{"ops":[{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"Gameplay Description"},{"insert":"\nMulliganing until you have enough mana to play Helga is near essential, if you can get an extra mana and a spellpierce or other counterspell, even better. Ideally you will be playing Helga on or near on-curve, with enough room for counterspelling removal if possible (or equipping swiftfoot boots). Once Helga is on board, every creature that is 4 or more mana is effectively card-neutral, so that your hand does not deplete. Playing big-cost creatures into more big(ger) cost creatures is the gameplan, ideally finding Sigarda, Font of Blessings and Avacyn, Angel of Hope along the way (as well as Sigarda, Host of Herons). These creatures make for an untouchable board state, however if necessary, other creatures can be cast for removal or for alternative stax. Draw spells should only be played if you cannot cast large creatures from your hand, as a means to potentially start the engine back up again.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"Wild Pair"},{"insert":"\nWild Pair is a weird tutor enchantment, that requires you to look at total combined power and toughness, and can allow you to put another creature onto the battlefield from your library of your choice onto the field. Below are the Wild Pair combinations in this deck. If there's a creature in the deck with a unique power and toughness total, they are put under the \"Non-Pairs\" category, which effectively requires Formidable Speaker to tutor into hand.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"Formidable Speaker"},{"insert":"\nWhile tutoring for a tutor sounds unwieldy, Formidable Speaker's untap ability can allow you to double-dip on Helga's mana, which may allow you to cast larger threats earlier in the game than expected. When looking for a card to pitch to Formidable Speaker, if you have Gaddock Teeg in play, the choice is any noncreature spell you have in hand that's 4 or greater converted mana cost (since you can't play them anyways). Ideally you play Gaddock Teeg "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"after"},{"insert":" you play your Aetherflux Reservoir or Alhammarret's Archive, if you want to use the lifegain bomb and draw doubler respectively (although they are not necessary for your game plan).\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"Miscellaneous"},{"insert":"\nWhile you may want to put Swiftfoot Boots on Helga to begin with, you will want to equip them to Sigarda, Font of Blessings once you have her out, to make your entire board hexproof. This is because Sigarda's hexproof-giving will give Swiftfoot Boots hexproof, and there will be no way to single-target remove your board."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The way to get around a wrath effect is to get Avacyn out on board, which may be what you tutor for with Primal Command, Formidable Speaker, or Eldritch Evolution (probably targeting Conduit of Ruin if late enough in the game). Also, if Wild Pair is on the field, Stormtide Leviathan is your tutor for Avacyn, or vise versa."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Aetherflux Reservoir is not here to accrue life through a large quantity of spells being cast, rather to \"cash in\" the life gained via (predominately) Lifelink attacks/blocks, Righteous Valkyrie, and Verdant Sun's Avatar. While other lifegain effects exist (such as Helga), they are too small to accrue enough life to remove an opponent outright."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"This deck revolves around Helga being alive, which makes her a very kill on sight commander. Saving counterspells for removal-removal is necessary, as using them offensively gives less value. This is the reason for cards such as Negate to be in the deck, rather than a normal all-encompassing counterspell (that, it requires less blue pips, and I don't have another normal counterspell lying around in my bulk lol). Low cost-removal is present both for early game, and for late game when Gaddock Teeg is up."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Cards to use if you're behind include Resolute Archangel and River's Rebuke. Honestly, River's Rebuke is here because I do not have another Cyclonic Rift, and I like the idea of this deck having zero game changers."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"\"Wild Pairs\""},{"insert":"\n2\nAvacyn's Pilgrim\nLlanowar Elves\n\n3\nGyre Sage\nOviya, Automech Artisan\n\n4\nGaddock Teeg\nOrysa, Tide Choreographer\nThe Reality Chip\nWitch Enchanter\n\n5\nBeast Whisperer\nDestiny Spinner\nSelvala, Heart of the Wilds\n\n6\nExemplar of Light\nFormidable Speaker*\nHigh Fae Trickster\nTanufel Rimespeaker\n\n7\nGisela, the Broken Blade\nShalai, Voice of Plenty\nTrostani, Selesnya's Voice\n\n8\nArchangel of Tithes\nInga and Esika\nOhran Frostfang\nSigarda, Font of Blessings\nSilk, Web Weaver\n\n10\nConduit of Ruin\nSigarda, Host of Herons\nVerdant Sun's Avatar\n\n11\nAngelic Arbiter\nAngel of Serenity\n\n12\nAngel of Ruins\nAzor, the Lawbringer\nBruna, the Fading Light\n\n16\nAbsolute Virtue\nAvacyn, Angel of Hope\nStormtide Leviathan\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"*Non-Pairs"},{"insert":"\nAncient Adamantoise\nBirds of Paradise\nEmrakul, the Promised End\nHullbreaker Horror\nKarametra, God of Harvests\nSephara, Sky’s Blade\nVoid Winnower\n"}]}