{"ops":[{"insert":"Overview"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"This is a "},{"attributes":{"strike":true},"insert":"turbo-focused"},{"insert":" variant of "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Thrasios, Triton Hero"}},{"insert":" . As with the more midrange-oriented builds, the primary goal is to find "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Gaea's Cradle"}},{"insert":" with enough creatures on the board to start searching through your deck with Thrasios, eventually landing a combo that generates infinite mana.\n\nAt this point I'm off the turbo lines a little bit more because of the extremely powerful (and cheap) midrange engines printed in The Hobbit and Reality Fracture: "},{"insert":{"card-link":"The Queen of Dale"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Pia, Aether Ascetic"}},{"insert":", and Flickering Hound all seem extremely powerful. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Gleaming Splendor"}},{"insert":" hasn't impressed me outside of being a wincon, but we have "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Faerie Mastermind"}},{"insert":" which accomplishes the same thing so it's probably out because flex spots are suddenly at a premium.\n\nThe Lines"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"strike":true},"insert":"The main difference is that this deck sacrifices a handful of midrange value engines in order to play faster lines with cards like "},{"attributes":{"strike":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Pili-Pala"}},{"attributes":{"strike":true},"insert":" , "},{"attributes":{"strike":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Puresight Merrow"}},{"attributes":{"strike":true},"insert":", and "},{"attributes":{"strike":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Patrol Signaler"}},{"attributes":{"strike":true},"insert":" . These cards allow us to present a win as early as turn 2. 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"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"strike":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Pili-Pala"}},{"attributes":{"strike":true},"insert":" can then generate infinite mana in combination with any of "},{"attributes":{"strike":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy"}},{"attributes":{"strike":true},"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"strike":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Badgermole Cub"}},{"attributes":{"strike":true},"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"strike":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Training Grounds"}},{"attributes":{"strike":true},"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"strike":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Biomancer's Familiar"}},{"attributes":{"strike":true},"insert":" ."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"strike":true},"insert":"Similarly, "},{"attributes":{"strike":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Patrol Signaler"}},{"attributes":{"strike":true},"insert":" creates infinite creatures with any of those four. 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Conveniently, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Thrasios, Triton Hero"}},{"insert":" is a Wizard, giving us one right off the bat. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Derevi, Empyrial Tactician"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Spellseeker"}},{"insert":", and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Oboro Breezecaller"}},{"insert":" are all Wizards, and Celestial Reunion does a great job of finding them.\n\nSneaky Tech"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"How do we win when we don't have access to Thrasios?"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"It's not common, but I've run into this situation a few times. Whether it's a "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Pithing Needle"}},{"insert":" effect shutting Thrasios off, or a "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Drannith Magistrate"}},{"insert":" preventing you from actually casting him, there are situations where you'll have to find a way to win without him, even when you can generate infinite mana. 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Find "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Oboro Breezecaller"}},{"insert":" off Kinnan first and activate its ability to return a land to hand. Now you do. Or just find "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Brightglass Gearhulk"}},{"insert":"."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Derevi Stalls"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"If you can't immediately win with Derevi/Emiel out for some reason, you can tap down everyone else's permanents, then repeat this in their upkeep. 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Generate infinite mana with an "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Emiel the Blessed"}},{"insert":" loop, then go into another loop:\nCast a kicked "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sowing Mycospawn"}},{"insert":" and exile an opponent's land."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Cast "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Snap"}},{"insert":" or channel "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Otawara, Soaring City"}},{"insert":" to return Sowing Mycospawn to your hand."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Activate Emiel to flicker "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Eternal Witness"}},{"insert":", returning the bounce card to your hand."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Net result, opponents have no lands. If you used Snap, you can then loop Snap/EWit on their creatures. If you used Otawara, you can loop it and EWit on all their permanents, pretty much locking them out of the game.\n\nMeta Tuning"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"How do we solve a problem like Rog/Ishai?"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"strike":true},"insert":"This is almost certainly a bigger issue in my local meta than in the wider world, because to a lot of local players, peak cEDH is to sit behind three different value engines and grind out advantage then try and win with your deck in your hand, or more likely settle for a draw."},{"insert":" Turns out my meta might've just been ahead of the curve, because the larger meta has fractured into either hard turbo (Ral, Etali, RogSi) or Rhystic/Tithe spam. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh"}},{"insert":"/"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker"}},{"insert":" is designed to do exactly that. If you haven't had the misfortune of encountering it in the wild, the deck is a control deck where every card in it is a mana rock, a clone, an enchantment tutor, or a counterspell. It looks to power out a "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rhystic Study"}},{"insert":" or four and maybe a "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Smothering Tithe"}},{"insert":", then sit behind them drawing tons of cards, holding 40 pieces of interaction, and eventually winning off an "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Underworld Breach"}},{"insert":" line or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Emrakul, the Promised End"}},{"insert":" or some random pile of nonsense.\n\nAnyway, the deck utterly folds to not having a "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rhystic Study"}},{"insert":" out, and so I'm revisiting those free or cheap enchantment destruction spells. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Nature's Claim"}},{"insert":" is cheap but not free, but also doesn't require pitching extra cards. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Force of Vigor"}},{"insert":" hits two enchantments, but is only free on someone else's turn and requires exiling a green card. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Reverent Silence"}},{"insert":" is only castable on our turn barring a flash enabler, but is entirely free and destroys "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"all"},{"insert":" enchantments - which can be a double-edged sword in a deck playing "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Springheart Nantuko"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Training Grounds"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Nature's Chosen"}},{"insert":", and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cryptolith Rite"}},{"insert":". And finally, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Echoing Calm"}},{"insert":" isn't free, but it's instant speed and extremely targeted destruction. On the other hand, two mana to blow up a single "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rhystic Study"}},{"insert":" feels pretty bad.\n\nIn general I'd rank them:\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Emerald Charm"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Reverent Silence"}},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Nature's Claim"}},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Force of Vigor"}},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Echoing Calm"}},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"I don't think we want more than one, maybe two of these. I certainly don't think this deck wants to go all the way down that list.\n\nI'm also considering "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Abhorrent Oculus"}},{"insert":" as a card for those longer games. Having a suite of tutors that skip the delve requirement to cast it is really nice, and being able to just flip the manifested creatures has the potential to be extremely powerful if you find a silence or combo creature. Flipping a card doesn't count as casting it and doesn't use the stack, so avoids triggering Rhystic "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"and"},{"insert":" can't be responded to. There's some interesting potential there.\n\nChangelog"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"2 November 2026"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ff9900","bold":true},"insert":"MAYBE"},{"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Fleet Captain Christopher Pike"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Notes:"},{"insert":"\nPike is interesting and enables some three card combos - Pike with an animated Cradle and Formidable Speaker; Pike with Shang-Chi, Speaker, and Kinnan/Badgermole; stuff like that. Three-card combos are pretty mopey and it probably won't end up being worth playing, but at least worth testing. It probably ends up being better with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ioreth of the Healing House"}},{"insert":" but that's just not good enough a card for us to justify inclusion."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"20 October 2026"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#e60000","bold":true},"insert":"OUT"},{"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00","bold":true},"insert":"IN"},{"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Flusterstorm"}},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Notes:"},{"insert":"\nBeen debating cutting Growing Rites for a while and finally decided to take the plunge. It just feels "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"so bad"},{"insert":" to cast it, watch it sit on the board, and then finally, eventually flip. It's also incredibly exposed to enchantment removal which is kind of flying around because of the Rhystic meta at the moment. Flusterstorm comes back in, but also might try "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Flickering Hound"}},{"insert":" here ... or might find a Star Trek card that looks amazing and needs inclusion."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"17 September 2026"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#e60000","bold":true},"insert":"OUT"},{"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Grand Abolisher"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00","bold":true},"insert":"IN"},{"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Notes:"},{"insert":"\nI legitimately have no idea how this Samut got printed, but wow. Human, Wizard, easy to cast, legendary so it can be made uncounterable with Delighted Halfling, works on other people's turns too, makes your tutors and counterspells uninteractible. That's going straight in."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"14 September 2026"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#e60000","bold":true},"insert":"OUT"},{"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Gleaming Splendor"}},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Flusterstorm"}},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Island"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Pili-Pala"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00","bold":true},"insert":"IN"},{"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Pia, Aether Ascetic"}},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Earthcraft"}},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Forest"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Notes:"},{"insert":"\nPili-Pala is a solid line but I've been very impressed by how cleanly and easily Squirrel Girl gets to an infinite line. That makes ..."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"... Earthcraft much more relevant, especially now that there's an easy tutor for it in Reality Fracture's ..."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"... Pia, Aether Ascetic."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"And with Earthcraft being a thing, the basic land gets shifted from an Island to a Forest - honestly the main reason I was playing an Island is that I have a very nice signed Alayna Danner retro Island that I didn't have a home for, and there was no real reason to play anything else over it."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Cuts for Earthcraft and Pia are, at least for now, Gleaming Splendor and Flusterstorm. Gleaming Splendor hasn't impressed me much outside of being another clean way to win games. The other pretty much comes down to Grand Abolisher or Flusterstorm, and for right now I'm going to try Flusterstorm and see if I miss it. I might end up cutting Grand Abolisher anyway to try out Flickering Hound, which seems extremely strong with a high enough creature density."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"28 July 2026"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#e60000","bold":true},"insert":"OUT"},{"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Nature's Claim"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00","bold":true},"insert":"IN"},{"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Gleaming Splendor"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Notes:"},{"insert":"\nI'm rapidly running out of flex slots here. I definitely want to play Gleaming Splendor but legitimately have no idea what to cut for it. 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It can come down on turn 1 easily, provides very good card selection, and builds bodies for Cradle. I think this is almost certainly going to be an auto-include. It's everything White+ Thras players hoped "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Charismatic Conqueror"}},{"insert":" would be, but without handing your opponents the ability to control it. "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Update 20 July: "},{"insert":"Holy hell this card is "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"nuts"},{"insert":". I've drawn it in three games since it was spoiled and it is an absolute all-star. I am not exaggerating when I say that this might be one of the single biggest reasons to play Dog/Thras over Rog/Thras. In an average cEDH game it is a "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"ludicrous "},{"insert":"amount of filtering. The failure case being discarding useless lands for gas is very good, and the success case of discarding cards you don't need right now to build Cradle count is even better."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Elrond, Moon-Reader looks reasonably strong. He draws a card off dork activations, obviously, but drawing an extra card each turn off your first Thras spin is pretty interesting. 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T'Challa is a very interesting draw engine that plays well into Rhystic slop, and even snowballs a bit by triggering himself off your second draw."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"22 June 2026"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#e60000","bold":true},"insert":"OUT"},{"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Daydream"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Abhorrent Oculus"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00","bold":true},"insert":"IN"},{"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Absorbing Man"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Notes:"},{"insert":"\nI played with Daydream a few times and my conclusion is that it's probably better in decks playing a higher density of land untappers like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Peregrine Drake"}},{"insert":". I still hate it. White pips are the most constrained in this deck by far, because White just isn't a very good color outside of a few power cards. People are considering cutting "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Grand Abolisher"}},{"insert":" because WW is so hard to generate. And while I think that's probably going too far, it's understandable. In general, though, Daydream is just dead too often, and too much of a removal bait. In my games where I found it, it ate "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mental Misstep"}},{"insert":" three times (including once off Flashback), I lacked enough white to execute the line once, and it worked once. It was also dead in hand in several games. That's just not enough of a success rate for me to keep playing it."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"I really like Abhorrent Oculus. When it works. Unfortunately, it's very very dead on the other occasions. Unlike Daydream, Oculus at least pitches to Forces. But being dead so often makes it a reasonable cut to test the new Marvel cards."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"I'm not 100% sold on Shang-Chi. I don't love that he needs "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cryptolith Rite"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Enduring Vitality"}},{"insert":" to really shine. But he might be better than I'm giving him credit for, and that's why we test things."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"09 June 2026"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#e60000","bold":true},"insert":"OUT"},{"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cyclonic Rift"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Reverent Silence"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00","bold":true},"insert":"IN"},{"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Emerald Charm"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Daydream"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ff9900","bold":true},"insert":"MAYBE"},{"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Momentary Blink"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Notes:"},{"insert":"\nI don't love the Daydream lines because I tend not to love cards that do nothing, but Cyclonic Rift kinda does nothing in a lot of cases and it's always on the fence for me. I completely forgot about Emerald Charm existing when I was thinking about anti-Rhystic tech, which is a little embarrassing, but here we are. Since we're playing Daydream lines anyway, might as well play Emerald Charm."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Momentary Blink is more expensive than Daydream but can execute its lines at instant speed without a VFC on the field, so worth considering as an alternative."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"04 June 2026"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#e60000","bold":true},"insert":"OUT"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#e60000"},"insert":{"card-link":"Voice of Victory"}},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00","bold":true},"insert":"IN"},{"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Jennifer Walters // The Sensational She-Hulk"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ff9900","bold":true},"insert":"MAYBE"},{"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Captain America, Living Legend"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"The Astonishing Ant-Man"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Absorbing Man"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Notes:"},{"insert":"\nVoice of Victory's mobilize trigger has felt more and more useless in a creature-heavy meta. Jennifer Walters can be made uncounterable with Delighted Halfling. I'm going to test it and see how often I miss having the attack trigger. I suspect the answer will be \"very rarely.\" The back side is nearly irrelevant but might be a extremely high investment to get rid of a pesky Orcish Bowmasters."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Shang-Chi seems quite good as a haste enabler and pseudo mana-dork."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Captain America could be extremely strong with Cryptolith Rite and Badgermole Cub effects."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Astonishing Ant-Man is a potentially strong token generator in a card draw-oriented game plan."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Absorbing Man is an interesting clone since he can copy your own legendary (read: Gaea's Cradle), or a value engine like Rhystic or Tithe. My gut reaction is that waiting a turn cycle is going to prove to be too slow, but he's worth testing."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"23 May 2026"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#e60000","bold":true},"insert":"OUT"},{"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Patrol Signaler"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Puresight Merrow"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00","bold":true},"insert":"IN"},{"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Abhorrent Oculus"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Utopia Sprawl"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Notes:"},{"insert":"\nTrying a slightly more value-based game. Keeping Pili-Pala because it's still a reasonably solid include but removing Puresight Merrow and Patrol Signaler, at least temporarily."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"}]}