{"ops":[{"insert":"Hello!"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"This is my "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Patron of the Orochi"}},{"insert":" deck that I've been "},{"attributes":{"strike":true},"insert":"whaling"},{"insert":" piecing together over time. It's by far my most expensive and most powerful deck that I own in paper and I've become quite proud of how well it performs. It is still a work in progress as I'm a bit of a local-pilled-game-store-cel so I'm only using cards I've been able to access from nearby. In terms of construction I'm at a stage where I'm just looking through every single green card that's ever been made one card type at a time and seeing what is an actual direct upgrade to what I've already got and there's already been a few breakthroughs so I'm very excited to see how the deck shifts and grows.\n\nAnyway, on to the primer.\n\nPrimer [UNFINISHED]"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nIntro"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nWhy Patron of the Orochi?"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"I had never seen this card until I started making this deck and it has single handedly turned me into the Green Guy of my pod. Having a card that can untap your lands and creatures mid turn and on each turn (including opponents turns) is a luxury that no other colour is afforded. This deck is a bit different from a lot of \"the commander is the value\" EDH decks in how if a game goes well you will likely never even cast PotO. It functions more as a contingency plan if the table decides to "},{"attributes":{"strike":true},"insert":"understandably"},{"insert":" rudely bully you. If your Mana Boosters and card draw engines are being blown up you can always call on your big sibling PotO to help you catch back up with some big mana potential turns. PotO is also a removal magnet itself which can actually make it good to play into open mana before you follow up with a powerful tutor like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Tooth and Nail"}},{"insert":" or a salt inducing creature like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger"}},{"insert":".\n\nWhy Bracket 4?"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"I've manually set this deck to bracket 4 because as of the time of writing this it's physically impossible for a mono green deck to be bracket 4 as per the rules on game changers. "},{"attributes":{"background":"#006100","bold":true},"insert":"Green can do no wrong."},{"insert":" A quick look at this deck will show that it is a hellscape of ramp and tutors for creatures that more than over perform. This deck consistently wins on turns 5-6 and with the addition of a certain card that's so expensive I wouldn't be able to look my partner in the eye if I got it, ("},{"insert":{"card-link":"Earthcraft"}},{"insert":") it could easily regularly win on turns 4-5 and would do so way faster on those turns.\n\nGame Plan"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"This deck has a simple plan: Ramp into your Mana Boosters and then use sheer volume of mana to pay for your big splashy tutors and card draw engines to throw together a win in one big turn. It's kind of like a combo deck if a combo deck was kicked in the head by a horse.\n\nThe sheer number of tutors in this deck ensure that the fringe cases of \"If you have X card out and Y card out you can do Z powerful effect\" are more of an inevitability than a novelty.\n\nGame Plan - Tutors"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"There are few different board states you might have arise while playing this deck and I'd like to outline what cards I recommend you tutor for based on the available information.\n\nGame Plan - Shenanigans"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"There is a subset of cards in this deck that I've lovingly nicknamed Shenanigans. Now don't get me wrong, they are by no means silly weak pet cards, to the contrary they enable some of the most ridiculously busted gameplay you will ever subject your pod to. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Abundance"}},{"insert":" is quite possibly one of the most ridiculous cards ever printed and if you can have it and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Recycle"}},{"insert":" out on the battlefield at the same time you will have some DISGUSTING turns. Throw in a "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cultivator Colossus"}},{"insert":" and you're easily drawing your entire deck as every land drop it gives draws you 1 land and 1 nonland card.\n\nWhen to Mulligan"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"You basically never want to have a creature in your opening hand that isn't "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sakura-Tribe Elder"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Oracle of Mul Daya"}},{"insert":". You also never want to keep a hand that just ramps, you will want to look for cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Seer's Sundial"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Tireless Tracker"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Oracle of Mul Daya"}},{"insert":" (will prevent drawing into lands),\n\nWincons"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"This deck seeks to win through one of the following ways:\n\n\t\t\t"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ant Queen"}},{"insert":" + "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Nyxbloom Ancient"}},{"insert":" + "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Enduring Vitality"}},{"insert":" / "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cryptolith Rite"}},{"insert":" + "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ulvenwald Oddity // Ulvenwald Behemoth"}},{"insert":" / "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Concordant Crossroads"}},{"insert":" \nProbably the most rube goldberg combo imaginable but you will consistently find yourself in a mad dash to try and get this thrown together once you have the mana generation and card draw to back it up. This series of cards allows for infinite mana and creature generation through this loop:\nSpend 2 mana to have "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ant Queen"}},{"insert":" generate an Ant creature token."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ulvenwald Oddity // Ulvenwald Behemoth"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Concordant Crossroads"}},{"insert":" give the Ant token haste."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Enduring Vitality"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cryptolith Rite"}},{"insert":" allow the Ant token to tap for 1 green mana."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Nyxbloom Ancient"}},{"insert":" triples that mana, netting 1 green mana."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Repeat this loop until you have as much mana as you want and then use it to create that many untapped hasted Ant tokens."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"This combo gets made much easier if you have the money to spend on "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Earthcraft"}},{"insert":" as it replaces the need for haste enablers and the reliance on "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Nyxbloom Ancient"}},{"insert":" since you'll be untapping a land, which in all likelihood you'll have some of your Mana Boosters on the battlefield to ensure you're netting mana. Notably though, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ulvenwald Oddity // Ulvenwald Behemoth"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Enduring Vitality"}},{"insert":" are both tutorable creatures so you'll find they allow for some great flexibility with setting up this combo.\n\n\t\t\t"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Finale of Devastation"}},{"insert":" + "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Avenger of Zendikar"}},{"insert":" \nWe finally did it, we broke "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Avenger of Zendikar"}},{"insert":"! Once you have more lands in play than your opponents have blockers, you can just play "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Finale of Devastation"}},{"insert":" for X equal to the highest HP of an opponent at the table, bust out your "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Avenger of Zendikar"}},{"insert":" and your instant army of hasted Saprolings will take it from there.\n\n\t\t\t"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Genesis Wave"}},{"insert":" \nThis card more often than not will dump your entire library onto the battlefield and from there you just pick which wincon you'd like to use to finish your opponents off.\n\nFinal Thoughts"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"}]}