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Bria, Riptide Rogue
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
Other creatures you control have prowess. (If a creature has multiple instances of prowess, each triggers separately.)
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, target creature you control can't be blocked this turn.
Legendary Creature - Rogue Otter
Bria, Riptide Rogue (blb) 379

Commander

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Coruscation Mage
Offspring
(You may pay an additional
as you cast this spell. If you do, when this creature enters, create a 1/1 token copy of it.)
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.
Creature - Wizard Otter
Coruscation Mage (blb) 131
Guttersnipe
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, this creature deals 2 damage to each opponent.
Creature - Goblin Shaman
Guttersnipe (rvr) 110
Kindlespark Duo
: This creature deals 1 damage to target opponent.
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, untap this creature.
Creature - Lizard Otter
Kindlespark Duo (blb) 142

Burn

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Alania, Divergent Storm
Whenever you cast a spell, if it's the first instant spell, the first sorcery spell, or the first Otter spell other than Alania you've cast this turn, you may have target opponent draw a card. If you do, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Legendary Creature - Wizard Otter
Alania, Divergent Storm (blb) 204
Kitsa, Otterball Elite
Vigilance
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
: Draw a card, then discard a card.
,
: Copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. You may choose new targets for the copy. Activate only if Kitsa's power is 3 or greater.
Legendary Creature - Wizard Otter
Kitsa, Otterball Elite (blb) 54
Teach by Example
(
can be paid with either
or
.)
When you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Instant
Teach by Example (stx) 241

Copy

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Alania's Pathmaker
When this creature enters, exile the top card of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play that card.
Creature - Wizard Otter
Alania's Pathmaker (blb) 123
Archmage Emeritus
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, draw a card.
Creature - Human Wizard
Archmage Emeritus (tdc) 145
Bident of Thassa
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card.
,
: Creatures your opponents control attack this turn if able.
Legendary Artifact Enchantment
Bident of Thassa (blc) 162
Brainstorm
Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.
Instant
Brainstorm (dsc) 113
Consider
Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
Draw a card.
Instant
Consider (ltc) 187
Crash Through
Creatures you control gain trample until end of turn. (Each of those creatures can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
Draw a card.
Sorcery
Crash Through (plst) M19-133
Expressive Iteration
Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand, put one of them on the bottom of your library, and exile one of them. You may play the exiled card this turn.
Sorcery
Expressive Iteration (tdc) 288
Frantic Search
Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Untap up to three lands.
Instant
Frantic Search (plst) UMA-57
Harnesser of Storms
Whenever you cast a noncreature or Otter spell, you may exile the top card of your library. Until end of turn, you may play that card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Creature - Wizard Otter
Harnesser of Storms (blb) 137
Kindred Discovery
As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type.
Whenever a creature you control of the chosen type enters or attacks, draw a card.
Enchantment
Kindred Discovery (pz2) 65725
Lightshell Duo
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
When this creature enters, surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
Creature - Rat Otter
Lightshell Duo (fdn) 157
Malcolm, the Eyes
Flying, haste
Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Legendary Creature - Pirate Siren
Malcolm, the Eyes (otj) 219
Military Intelligence
Whenever you attack with two or more creatures, draw a card.
Enchantment
Military Intelligence (j22) 322
Opt
Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Draw a card.
Instant
Opt (dom) 60
Ponder
Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle.
Draw a card.
Sorcery
Ponder (tdc) 159
Radical Idea
Draw a card.
Jump-start (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a card in addition to paying its other costs. Then exile this card.)
Instant
Radical Idea (rvr) 58
Thundertrap Trainer
Offspring
(You may pay an additional
as you cast this spell. If you do, when this creature enters, create a 1/1 token copy of it.)
When this creature enters, look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal a noncreature, nonland card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Creature - Wizard Otter
Thundertrap Trainer (blb) 78
Wizard Class
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
You have no maximum hand size.
: Level 2
When this Class becomes level 2, draw two cards.
: Level 3
Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
Enchantment - Class
Wizard Class (blc) 112

Draw

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Great Train Heist
Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.)
+
— Untap all creatures you control. If it's your combat phase, there is an additional combat phase after this phase.
+
— Creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain first strike until end of turn.
+
— Choose target opponent. Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to that player this turn, create a tapped Treasure token.
Instant
Great Train Heist (otj) 125

Finisher

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Cascade Bluffs
: Add
.
,
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Cascade Bluffs (tdc) 345
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (clb) 351
Exotic Orchard
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Land
Exotic Orchard (tdc) 360
Ferrous Lake
,
: Add
.
Land
Ferrous Lake (blc) 303
Fiery Islet
, Pay 1 life: Add
or
.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.
Land
Fiery Islet (who) 278
Highland Lake
This land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
Land
Highland Lake (m19) 252
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (blb) 372
Lilypad Village
: Add
.
: Add
. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell.
,
: Surveil 2. Activate only if a Bird, Frog, Otter, or Rat entered the battlefield under your control this turn.
Land
Lilypad Village (blb) 255
Mountain
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Mountain
Mountain (eoe) 274
Promising Vein
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Land - Cave
Promising Vein (lci) 279
Reliquary Tower
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add
.
Land
Reliquary Tower (c20) 301
Rockface Village
: Add
.
: Add
. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell.
,
: Target Lizard, Mouse, Otter, or Raccoon you control gets +1/+0 and gains haste until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery.
Land
Rockface Village (blb) 259
Stormcarved Coast
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Stormcarved Coast (who) 308

Land

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Frostboil Snarl
As this land enters, you may reveal an Island or Mountain card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
Land
Frostboil Snarl (drc) 158
Path of Ancestry
This land enters tapped.
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Land
Path of Ancestry (brc) 192
Peculiar Lighthouse
This land enters tapped unless a player has 13 or less life.
: Add
or
.
Land
Peculiar Lighthouse (dsk) 265

Land / Tapped

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Baron, Airship Kingdom
This land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
Land - Town
Baron, Airship Kingdom (fin) 273
Temple of Epiphany
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
: Add
or
.
Land
Temple of Epiphany (who) 316

Land Tapped

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Magic Damper
Target creature you control gets +1/+1 and gains hexproof until end of turn. Untap it.
Instant
Magic Damper (fin) 61
Shore Up
Target creature you control gets +1/+1 and gains hexproof until end of turn. Untap it. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Instant
Shore Up (blb) 69
Swerve
Change the target of target spell with a single target.
Instant
Swerve (ala) 200
Swiftfoot Boots
Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and
no matter when it came under your control.)
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Swiftfoot Boots (brr) 121

Protection

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Balmor, Battlemage Captain
Flying
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain trample until end of turn.
Legendary Creature - Wizard Bird
Balmor, Battlemage Captain (fdn) 237
Tempest Angler
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Wizard Otter
Tempest Angler (blb) 235
Valley Floodcaller
Flash
You may cast noncreature spells as though they had flash.
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, Birds, Frogs, Otters, and Rats you control get +1/+1 until end of turn. Untap them.
Creature - Wizard Otter
Valley Floodcaller (blb) 79

Pump

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Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (blc) 127
Case of the Ransacked Lab
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost
less to cast.
To solve — You've cast four or more instant and sorcery spells this turn. (If unsolved, solve at the beginning of your end step.)
Solved — Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, draw a card.
Enchantment - Case
Case of the Ransacked Lab (mkm) 45
Commander's Sphere
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.
Artifact
Commander's Sphere (cmm) 377
Goblin Electromancer
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Creature - Wizard Goblin
Goblin Electromancer (rvr) 186
Mind Stone
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.
Artifact
Mind Stone (blc) 280
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (eoc) 57
Sorcerer Class
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
When this Class enters, draw two cards, then discard two cards.
: Level 2
Creatures you control have "
: Add
or
. Spend this mana only to cast an instant or sorcery spell or to gain a Class level."
: Level 3
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, that spell deals damage to each opponent equal to the number of instant and sorcery spells you've cast this turn.
Enchantment - Class
Sorcerer Class (afr) 233
Stormcatch Mentor
Haste
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Creature - Wizard Otter
Stormcatch Mentor (blb) 234
Talisman of Creativity
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Creativity (cmm) 979

Ramp

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Bloodwater Entity
Flying
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
When this creature enters, you may put target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard on top of your library.
Creature - Elemental
Bloodwater Entity (2x2) 185
Daring Waverider
When this creature enters, you may cast target instant or sorcery card with mana value 4 or less from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.
Creature - Wizard Otter
Daring Waverider (blb) 44

Recursion

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Abrade
Choose one —
• Abrade deals 3 damage to target creature.
• Destroy target artifact.
Instant
Abrade (tdc) 203
Aetherize
Return all attacking creatures to their owner's hand.
Instant
Aetherize (fdn) 151
Agate Assault
Choose one —
• Agate Assault deals 4 damage to target creature. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.
• Exile target artifact.
Sorcery
Agate Assault (blb) 122
Cancel
Counter target spell.
Instant
Cancel (xln) 47
Counterspell
Counter target spell.
Instant
Counterspell (dsc) 114
Cyclops Superconductor
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
When this creature enters, you get
(three energy counters).
When this creature dies, you may pay
. When you do, this creature deals damage equal to its power to any target.
Creature - Wizard Cyclops
Cyclops Superconductor (mh3) 182
Disruption Protocol
As an additional cost to cast this spell, tap an untapped artifact you control or pay
.
Counter target spell.
Instant
Disruption Protocol (neo) 51
Frolicking Familiar
Flying
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Creature - Wizard Otter
Frolicking Familiar // Blow Off Steam (woe) 226
Geistwave
Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. If you controlled that permanent, draw a card.
Instant
Geistwave (mid) 56
Invert Polarity
Choose target spell, then flip a coin. If you win the flip, gain control of that spell and you may choose new targets for it. If you lose the flip, counter that spell.
Instant
Invert Polarity (mh3) 190
Izzet Charm
Choose one —
• Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays
.
• Izzet Charm deals 2 damage to target creature.
• Draw two cards, then discard two cards.
Instant
Izzet Charm (rvr) 190
Refute
Counter target spell. Draw a card, then discard a card.
Instant
Refute (fdn) 48
Stern Dismissal
Return target creature or enchantment an opponent controls to its owner's hand.
Instant
Stern Dismissal (thb) 68
Syncopate
Counter target spell unless its controller pays
. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.
Instant
Syncopate (fin) 80
Wizard's Retort
This spell costs
less to cast if you control a Wizard.
Counter target spell.
Instant
Wizard's Retort (plst) DOM-75

Removal

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Otterball Antics
Create a 1/1 blue and red Otter creature token with prowess. If this spell was cast from anywhere other than your hand, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature. (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, a creature with prowess gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
Flashback
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Sorcery
Otterball Antics (blb) 63
Ral, Crackling Wit
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, put a loyalty counter on Ral.
+1: Create a 1/1 blue and red Otter creature token with prowess.
−3: Draw three cards, then discard two cards.
−10: Draw three cards. You get an emblem with "Instant and sorcery spells you cast have storm." (Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn.)
Legendary Planeswalker - Ral
Ral, Crackling Wit (blb) 230
Stormchaser's Talent
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
When this Class enters, create a 1/1 blue and red Otter creature token with prowess.
: Level 2
When this Class becomes level 2, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.
: Level 3
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 1/1 blue and red Otter creature token with prowess.
Enchantment - Class
Stormchaser's Talent (blb) 75
Stormsplitter
Haste
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a token that's a copy of this creature. Exile that token at the beginning of the next end step.
Creature - Wizard Otter
Stormsplitter (blb) 154

Tokens

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Coastal Piracy
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to an opponent, you may draw a card.
Enchantment
Coastal Piracy (acr) 187
Expedite
Target creature gains haste until end of turn.
Draw a card.
Instant
Expedite (cmr) 413
Lutri, the Spellchaser
Companion — Each nonland card in your starting deck has a different name. (If this card is your chosen companion, you may put it into your hand from outside the game for
as a sorcery.)
Flash
When Lutri enters, if you cast it, copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Legendary Creature - Elemental Otter
Lutri, the Spellchaser (iko) 227
Pearl of Wisdom
This spell costs
less to cast if you control an Otter.
Draw two cards.
Sorcery
Pearl of Wisdom (blb) 64
Preordain
Scry 2, then draw a card. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)
Sorcery
Preordain (tdc) 161
Propaganda
Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays
for each creature they control that's attacking you.
Enchantment
Propaganda (m3c) 191
Rapid Augmenter
Haste
Whenever another creature you control with base power 1 enters, it gains haste until end of turn.
Whenever another creature you control enters, if it wasn't cast, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and this creature can't be blocked this turn.
Creature - Artificer Otter
Rapid Augmenter (blc) 38
Relic Amulet
Whenever you cast an instant, sorcery, or Wizard spell, put a charge counter on this artifact.
,
, Remove all charge counters from this artifact: It deals that much damage to target creature.
Artifact
Relic Amulet (znr) 247
Rivendell
Rivendell enters tapped unless you control a legendary creature.
: Add
.
,
: Scry 2. Activate only if you control a legendary creature.
Legendary Land
Rivendell (ltr) 344
Run Away Together
Choose two target creatures controlled by different players. Return those creatures to their owners' hands.
Instant
Run Away Together (blb) 67
Thieving Otter
Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, draw a card.
Creature - Otter
Thieving Otter (blb) 390
Unsummon
Return target creature to its owner's hand.
Instant
Unsummon (7ed) 108
Wild Unraveling
As an additional cost to cast this spell, blight 2 or pay
. (To blight 2, put two -1/-1 counters on a creature you control.)
Counter target spell.
Instant
Wild Unraveling (ecl) 84

Sideboard

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Collective Inferno
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for
or one mana of that creature's color.)
As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type.
Double all damage that sources you control of the chosen type would deal.
Enchantment
Collective Inferno (ecl) 132
Eon Frolicker
Flying
When this creature enters, if you cast it, target opponent takes an extra turn after this one. Until your next turn, you and planeswalkers you control gain protection from that player. (You and planeswalkers you control can't be targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything controlled by that player.)
Creature - Elemental Otter
Eon Frolicker (c20) 33
Izzet Locket
: Add
or
.
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw two cards.
Artifact
Izzet Locket (c19) 215
Izzet Signet
,
: Add
.
Artifact
Izzet Signet (tdc) 320
Muddle, the Ever-Changing
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, Muddle becomes a copy of up to one target nonlegendary creature you control until end of turn, except it has myriad. (Whenever it attacks, for each opponent other than defending player, you may create a token copy that's tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker they control. Exile the tokens at end of combat.)
Legendary Creature - Elemental Shapeshifter Otter
Muddle, the Ever-Changing (soc) 5

Maybeboard

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Bria triggers on the cast, not the resolution."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Stormsplitter Math:"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Stormsplitter"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" copies itself exponentially. If you cast 4 spells, you will have 16 Stormsplitters. With Bria out, each will have Prowess +4, creating a massive unblockable army."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Valley Floodcaller:"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" This is your best defensive and offensive tool. 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The deck has limited protection beyond a few counterspells."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Rule of Law Effects:"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" Cards like "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Archon of Emeria"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" or "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Deafening Silence"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" completely kill the Prowess/Spellslinger game plan by limiting you to one spell per turn."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Moderate"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Commander Dependency:"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" Bria provides the essential evasion and the global Prowess anthem. Without her, the 1/1 and 2/2 Otters struggle to push through damage against larger blockers."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Minor"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Graveyard Hate:"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" While not a dedicated reanimator deck, losing access to Flashback ("},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Otterball Antics"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":") or recursion ("},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Daring Waverider"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":") reduces late-game gas."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"Key Cards:"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3","bold":true},"insert":"Stormsplitter"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":":"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" The primary explosive win condition; 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Because it lacks tutors, it relies on high-velocity drawing to find win conditions, and the \"Tribal Redundancy\" modifier for Otters helps maintain the theme but cannot push the score past 7."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Resilience: 6/10"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":"The deck features synergistic non-combo wins with a moderate protection suite ("},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Shore Up"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Magic Damper"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":"). 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