{"ops":[{"insert":"Tannuk, Steadfast Second — Deck Primer"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Mono-red warp aggro-combo. Bracket 4. Cheat big things into play, give them haste, and end the game on a focused turn — through combat, ETB damage, or one of three clean two-card combos."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The 30-second version"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"You ramp and reduce costs early, land Tannuk around turn 4–5, then spend a payoff turn warping fat red creatures and artifacts in at a discount with haste. Most games you win one of four ways: a damage-conversion turn (Terror of the Peaks turning every entering creature into burn), a big hasty alpha strike, an infinite-combat loop, or a compact two-card kill. You are the proactive deck — you are almost never trying to grind, you are trying to set up "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"one"},{"insert":" well-sequenced turn that ends it.\n"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The commander"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Tannuk does two things, and both are load-bearing:\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"\"Other creatures you control have haste.\""},{"insert":" Everything you cheat in can attack or tap immediately. This is what makes warping fatties and infinite-combat lines work."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"\"Artifact cards and red creature cards in your hand have warp {2}{R}.\""},{"insert":" Warp is the engine. It lets you cast your expensive payoffs for three mana now, instead of waiting to hard-cast them."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"If Tannuk is removed, your big bodies get expensive again and lose haste — so the deck carries backup cheat/haste in "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Sneak Attack"},{"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Purphoros, Bronze-Blooded"},{"insert":". Protect Tannuk when it matters, but don't bend the whole game around keeping him alive; the backups exist for a reason.\n"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The engine: Warp"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Warp is a real "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"cast from your hand"},{"insert":" for {2}{R}. The card goes onto the battlefield normally, gets haste from Tannuk, and then "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"is exiled at the beginning of the next end step"},{"insert":" (in normal play, the end of the turn you warped it). You may "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"recast it from exile on a later turn for its full mana cost."},{"insert":" The mechanics that trip people up:\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"What works with warp:"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Cast / cascade / discover triggers fire."},{"insert":" Warp is casting the spell, so cascade (Maelstrom Colossus), discover (Trumpeting Carnosaur), and \"when you cast\" effects all trigger off the warp."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Enters-the-battlefield triggers fire."},{"insert":" The creature/artifact enters normally — so Terror of the Peaks pings, Meteor Golem destroys, Solemn fetches, etc."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Leaves-the-battlefield triggers fire"},{"insert":" when it exiles at end of turn (Anticausal Vestige wants this)."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"What does NOT work with warp:"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Death triggers."},{"insert":" Warped permanents go to "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"exile, not the graveyard."},{"insert":" Sacrifice/death payoffs are anti-synergy — this is exactly why Ashnod's Altar and friends were cut."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"\"Cast from exile\" payoffs are NOT triggered by the initial warp."},{"insert":" Passionate Archaeologist, Wild-Magic Sorcerer, and Nalfeshnee care about casting from a non-hand zone. The first warp is "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"from your hand"},{"insert":", so it doesn't fire them. They go off your "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"impulse spells"},{"insert":" and off "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"recasting a warped card out of exile later."},{"insert":" Sequence those payoffs around impulse/recast turns, not the initial warp."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Two ways to keep a warped permanent forever:"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Sundial of the Infinite"},{"insert":" — in response to warp's end-of-turn exile trigger, activate Sundial to end the turn. The exile trigger is removed and the permanent stays."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Conjurer's Closet"},{"insert":" — blink it on your end step; it returns as a new, permanent object (and re-triggers its ETB)."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Cost reduction stacks with warp."},{"insert":" Warp is an alternative cost, and generic cost reducers still apply to it. With "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Semblance Anvil"},{"insert":" (imprint a red creature or artifact) your warps drop from {2}{R} to "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"{R}"},{"insert":"; "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Foundry Inspector"},{"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Ruby Medallion"},{"insert":" stack further. This is the answer to \"I get stuck on one or two warps a turn\" — the reducers are what let you chain three or four.\n"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"How the deck wins (the gameplan arc)"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Think of every game in three phases. Your category labels in Archidekt are sorted in this exact order so the screen reads like a game plan:\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Set up (turns 1–4): Ramp → Cost Reduction → Card Advantage."},{"insert":" Drop rocks and reducers, dig with impulse/wheels, hold your payoffs. You want to reach the payoff turn with mana, a discount engine, and a hand of things to warp."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Close (the payoff turn): Warp Payoff → Damage Conversion → Combo Piece."},{"insert":" Land a damage anchor or a combo enabler, "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"then"},{"insert":" deploy bodies so each one does damage or completes a line."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Keep it alive: ETB-Blink Value, Removal, Protection."},{"insert":" Multiply your triggers (Panharmonicon, Conjurer's Closet), clear blockers/threats, and protect the key turn."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Win conditions & combos"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Three complete combos already in the 99"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Devastating Onslaught + Terror of the Peaks"},{"insert":" → token-copies of Terror flood in, and the copies trigger each other's ETB pings into ~125 damage spread across the table. A functional one-card-attack kill once both are down."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Cavern-Hoard Dragon + Aggravated Assault"},{"insert":" → the Dragon's combat Treasure pays for Aggravated Assault's extra combat, which makes more Treasure → infinite combats and effectively infinite damage to one player."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Blightsteel Colossus + Chandra's Ignition"},{"insert":" → Ignition has Blightsteel deal its 11 power to each opponent as infect; 11 poison is lethal, so "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"each opponent loses"},{"insert":" on the spot."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The \"fair\" routes (what you do most games)"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Damage conversion."},{"insert":" Terror of the Peaks (and Terror of Mount Velus' double-strike anthem) turn every warp/copy/token entry into reach. With Panharmonicon and blink/copy, this burns the table out without combat."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Big hasty beatdown."},{"insert":" Warp a fattie, swing now. Blightsteel ends a player through infect in one hit; double-strike anthems make any single threat lethal; Drakuseth burns three things on the way in."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Combo upgrades sitting in the Maybeboard"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought + Pain for All"},{"insert":" → point Dawnsire's 100 damage at your own Pain-for-All creature; it redirects 100 to "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"each"},{"insert":" opponent. Both pieces are cheap and warp-friendly (Dawnsire is colorless → warpable)."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Aggravated Assault + Neheb, the Eternal / Alena, Kessig Trapper"},{"insert":" → two more infinite-combat partners for the Assault you already run."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Mulligan guide"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"You're looking for a hand that can "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"function"},{"insert":", not a perfect one. Keep hands with:\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"2–4 lands"},{"insert":" plus at least one early ramp piece or cost reducer."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"A way to use your mana"},{"insert":" — either Tannuk-soon, a cost reducer, or a couple of castable/warpable cards. A hand that's all 7-drops with no reducer and no early plays is the classic trap keep; ship it."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Ideally a payoff or a dig spell"},{"insert":" to find one."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Strong keeps lean on the "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Gold"},{"insert":" cards (cost reducers, Sol Ring, Jeska's Will, a Terror, an early dig). A hand of three "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Copper"},{"insert":" cards and a fattie is a mulligan. You don't need the combo in your opening hand — you need the engine and the mana to deploy it.\n"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Turn-by-turn sequencing"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Turns 1–3:"},{"insert":" Ramp and smooth — Sol Ring, Signet, Ruby Medallion, Semblance Anvil (imprint the type you have the most of), impulse draw. Hold your warp targets; don't dump them early."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Turn 4–5:"},{"insert":" Land Tannuk with protection available (Lightning Greaves / Swiftfoot Boots) "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"or"},{"insert":" with Deflecting Swat / Bolt Bend in hand. If the table has open mana and removal, consider baiting before committing."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The payoff turn:"},{"insert":" Deploy your "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"anchor first"},{"insert":" — Terror of the Peaks, a double-strike anthem, or a combo enabler — "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"then"},{"insert":" warp/copy creatures so each entry pings or each attacker is lethal. Order matters: anchor, then bodies."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Keeping pieces:"},{"insert":" If a warped permanent is worth keeping (Chimil, Portal to Phyrexia, a big flier), hold Sundial to end the turn on the exile trigger, or blink it with Conjurer's Closet."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Cast-from-exile turns:"},{"insert":" When you want Passionate Archaeologist / Wild-Magic Sorcerer / Nalfeshnee value, line up impulse spells and recasts from exile — not the initial warp."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Closing:"},{"insert":" Drakuseth, double strike, Terror pings, a combo, or Blightsteel. You rarely need to grind; you need one big, well-sequenced turn."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Reading your own deck (tags & categories)"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Color tags = piloting priority:"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Gold (#D3AF37) — Core."},{"insert":" Mulligan toward it, dig for it, protect it. The engine, the centerpiece payoffs, the combo pieces."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Silver (#BCC6CC) — Solid."},{"insert":" Play it as the turn flows. Reliable support that doesn't need a build-around."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Copper (#CE7C56) — Flex."},{"insert":" Situational, win-more, or duplicative. Don't lean on these, and know they're your first cuts."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Categories = the gameplan,"},{"insert":" sorted set-up → close → protect. \n"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Tips, tricks & key interactions"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Imprint Semblance Anvil on whichever type you're heaviest in"},{"insert":" (usually red creatures). That's the single biggest deployment unlock."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Warp triggers cascade/discover"},{"insert":" — Maelstrom Colossus and Trumpeting Carnosaur give you a free spell "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"and"},{"insert":" a body off a 3-mana warp."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Panharmonicon doubles ETB pings"},{"insert":" — a Terror of the Peaks turn with Panharmonicon out roughly doubles your reach."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Protect the combo turn."},{"insert":" One removal spell on the key piece fizzles most lines, so hold Deflecting Swat / Bolt Bend (or Defense Grid from the maybeboard) when you're about to go off."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Cavern-Hoard Dragon and Aggravated Assault are both maindeck"},{"insert":" — if you draw both and have a board, that's a checkable kill; don't overlook it in favor of a flashier line."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Common misplays to avoid"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Over-warping into a wipe."},{"insert":" Dumping three fatties when someone has open mana and a known sweeper hands them a blowout. Read the table before you commit the payoff turn."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Force-warping when mana-screwed."},{"insert":" If you can only afford one warp, make it the highest-impact one and develop the rest of your hand instead of half-committing."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Leaning on Tannuk."},{"insert":" He's the best engine, not the only one — Sneak Attack and Purphoros do the job if he's gone. Don't tap out to protect him if it costs you the turn."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Expecting death-trigger value."},{"insert":" Warped permanents exile; plan around enters/leaves and cast triggers, not deaths."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Bracket & pod etiquette"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"This is a "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Bracket 4"},{"insert":" deck: the ceiling comes from two-card combos (Devastating Onslaught + Terror, Cavern-Hoard + Aggravated Assault, Blightsteel + Chandra's Ignition) and two Game Changers (Jeska's Will, Gamble) — "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"not"},{"insert":" from fast mana. It's tuned to win efficiently within a fun strategy, not to metagame a table.\nThe maybeboard's "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Blood Moon / Magus of the Moon"},{"insert":" are the one knob that changes the social contract: Sleeve them against greedy multicolor tables.\n"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Threat assessment (what to fear, what to ignore)"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Board wipes"},{"insert":" are your biggest enemy — they undo a committed warp turn. Mitigate by not over-extending, by holding Purphoros (indestructible insurance), and by closing fast."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Counterspells / instant-speed removal on the combo turn"},{"insert":" — hold protection or run Defense Grid."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Graveyard and exile hate barely touch you"},{"insert":" — warp doesn't use the graveyard, so you can largely ignore it."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Prioritize removing"},{"insert":" opposing fast-mana, recursion engines, and anyone telegraphing a faster combo than yours. You usually want to be the one who goes off first, so disrupt the player most likely to beat you to it."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"}]}