"insert":": One of our best dorks. Produces white for 2 mana.\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Hedron Crawler"}},{"insert":": Not remarkable but he's cheap.\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Manakin"}},{"insert":": Better than Hedron Crawler.\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Metalworker"}},{"insert":": Our best dork. Big mana. Huuuuuuge.\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Palladium Myr"}},{"insert":": Poor man's Metalworker\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Plague Myr"}},{"insert":": We attack with this guy sometimes. \n\nPlaying our Value Engines"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\t\n\tIn the creation of this deck I elected to focus on value engines as a pose to clunky tutors such as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ring of Three Wishes"}},{"insert":" which can easily be destroyed by effects or locked out by stax. As such card combinations such as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mentor of the Meek"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ugin, the Ineffable"}},{"insert":", or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Trading Post"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Junk Diver"}},{"insert":" (two examples of many) are our main ways to get our wincons online through draws. Drawing cards should be your top priority from the second you slam Djeru \"I wish there was a better way to tutor out Gideon\" with Eyes Open to the very end of the game. \n\nLand Synergies"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\tThese cards make up the \"motif\" of the deck. They are broken down into two categories. Ways to play extra lands and ways to build synergies from lands entering and being on the board. \n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Retreat to Emeria"}},{"insert":": This card can produce blockers/help flood the board or anthem up our creatures on the turns we choose to attack. I was thinking it would be kinda alright when I added it but it is actually surprisingly sweet, especially with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sword of the Animist"}},{"insert":".\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sword of the Animist"}},{"insert":": Speaking of which, this is one of our best ramp cards and a way to get extra landfall triggers. Great on "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://66.media.tumblr.com/0d5952f04bb500448eaaba97ea64e6e6/tumblr_os6dif5WjC1qia2dho1_1280.jpg"},"insert":"Big D."},{"insert":" Be careful with this because we have fetches and only 12 basic lands. I would make sure you leave a few in your library just in case. \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Seer's Sundial"}},{"insert":": Great draw engine. \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Expedition Map"}},{"insert":": An excellent repeatable tutor for whatever land we may need at the moment. \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Weathered Wayfarer"}},{"insert":": An excellent repeatable tutor for whatever land we may need at the moment. \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Walking Atlas"}},{"insert":": One of the few ways we can sneak in extra land drops. Tutorable with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Recruiter of the Guard"}},{"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ghirapur Orrery"}},{"insert":": Another way to sneak in extra land drops. Be careful with this one, If at any point you can't use it you should sac or kill it. Giving opponents lands can help with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Knight of the White Orchid"}},{"insert":" and friends but isn't the best thing to do still. \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Tomik, Distinguished Advokist"}},{"insert":": Keeps our lands safe and hoses enemy land decks. Could also be a silly alternate commander. \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sun Titan"}},{"insert":": Returns fetches. Also Codex Shredder. \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Knight of the White Orchid"}},{"insert":": Pretty good ramp. Pretty good blocker. \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Kor Cartographer"}},{"insert":": Another ramp guy, but not conditional on us being behind, \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Emeria Shepherd"}},{"insert":": A landfall abuser and a doozy at that. Can return planeswalkers. \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Emeria Angel"}},{"insert":": Birds seem good. \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Crucible of Worlds"}},{"insert":": Is it really a lands deck without Crucible of Worlds? I mean I guess but it would be a bad one. \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Eight-and-a-Half-Tails"}},{"insert":": Can protect lands similarly to Tomik and can also protect our other stuff too. Also you can do silly things like make your opponents unable to target their own creatures, or wiping lands with Ugin. \n\nUtility lands and You"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://mtg.gamepedia.com/Fetch_land"},"insert":"The Fetches"},{"insert":": These get us extra landfall triggers on "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Field of the Dead"}},{"insert":" and our Emeria ladies. Can also grab our two special plains. or be returned from grave with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sun Titan"}},{"insert":".\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Buried Ruin"}},{"insert":": Does fun things with Sun Titan, can return The Veil.\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Castle Ardenvale"}},{"insert":"/ "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Legion's Landing // Adanto, the First Fort"}},{"insert":": Can draw a card with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mentor of the Meek"}},{"insert":" or simply generate blockers.\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Field of the Dead"}},{"insert":": One of the ways we can flood the board. Real good with fetches. Also the reason we run both regular and snow covered plains. Big brain. \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Idyllic Grange"}},{"insert":": Put counters on lands with this one. Entering tapped sometimes hurts but its tutorable with fetches which makes for some fun combat tricks. \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Inventors' Fair"}},{"insert":": I like the lifegain but y'all already know this is just here to get "},{"insert":{"card-link":"The Chain Veil"}},{"insert":".\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mistveil Plains"}},{"insert":": One of the ways to recycle planeswalkers.\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ancient Den"}},{"insert":": So many ways to cycle this and get extra landfall triggers.\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Karn's Bastion"}},{"insert":": We have lots of +1 +1 counters and loyalty counters. \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Thespian's Stage"}},{"insert":": Two "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Field of the Dead"}},{"insert":"? I've even used this to cheekily copy "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Myriad Landscape"}},{"insert":" or other fetches. \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Karoo"}},{"insert":": Slow but enables landfall. Funny with the Grange.\n"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"What's our Power Level? "},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\t\n\tThis is a casual deck. It is not going to win at a competitive table because it doesn't have enough instant speed interaction, can't combo fast enough, and has a clunky strategy. This deck sits firmly in the realm of highly optimized jank, right where I am most comfortable. This deck plays nice at kitchen tables and card shops alike and is capable of winning against much stronger decks if they don't see our strategy coming. Sleeve up Chain Veil Gideon if you want to play varied games against casual players or challenging games against stronger players. Don't sleeve up CVG if you want to pubstomp (I hear therapy can help with that) or compete at the highest level of play. \n"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Conclusion"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\t\n\tOverall Chain Veil Gideon is a fun, silly casual combo deck that can be adapted for many environments. Heck if you wanted to power down you could even swap Djeru out for Tomik. It grinds out wins using value engines and can flood the board in the late game with creatures and anthems. While our boi Gideon is not alive to witness what this deck has become, I am sure he would approve of what it is now. Rest easy now, brother. \n\n"},{"insert":{"image":"http://static1.squarespace.com/static/5356aa98e4b0e10db1993391/5984aa12e6f2e1810040a5db/5cb8f8d615fcc091f744a78b/1558916577347/Heartwarming_Redemption+Lyon.jpg"}},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"-In memorium of Gideon Jura, if only he could grant me invulnerability from these bad feels"},{"insert":"\n\n\nBudget Considerations"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Here's a swap for everything over ten dollars. These are reccomendations, a budget list shouldn't look to simply supplant the expensive cards with worse versions but perhaps work around that weakness by focusing more on other aspects of the deck like tokens or dorks. "},{"insert":"\n\nFetchlands: Evolving Wilds, Terramorphic Expanse, Panoramas. \nMutavault, Inkmoth Nexus: Stalking Stones, Dread Statuary, Hostile Desert\nFlagstones of Trokair: Snow Covered Plains\nField of the Dead: Legions's Landing\nAncient Tomb: Temple of the False God\nRecruiter of the Guard: I'm about to cut this myself so do yourself a favor and just add more removal. \nMetalworker: Palladium Myr since that's usually what he taps for anyways. Its not a big hit for the deck. \nKarn Silver Golem: Toymaker\nElesh Norn: Any anthem you want. I like Always Watching for vigilance on the manlands. \nEnlightened Tutor: More removal or ramp, if you are feeling risky you can add Ring of Three Wishes or Tamiyo's Journal\nSmothering Tithe: Another mana dork or rock\nThe Chain Veil: You kinda need this one unless you wanna ditch the Gideon package and go full on landfall. \nMana Vault: Literally any mana rock\nCrucible of Worlds: Faith's Reward isn't a bad swap here. \nUgin the Spirit Dragon: He's just a boardwipe I can fetch so any boardwipe will do. \nElspeth Sun's Champion: Another fetchable wipe to be replaced by a non-fetchable wipe. \n\n\n"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Change Log"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n11/14/19 Removed Arcane Encyclopedia for Skullclamp and removed Temple of the False God for Lotus Field\n\n11/30/19 Removed Paradise Mantle for Eight and a Half Tails. 8.5 is a really good mana sink, can protect my lands similarly to Tomik, and can also do some additional shenanigans such as allowing me to exile lands using Ugin the Spirit Dragon -X at X=0. There are many advantages to making lands into colored permanents it seems. The Mantle was my weakest “dork” effect and I often never bothered to equip it. \n\n12/8/19 Removed Stalking Stones for Karoo. I never used the ability and Karoo enables landfall.\n\n12/26/19 Cut Codex Shredder for Conquerer's Galleon. Galleon provides more draw and does basically the same thing as the shredder.\n\n1/10/20 Finally got this is paper!!! Been playing it against my playgroup and I am now considering swapping Endbringer, Eight and a Half Tails and Staff of Nin for Armageddon, Faith's Reward, and Brought Back. Armageddon is strong in this deck with its ability to ramp and also play lands from grave with Crucible and Sun Titan. Persistent token generators means this deck often has a dominant boardstate and because of that is also benefits from resource denial. TLDR I can break parity. Faiths Reward and Brought Back help me do this and also synergize with cards like Lotus Field and my fetches. \n\n1/15 So Faith's Reward and Brought Back perform really well with this deck, and while Armageddon did lead to a blowout win with Crucible on board, it was still slow and painful for my opponents. I don't think that level of bullshit is appropriate for a casual deck that likely sits at like a 4 on the power scale so I am removing Armageddon for Codex Shredder. Conquerer's Galleon is excellent but also a massive removal target which makes it an unreliable recursion engine. I am going to keep it in the deck but will be adding the shredder for redundancy.\n\n1/16 Making some general updates for Theros. Swapping Return to Dust for Heliod’s Intervention and also swapping Thot Vessel for Legion’s Landing. Landing gives us another land that makes tokens and seems easy enough to flip. Thot Vessel was just a boring rock.\n\n2/16/20 Swapped Thousand Year Elixer for Luminarch Ascension because I like winning and the elixer didn't help as much as I wanted it to. Also ditched some of the janky creature tutors.\n\n4/5/20 VERGE RANGERS YOU SO FINE, YOU SO FINE YOU BLOW MY MIND. VERGE RANGERS! VERGE RANGERS! Cut Luminarch Ascension for these bad bois. I can’t believe wizards actually printed mono white land support. I’m fucking giddy. THEY ALSO PRINTED MANASCAPE REFRACTOR WTF. This deck is getting so many cool new toys. Gilded Lotus is out. Manascape Refractor (which is a bonkers good card) is in. They also printed Cartographer’s Hawk. Jesus fuck it’s like someone from WOTC read my primer and decided to build this deck themselves. Faiths Reward out, Hawk In. I was going to consolidate this update into something more concise but I’m leaving my initial reactions here as history. \n\n4/10 Karn’s Bastion is out for Bonder’s Enclave. \n\n6/4 Added Mangara. Cya Trading Post.\n\n8/26 In VERY giddy preparation for more white “catch up” ramp spells I have cut Scrap Trawler for Winds of Abandon. \n\n9/23 I fucking love Zendikar. Felidar Retreat is in and Gideon's Resolve is finally out. We also swapped Legion's Landing, Snow Covered Plains, Plains, and Ondu Rising for Ondu Inversion, Emeria's Call, Crawling Barrens, and Kabira Takedown. All hail Field of the Dead may it get ever more targets. I also love how these modular lands help when i flood out on mana. \n\n10/31 It is finally time to add Keeper of the Accord. Thraben Doomsayer gets the cut here as I much prefer the lands focus to the tokens one and this guy does both. \n\n11/26 Guildless commons in for Karoo\n\n2/12 Cut Hedron Crawler and added Faceless Haven.\n\n5/26 Big overhaul of the deck. Added Zuran Orb, Faiths Reward, Cosmic Intervention, Stoic Farmer, Sword of Hearth and Home, Prowling Felidar, Settle the Wreckage, Armageddon, Archaeomancer’s Arena, and Sunstone. Removed Comeuppance, Heliod’s Intervention, Elesh Norn, Mana Vault, Mangara the Diplomat, White Sun's Zenith, Gideon Ally of Zendikar and Karn Silver Golem\n\nBuilding decks on Moxfield has spoiled me and I constantly forget that Archidekt doesn't have a \"history\" tab. I no longer update changelogs for my Archidekt lists. If you want to know what the most recent tech is for one of my decks, @ me in my discord server: https://discord.gg/jhd69j6v4K\n"}]}