{"ops":[{"insert":"\nMono-White "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mechtitan"}},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Happily Ever After"}},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nSure, you could go for a mono-white Happily Ever After win by generating a bunch of tokens of various colors—maybe a Cabaretti citizen for green, a Lorehold spirit for red, etc.—but why do all that work when one single "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mechtitan"}},{"insert":" token can do it all for you?\n\nUntil you're ready to go for the win, this deck masquerades as a durdly and somewhat ineffective tokens deck that can't seem to find its token doublers or payoffs. Then you drop "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Happily Ever After"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mechtitan Core"}},{"insert":", sac four artifact creature tokens to make Mechtitan, and you win as long as you can get to your upkeep with 40+ life and six or more card types between your battlefield and graveyard. This is easier than it might sound—you have artifact, creature, and enchantment covered by Mechtitan and Happily Ever After, and you probably have a land somewhere, so all you really need is two of the following card types somewhere: instant, sorcery, planeswalker, kindred. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Crib Swap"}},{"insert":" gives you two all on its own! You could also add "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Invasion of Belenon // Belenon War Anthem"}},{"insert":" for a battle if you really want it.\n\nAll the 1- and 2-mana creatures and token generators help you convoke "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Bennie Bracks, Zoologist"}},{"insert":" out early, and then you can start drawing multiple cards each turn cycle with instant-speed tokens. Once you land one or two of the other six draw engines below, which trigger for most of the tokens and/or creatures in the deck, you can easily end up drawing 6+ cards per turn cycle.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Caretaker's Talent"}},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Enduring Innocence"}},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mentor of the Meek"}},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rumor Gatherer"}},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Tocasia's Welcome"}},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Welcoming Vampire"}},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nThe lifegain creatures keep you comfortably above 40, and although the manabase looks greedy, you're almost never stuck on mana thanks to the low curve and all the usual mono-white catch-up ramp with lands that reduce your total land count.\n\nSome notes on choosing token generators:\n\nCheap, repeatable token generators are of course the best options."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Instant-speed token generators are also better, so you can draw more during each turn cycle."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"You want your tokens to trigger all your draw engines, so they shouldn't have more than 2 power."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Quality over quantity: Creating a single artifact creature token is better than creating two other tokens (e.g., "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Gather the Townsfolk"}},{"insert":"), because you want to maximize your chance of being able to activate Mechtitan Core whenever you want to to."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nNotable exclusions:\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Smothering Tithe"}},{"insert":": At least in my playgroup, this frequently only generates one or two treasures before eating removal or everyone starts paying the 2, and it's a 4-mana enchantment that doesn't guarantee a token to draw off of and doesn't trigger all the creature-based draw engines. Also, I like to keep the deck at 3 gamechangers, and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Glacial Chasm"}},{"insert":" is way more impactful."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"From Father to Son"}},{"insert":": I think this would be good as long as there's at least one other target for it, like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Night Scythe"}},{"insert":", but I'd rather just run better token generators and more flexible tutors."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Illustrious Wanderglyph"}},{"insert":": This would be great if the +2/+2 didn't mess up three of the draw engines (Enduring Innocence, Mentor of the Meek, and Welcoming Vampire)."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Vedalken Orrery"}},{"insert":": If you can use "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Emergence Zone"}},{"insert":" to get Happily Ever After and/or Mechtitan Core down in the end step before your turn, that's great, but Vedalken Orrery has not been worth the card slot for me."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nFinally, would this deck be better as a "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Test of Endurance"}},{"insert":"/"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Felidar Sovereign"}},{"insert":" deck, completely foregoing Happily Ever After and Mechtitan (and the planeswalkers, and Crib Swap)? Without question. But where's the fun in that?\n"}]}