{"ops":[{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":"🌵 A Guide to Bristly Bill, Spine Sower (power level 8,5)"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","italic":true},"insert":"Welcome to my "},{"attributes":{"italic":true,"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":"Bristly Bill, Spine Sower"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","italic":true},"insert":" commander deck primer. If you enjoy rapid mana ramp, turning any generic creature into a lethal, multi-hundred-power threat turns ahead of schedule, and possessing a specific, non-combat infinite win condition, you have found the right list. This deck is built to maximize Bristly Bill's unique positioning as a landfall payoff, a proactive threat, and a game-ending payoff all on his own. We prioritize explosive +1/+1 counter exponential growth and devastating, unblockable attacks to ensure the hunt ends decisively."},{"attributes":{"blockquote":true},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":"💎 The Game Plan"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":"Our strategy leverages Bill as a proactive threat, an enabler, and a finisher."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":"Phase 1: Aggressive Ramp"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":"Bill costs only 2 mana. Our primary goal is to deploy him Turn 1-2 (using "},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Chrome Mox"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Ancient Tomb"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":", or a dork with "},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Lotus Petal"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":") and "},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","italic":true},"insert":"immediately"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":" begin utilizing his landfall trigger. We seek to quickly play multiple lands per turn ("},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Exploration"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Azusa, Lost but Seeking"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":") to maximize +1/+1 counter placement on Bill and our supportive creatures."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":"Phase 2: The Exponential Ramp Engine"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":"Once counters are on Bill and 3-5 creatures, the deck enters an exponential value state. We capitalize on +1/+1 counter multipliers ("},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Innkeeper's Talent"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Ozolith, the Shattered Spire"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":") and cards that generate massive draw or mana based on creature power ("},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Selvala, Heart of the Wilds"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":{"card-link":"The Great Henge"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Last March of the Ents"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":"). Our mana production becomes obscene, allowing us to simultaneously keep the pressure high and hold up protection."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":"Phase 3: Decisive Finishers (the climax)"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":"We end the game through a variety of devastating methods:"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":"Finite overrun:"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":" utilize "},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Finale of Devastation"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":" into a massive, tramping threat, or use "},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":"Bristly Bill’s"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":" activated ability multiple times (potentially via "},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Seedborn Muse"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":") to make our board enormous."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":"Deterministic landfall combo:"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":" execute the "},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Quirion Ranger"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":" + "},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Ashaya, Soul of the Wild"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":" infinite loop. "},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":"The unblockable pack:"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":" grow creatures huge and bypass all blockers using "},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Champion of Lambholt"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":"."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":"🗝️ Key Synergies & Secret Tech"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":"⚡ The Ashaya Infinite Loop (Infinite Landfall)"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":"This is our primary non-combat win condition and optimization piece. This loop is deterministic and generates "},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":"infinite landfall triggers"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":"."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":"Requirements:"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":" Bristly Bill (to put counters on creatures) + Ashaya (to make Ranger a Forest) + any Mana Dork (without summoning sickness)."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":"The Loop:"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":" cast "},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":"Quirion Ranger"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":". Activate its ability to return a forest to hand. Return "},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":"Quirion Ranger"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":" to your hand (it is a forest due to Ashaya). Untap the mana dork. Use the dork’s mana to recast Quirion Ranger."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":"Payoff:"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":" this loop repeats infinitely, triggering Bill’s landfall trigger and placing infinite +1/+1 counters on all your other creatures (including the dork used to fuel the loop, making it a fatal trampler itself). "},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","italic":true},"insert":"Note: The loop also works with "},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","italic":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Walking Ballista"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","italic":true},"insert":" to immediately ping the table to death."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":"🚀 The Ashaya Passive Spike (secret landfall)"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":"Even outside of the combo, "},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":"Ashaya, Soul of the Wild"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":" and Bristly Bill are fatal. Ashaya makes all your creatures (even dorks and tokens) lands. When they enter the battlefield, they trigger Bill’s landfall instantly. This means "},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","italic":true},"insert":"every"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":" creature you cast, even mana dorks, places a free +1/+1 counter, ensuring Bill is always relevant and effective in the late game."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":"💀 Agatha's Cauldron: double duty"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","italic":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Agatha's Soul Cauldron"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":" is crucial insurance. If Bill is removed, we activate the Cauldron (perhaps using "},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Worldly Tutor"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":" to ditch a creature) and exile a card with a strong activated ability."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":"Optimized payoff:"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":" exile a mana generator ("},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Selvala, Heart of the Wilds"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":") to turn all your creatures into mana engines."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":"Deterministic payoff:"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":" use the Cauldron during the "},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":"Ashaya + Quirion Ranger"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":" loop to move the Ranger’s untap ability onto the mana dork. This allows the dork to untap itself (removing the need for a second dork), simplifying the requirements for the infinite loop and enabling a Turn 3-4 kill."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":"🚪 Controlling Combat and Tempo"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":"With "},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":"Champion of Lambholt"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":", we bypass all blocking. "},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":"Heroic Intervention"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":"Constant Mists"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":", and "},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":"Seedborn Muse"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":"make us highly resilient to both board wipes and aggression. "},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":"Concordant Crossroads"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":" is our MVP \"haste enabler,\" ensuring our massive finishers pay off immediately upon deployment, bypassing summoning sickness."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":"🏆 How to Win"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":"Combat domination:"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":" grow your army exponentially via Bill's landfall/multipliers, utilize combat tricks ("},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":"Concordant Crossroads"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":"Champion of Lambholt"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":") to declare overwhelming, unblockable fatal damage."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":"Landfall infinite combo:"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":" execute the deterministic "},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":"Ashaya + Quirion Ranger"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":" loop to place infinite counters on your creatures."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":"Walking ballista overkill:"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":" fuel "},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":"Walking Ballista"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":" via the infinite landfall loop, exiling Agatha's Soul Cauldron to give any creature the Ballista’s ping ability and shooting the entire table to death."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"}]}