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A dense suite of free counterspells, stax pieces (Winter Orb, Defense Grid), and graveyard hate (Leyline of the Void) gives the deck both a powerful stack game and disruption against opponents."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"Primer:"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Core Strategy:"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Ramp and Fill the Graveyard"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" - Use fast mana ("},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Dark Ritual"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Sol Ring"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Mox Diamond"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":") and self mill spells ("},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Mesmeric Orb"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Angel of Suffering"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Buried Alive"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":") to quickly reach 14+ cards in the graveyard and transform Emet Selch."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Assemble the Combo"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" - Tutor for "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Thassa s Oracle"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" using "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Demonic Tutor"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Vampiric Tutor"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":", or "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Entomb"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" + "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Reanimate"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":". 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With an empty library, the enter the battlefield trigger wins the game."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Control the Stack"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" - Protect your combo with a battery of free counterspells ("},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Force of Will"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Pact of Negation"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Fierce Guardianship"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":") and cheap interaction ("},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Swan Song"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Flusterstorm"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":"). Use "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Stifle"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Trickbind"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" to neutralize opponent s interaction."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Mulligan Priorities:"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Keep:"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" 2 3 lands (including both colors), a piece of fast mana, a tutor or self mill spell, and at least one free counterspell."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Avoid:"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" Hands with no early interaction, only one land, or excessive high CMC cards without a plan to fuel the graveyard."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Key Tips:"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Transform Timing"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" - Only transform once you have a win condition in the graveyard or hand. Hades s replacement effect exiles all future graveyard fodder, so you cannot mill further after transforming."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Graveyard as a Resource"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" - Use "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Buried Alive"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Entomb"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" to put Thassa s Oracle or "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Leveler"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" directly into the graveyard for later casting via Hades."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Free Spells"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" - Always hold up mana for free counters; your interaction density is high enough to protect your turn from almost anything."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Stax Parity"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" - "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Winter Orb"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Defense Grid"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" affect you less because you need only a few mana to execute the combo, and you can break parity with "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Basalt Monolith"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":"/"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Grim Monolith"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":"."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Alternative Lines"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" - If Thoracle is exiled, use "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Brain Freeze"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" with a storm count to mill opponents out, or fall back on "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Syr Konrad, the Grim"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" to drain life off self mill."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"Weaknesses:"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Critical"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Graveyard Exile"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" - A single "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Rest in Peace"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" or "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Leyline of the Void"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" (opponent s) shuts down both the transformation plan and the ability to reanimate, forcing you to win solely from hand."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Stax Pieces"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" - "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Drannith Magistrate"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" or "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Aven Mindcensor"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" can disrupt tutors and graveyard casting, while "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Cursed Totem"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" or "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Null Rod"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" stop "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Mox Amber"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Sol Ring"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":"."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Moderate"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Edict Effects"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" - Sacrifice spells can remove your few creatures (Thassa s Oracle, Lab Man) before you can win."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Commander Recursion Cost"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" - If Emet Selch is repeatedly removed, the tax can push it out of reach, reducing your ability to transform and access graveyard plays."},{"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 from Yourself"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" - Hades s own replacement effect prevents further milling after transformation; you must sequence carefully to not exile key pieces."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Low Creature Count"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" - You have very few creatures (mostly utility), making you vulnerable to combat damage over time."},{"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":"Thassa s Oracle"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":":"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" The primary win condition; wins instantly on ETB with an empty library."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3","bold":true},"insert":"Demonic Consultation"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":" / "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3","bold":true},"insert":"Tainted Pact"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":":"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" Fast, efficient ways to exile your library and set up the Thoracle win."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3","bold":true},"insert":"Leveler"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":":"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" Exiles your entire library on ETB, setting up an immediate Thoracle/Lab Man win."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3","bold":true},"insert":"Buried Alive"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":":"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" Tutors three creatures directly to the graveyard, often tutoring Thoracle, Lab Man, and a reanimation target."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3","bold":true},"insert":"Entomb"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":":"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" One mana tutor to the graveyard for any creature."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3","bold":true},"insert":"Force of Will"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":":"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" Free counterspell that protects your combo turn."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3","bold":true},"insert":"Mox Diamond"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":" / "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3","bold":true},"insert":"Mox Amber"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":":"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" Zero cost fast mana that accelerates your game plan."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3","bold":true},"insert":"Mesmeric Orb"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":":"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" Silent self mill engine that fills the graveyard quickly while opponents permanents untap."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3","bold":true},"insert":"Cemetery Tampering"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":":"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" Provides slow self mill and eventually a free spell from exile once you have 20+ cards in the graveyard."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3","bold":true},"insert":"Syr Konrad, the Grim"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":":"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" Alternate value/drain piece that punishes other players graveyard fills and triggers off your own mill."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"}]}
Commander
Commander
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Counters
Counters
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Drain
Syr Konrad, the Grim
Whenever another creature dies, or a creature card is put into a graveyard from anywhere other than the battlefield, or a creature card leaves your graveyard, Syr Konrad deals 1 damage to each opponent.
: Each player mills a card. (They each put the top card of their library into their graveyard.)
: Each player mills a card. (They each put the top card of their library into their graveyard.)
Legendary Creature - Human Knight

Drain
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Draw
Mystic Remora
Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays .
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays .
Enchantment

Thassa's Oracle
When this creature enters, look at the top X cards of your library, where X is your devotion to blue. Put up to one of them on top of your library and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. If X is greater than or equal to the number of cards in your library, you win the game. (Each in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to blue.)
Creature - Wizard Merfolk

Draw
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Finisher
Finisher
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Land
Land
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Mill
Cemetery Tampering
Hideaway 5 (When this enchantment enters, look at the top five cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may mill three cards. Then if there are twenty or more cards in your graveyard, you may play the exiled card without paying its mana cost.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may mill three cards. Then if there are twenty or more cards in your graveyard, you may play the exiled card without paying its mana cost.
Enchantment

Mill
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Ramp
Ramp
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Recursion
Animate Dead
Enchant creature card in a graveyard
When this Aura enters, if it's on the battlefield, it loses "enchant creature card in a graveyard" and gains "enchant creature put onto the battlefield with this Aura." Return enchanted creature card to the battlefield under your control and attach this Aura to it. When this Aura leaves the battlefield, that creature's controller sacrifices it.
Enchanted creature gets -1/-0.
When this Aura enters, if it's on the battlefield, it loses "enchant creature card in a graveyard" and gains "enchant creature put onto the battlefield with this Aura." Return enchanted creature card to the battlefield under your control and attach this Aura to it. When this Aura leaves the battlefield, that creature's controller sacrifices it.
Enchanted creature gets -1/-0.
Enchantment - Aura

Recursion
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Removal
Trickbind
Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.)
Counter target activated or triggered ability. If a permanent's ability is countered this way, activated abilities of that permanent can't be activated this turn. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)
Counter target activated or triggered ability. If a permanent's ability is countered this way, activated abilities of that permanent can't be activated this turn. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)
Instant

Removal
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Stax
Stax
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Tutor
Transmute Artifact
Sacrifice an artifact. If you do, search your library for an artifact card. If that card's mana value is less than or equal to the sacrificed artifact's mana value, put it onto the battlefield. If it's greater, you may pay , where X is the difference. If you do, put it onto the battlefield. If you don't, put it into its owner's graveyard. Then shuffle.
Sorcery

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