{"ops":[{"insert":"Together we are building a brain, a layered system that self assembles and cascades information across its network. Almost no human decisions should be required to pilot this machine. \n\"What happens next depends only on the state of affairs "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"now"},{"insert":".\"\n\nWorking on my gauntlet and I figure I want a blink deck.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Pantlaza, Sun-Favored"}},{"insert":" can put permanents into play on ETB.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Squee, the Immortal"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Food Chain"}},{"insert":" can make all the creature mana and provide a sac outlet to cast your commander enough times to either put your win into play or draw and make the creature mana to cast it.\n\nETB doublers like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Annie Joins Up"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Panharmonicon"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Roaming Throne"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Gandalf the White"}},{"insert":" all extend the value of our commander, enable combos and allows us to do more than 'go again' when using single use blink effects. THIS ACTUALLY DOES NOT WORK, YOU CANNOT DOUBLE THINGS CAN BE ACTIVATED ONLY ONCE. This can be used to get double blinks out of your blink creatures.\n\nPantlaza can only find cards with 4 or less cmc, it will never find "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker"}},{"insert":" meaning this will be in the library when going through the traditional "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Birthing Pod"}},{"insert":" line. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Felidar Guardian"}},{"insert":" is not just used in this line but is a recursive blink effect that can be used in a blink engine.\n\nWorking on a recursive blink engine using "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Glorious Protector"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Lumbering Battlement"}},{"insert":".\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Oblivion Ring"}},{"insert":" under Abdel and another blink or exile effect can be chained togeather. Exile the Abdel then with the oring etb target the card holding abdel. Now use the abdel to target the oring, this will get you back the starting condition.\n\nAny of those 3 mass blinkers and two etb blinkers can recursively blink Pantlaza. For example:\nGlorious Protector, Felidar Guardian and Oblivion Ring. Protector ETB put things under it. Oring ETB put protector under it getting back what was under the protector. Now play fguardian blinking the oring, this gets back the protector causing an etb putting things under him this time put the fguardian. With the Oring etb target the protector getting back your fguardian trigger. Trigger the Oring and this can be looped as many times as you want. With a commander in play you can get infinite etb triggers.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Emiel the Blessed"}},{"insert":" can work as a blink engine if i can figure out how to make the mana.\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Prosperous Innkeeper"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Jewel Thief"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Patron of the Arts"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Charming Scoundrel"}},{"insert":" all make a treasure on ETB, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Burning-Tree Emissary"}},{"insert":" makes 2 mana on ETB.\nEmiel and Burning-Tree Emissary with Panharmonicon, Elish Norn or a Roaming Throne naming Human or Shaman makes you infinite red and green mana, you can then use that mana to blink Pantlaza.\nWith two etb doublers any treasure maker will make 1 -> 2 -> 4 treasures allowing you to loop Emiel and make a treasure per loop.\n\nPreston, Emiel and Burning-Tree Emissary makes infinite blink mana.\n\nThe red duplication effects could be really good either getting another etb effect or potentially doubling roaming throne. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Molten Duplication"}},{"insert":" can get panharmonicon. \n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Preston, the Vanisher"}},{"insert":" makes my discovers create a 0/1 copy of that discovery. If Preston sees Pantlaza flicker it will create a 0/1 pantlaza that pantlaza will die to legend rule but you will still get the etb to discover for 1. If you hit "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cloudshift"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ephemerate"}},{"insert":" you can blink pantlaza getting another preston trigger, kill copy to legend and now you have a discover 1 trigger ontop of a discover 4 trigger. You can find "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Enlightened Tutor"}},{"insert":" to setup whatever hit you want on your discover 4 trigger.\n\nExample, Preston in play, pantlaza in play, blink pantlaza discover 4 trigger and preston trigger, discover 1 trigger. Ephemerate off the 1 trigger blinking the og pant, discover 4 on the stack and discover 1 ontop of it. Etutor for birthing pod, then resolve your etb putting bpod in play and if your next pantlaza trigger is 3 cmc or a felidar guardian then do the bpod line. If else bpod the preston and or pantlaza.\n\nYou can find foodchain if thats better, you can stick with bpod, you can just go for a effect doubler to set yourself up for the next attempt or build a recursive blink engine.\n\n----------\n\nGameplan\n\nT1 serveil or scry\nT2 play a tapped ramp land or cycle a card.\nT3 play a ramp effect.\nT4 develop material\nT5 develop or flicker\nT6 win?\n\nFind depletion lands and ramp lands to get out 5-6 mana turn 4. Attempt to flicker pantlaza the deck will self assemble a win. We have almost no interaction and the interaction we have is pretty bad. We get shut out hard by cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Drannith Magistrate"}},{"insert":".\n\nConsiderations\n\nI could have fewer cards that do exiling, I'm not sure yet on the exact math of the ratios.\nI'm on the lookout for more interaction that does not get hit from discover.\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Yannik, Scavenging Sentinel"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Werefox Bodyguard"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Oblivion Ring"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Touch the Spirit Realm"}},{"insert":" are all cut considerations.\n\nIf I was going to cut any blink creature it would probably be "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Restoration Angel"}},{"insert":" as if I get two discover triggers first finding "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Glorious Protector"}},{"insert":" then the blink angel I won't be able to target my protector to loop.\nBest case I find the restoangel first I can use it as a go again or I can use it with the 5 drop mass exilers who are not angels and I can't hit off pantlaza.\n\nBurning tree Emissary could be taken out as many times it ends the go again loop, it feels like a worse squee when hit.\n\nThe same could be said about oblivion ring or touch the spirit realm, they have combo potential and interaction potential or flicker potential but can just end the loop when hit.\n\nRunning the top deck tutors can be great but they can also feel like they end your loop when hit without a preston.\n\nI could also consider cards like impact tremors or warpstorm surge as it opens us up to non combat wins and there are a few cards that make copies during combat we could run them for more support.\n\nThis deck is close enough to being playable that I am making it public. In a bit I'll remove some of the best in slot cards and display my true list using only the cards I own.\n\nConsider more or less serveil / scry lands.\nConsider bosaju and talon gates as interaction but also land slots.\n"}]}