{"ops":[{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"Deck idea:"},{"insert":"\nThis deck is built around the thought of the best card in your deck being in the Command Zone. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Koma, Cosmos Serpent"}},{"insert":" is a strong card that can easily close out the game by itself, and here the rest of the deck serves as a framework to make him shine.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"Starting hand & mulligans:"},{"insert":"\nThe deck is built around getting Koma out consistently on turn 4. An ideal starting hand looks something like this: 3 lands + turn 2 ramp, like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Nature's Lore"}},{"insert":" + turn 3 ramp, like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Skyshroud Claim"}},{"insert":" + free protection, like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Fierce Guardianship"}},{"insert":" + a draw engine, like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Elemental Bond"}},{"insert":". \n\nA starting hand like this would only need to draw one additional land by turn 4, which mathematically should be very likely, to deploy a protected Koma by turn 4, and follow it up with a draw engine to refill the hand the next turn.\n\nCards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Everflowing Chalice"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sol Ring"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Tender Wildguide"}},{"insert":" can be deployed as either turn 2 or turn 3 ramp.\n\nThis deck mulligans quite aggressively for the correct starting hand, as it's very important to get the correct distribution of lands and ramp spells in your starting hand. It's better to go down to 5 cards-in-hand if it allows you to keep 3 lands and two ramps spells.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"Gameplan:"},{"insert":"\nTo summarize, the gameplan is to get Koma out on turn 4 every game, hopefully protected by Countermagic. The turns after this is spent developing draw engines, deploying clones of Koma to multiply his effectiveness, and holding up mana for Countermagic, in case somebody wants to mess with us. Ultimately the decks wins by either attrition or drawing into an overrun effect, like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Craterhoof Behemoth"}},{"insert":".\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"Utilizing Koma:"},{"insert":"\nI have been told that I pilot my Koma deck quite aggressively, not holding back in sacrificing my Coils to tap permanents on my opponent's boards. However, I think this important for setting opposing players back and providing us a tempo boost until we can deploy more game pieces.\n\nIt's important to remember that Koma's ability is quite unique in that it can target any permanent type. Thus, we can utilize the Coils that we get to disrupt many different opposing strategies. Of course we can use the Coils to tap opposing creatures, but we can also do so much more. For example, tapping a "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cabal Coffers"}},{"insert":" before the opponent's draw step makes the window to use the mana very small. Similarly, tapping down Planeswalkers or Equipments before the draw step makes them unusable for the turn, as these are activated at sorcery speed.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"Key cards in the deck:"},{"insert":"\nThe \"Crime\" Package:\nCards that trigger off the general wording of \"you do a crime\" are excellent in Koma. Sadly there aren't many, and even fewer good ones, but the ones included have always been great in my games.\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Freestrider Lookout"}},{"insert":" - Every time you sacrifice a Coil to interact with an opponent's board, you get a tapped land in return. This card looks so deep into your deck that the chance to whiff is miniscule.\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Verity Circle"}},{"insert":" - On it's floor, this card attacks mana dorks and creatures that taps to activate their abilities, but on it's ceiling it gives us a card back every time we interact with an opponent's creature with Koma's activated ability.\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Willbreaker"}},{"insert":" - With Willbreaker, you get control of the creature you target with Koma's activated ability - just remember that it's still tapped when you take control of it!\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dismiss into Dream"}},{"insert":" - On it's floor, this card attacks opponent's deck that want to target their own creatures, like a Voltron deck that wants to target their commander with equip abilities, but with Koma out, it turns all your Coils into direct removal.\n\nThe \"Landfall\" Package:\nWhile I wouldn't call this deck a landfall deck, it does ramp a lot. Therefore, it runs "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Tatyova, Benthic Druid"}},{"insert":" and"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait"}},{"insert":" as card draw engines, as they turn our multiple ramp spells into card draw spells when they are on the battlefield.\n\nThe \"Clone\" Package:\nAs I begun this primer by stating, this deck is based around the thought of your best card always being accessible from the Command Zone. The clones in the deck is selected because they allow for cloning of legendary creatures, to amplify the effectiveness of Koma. \n\nI opted out of cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Parallel Lives"}},{"insert":", as deploying a clone and Parallel Lives has the same effectiveness, netting you one more token per trigger. While it's true that if you deploy "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"both"},{"insert":" a clone and a Parallel Lives, you square the effectiveness of Koma and the clone, you are also more vulnerable in the cases where you deploy the Parallel Lives by itself and Koma is removed, effectively setting yourself up for getting 2-for-1'ed.\n"}]}