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This fuels your reanimation targets and thins the deck toward your win conditions."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"• "},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"The Exception:"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" Only keep a card on top if it is a vital removal spell, a combo piece, or a high-value permanent like "},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":{"card-link":"Planetarium of Wan Shi Tong"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Mid-Game: "},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"The deck utilizes \"Top-Deck Casting\" to bypass mana costs."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"• Life for Cards"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":":"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" Use "},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":{"card-link":"Eye of Duskmantle"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" or"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":{"card-link":"Gwenom, Remorseless"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" to cast the spells you’ve scouted with Surveil by paying life instead of mana."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"• Stack the Deck"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":":"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":{"card-link":"Bone Harvest"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" is a secret MVP here—use it to put the best creatures from your graveyard back on top in a specific order, then \"fire them off\" using your top-deck casting pieces."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Closing the Case (Win Conditions):"},{"insert":"\n\n\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"1. 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Konrad will trigger for each, dealing Infect damage to the entire table for an instant win."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"3. "},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Poison Sting:"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" Deploy "},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":{"card-link":"Vraska, Betrayal's Sting"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" to hit an opponent with a massive stack of poison counters, then use your proliferation tools ("},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":{"card-link":"Drown in Ichor"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":{"card-link":"Karn's Bastion"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":") to close the gap immediately."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"4. "},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Noir Voltron:"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" If the board is stalled, Noir can often take players out via Commander Damage. 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Spider-Man Noir
Menace
Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, put a +1/+1 counter on it. Then surveil X, where X is the number of counters on it. (Look at the top X cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, put a +1/+1 counter on it. Then surveil X, where X is the number of counters on it. (Look at the top X cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
Legendary Creature - Human Spider Hero
Commander
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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
Combo
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Ayara's Oathsworn
Menace
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, if it has fewer than four +1/+1 counters on it, put a +1/+1 counter on it. Then if it has exactly four +1/+1 counters on it, search your library for a card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, if it has fewer than four +1/+1 counters on it, put a +1/+1 counter on it. Then if it has exactly four +1/+1 counters on it, search your library for a card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Creature - Human Knight
Scavenged Brawler
Flying, vigilance, trample, lifelink
, Exile this card from your graveyard: Choose target creature. Put four +1/+1 counters, a flying counter, a vigilance counter, a trample counter, and a lifelink counter on that creature. Activate only as a sorcery.
, Exile this card from your graveyard: Choose target creature. Put four +1/+1 counters, a flying counter, a vigilance counter, a trample counter, and a lifelink counter on that creature. Activate only as a sorcery.
Creature Artifact - Construct
The Ozolith
Whenever a creature you control leaves the battlefield, if it had counters on it, put those counters on The Ozolith.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, if The Ozolith has counters on it, you may move all counters from The Ozolith onto target creature.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, if The Ozolith has counters on it, you may move all counters from The Ozolith onto target creature.
Legendary Artifact
Vraska, Betrayal's Sting
Compleated ( can be paid with or 2 life. If life was paid, this planeswalker enters with two fewer loyalty counters.)
0: You draw a card and lose 1 life. Proliferate.
−2: Target creature becomes a Treasure artifact with ", Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color" and loses all other card types and abilities.
−9: If target player has fewer than nine poison counters, they get a number of poison counters equal to the difference.
0: You draw a card and lose 1 life. Proliferate.
−2: Target creature becomes a Treasure artifact with ", Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color" and loses all other card types and abilities.
−9: If target player has fewer than nine poison counters, they get a number of poison counters equal to the difference.
Legendary Planeswalker - Vraska
Counters
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Dauthi Voidwalker
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
If a card would be put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, instead exile it with a void counter on it.
, Sacrifice this creature: Choose an exiled card an opponent owns with a void counter on it. You may play it this turn without paying its mana cost.
If a card would be put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, instead exile it with a void counter on it.
, Sacrifice this creature: Choose an exiled card an opponent owns with a void counter on it. You may play it this turn without paying its mana cost.
Creature - Rogue Dauthi
Lethal Scheme
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.)
Destroy target creature or planeswalker. Each creature that convoked this spell connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.)
Destroy target creature or planeswalker. Each creature that convoked this spell connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.)
Instant
Pile On
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.)
Destroy target creature or planeswalker. 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.)
Destroy target creature or planeswalker. 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.)
Instant
Disruption
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Black Market Connections
At the beginning of your first main phase, choose one or more —
• Sell Contraband — Create a Treasure token. You lose 1 life.
• Buy Information — Draw a card. You lose 2 life.
• Hire a Mercenary — Create a 3/2 colorless Shapeshifter creature token with changeling. You lose 3 life. (It is every creature type.)
• Sell Contraband — Create a Treasure token. You lose 1 life.
• Buy Information — Draw a card. You lose 2 life.
• Hire a Mercenary — Create a 3/2 colorless Shapeshifter creature token with changeling. You lose 3 life. (It is every creature type.)
Enchantment
Gwenom, Remorseless
Deathtouch, lifelink
Whenever Gwenom attacks, until end of turn, you may look at the top card of your library any time and you may play cards from the top of your library. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than pay its mana cost.
Whenever Gwenom attacks, until end of turn, you may look at the top card of your library any time and you may play cards from the top of your library. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than pay its mana cost.
Legendary Creature - Spider Hero Symbiote
Draw
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Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
Minas Morgul enters tapped.
: Add .
, : Put a shadow counter on target creature. For as long as that creature has a shadow counter on it, it's a Wraith in addition to its other types. (A creature with shadow can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
: Add .
, : Put a shadow counter on target creature. For as long as that creature has a shadow counter on it, it's a Wraith in addition to its other types. (A creature with shadow can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Legendary Land
Spymaster's Vault
This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp.
: Add .
, : Target creature you control connives X, where X is the number of creatures that died this turn. (Draw X cards, then discard X cards. Put a +1/+1 counter on that creature for each nonland card discarded this way.)
: Add .
, : Target creature you control connives X, where X is the number of creatures that died this turn. (Draw X cards, then discard X cards. Put a +1/+1 counter on that creature for each nonland card discarded this way.)
Land
Land
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Sheoldred
Menace
When Sheoldred enters, each opponent sacrifices a nontoken creature or planeswalker of their choice.
: Exile Sheoldred, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery and only if an opponent has eight or more cards in their graveyard.
When Sheoldred enters, each opponent sacrifices a nontoken creature or planeswalker of their choice.
: Exile Sheoldred, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery and only if an opponent has eight or more cards in their graveyard.
Legendary Creature - Praetor Phyrexian
Mass Disruption
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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.)
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Protection
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Ramp
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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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Dogged Detective
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.)
Whenever an opponent draws their second card each turn, you may return this card from your graveyard to your hand.
Whenever an opponent draws their second card each turn, you may return this card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature - Human Rogue
Sword of Once and Future
Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from blue and from black.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, surveil 2. Then you may cast an instant or sorcery spell with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.
Equip
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, surveil 2. Then you may cast an instant or sorcery spell with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
The Grim Captain's Locker
: Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
: Until end of turn, each creature card in your graveyard gains "Escape—, Exile four other cards from your graveyard." (You may cast a card with escape from your graveyard for its escape cost.)
: Until end of turn, each creature card in your graveyard gains "Escape—, Exile four other cards from your graveyard." (You may cast a card with escape from your graveyard for its escape cost.)
Legendary Artifact
Unshakable Tail
When this creature enters and at the beginning of your upkeep, surveil 1.
Whenever one or more creature cards are put into your graveyard from your library, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
, Sacrifice a Clue: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand.
Whenever one or more creature cards are put into your graveyard from your library, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
, Sacrifice a Clue: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature - Zombie Detective
Surveil
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Ancient Brass Dragon
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, roll a d20. When you do, put any number of target creature cards with total mana value X or less from graveyards onto the battlefield under your control, where X is the result.
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, roll a d20. When you do, put any number of target creature cards with total mana value X or less from graveyards onto the battlefield under your control, where X is the result.
Creature - Elder Dragon
Archpriest of Shadows
Backup 1 (When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. If that's another creature, it gains the following abilities until end of turn.)
Deathtouch
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player or battle, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Deathtouch
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player or battle, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Creature - Human Warlock
Banshee of the Dread Choir
Myriad (Whenever this creature 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.)
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player discards a card.
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player discards a card.
Creature - Spirit
Barbed Servitor
Indestructible
When this creature enters, suspect it. (It has menace and can't block.)
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
Whenever this creature is dealt damage, target opponent loses that much life.
When this creature enters, suspect it. (It has menace and can't block.)
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
Whenever this creature is dealt damage, target opponent loses that much life.
Creature Artifact - Construct
Bebop, Skull & Crossbones
Partner with Rocksteady, Mutant Marauder (When this creature enters, target player may put Rocksteady into their hand from their library, then shuffle.)
Deathtouch
Whenever Bebop deals combat damage to a player, you may draw X cards, where X is the number of counters on Bebop. If you do, you lose X life.
Deathtouch
Whenever Bebop deals combat damage to a player, you may draw X cards, where X is the number of counters on Bebop. If you do, you lose X life.
Legendary Creature - Mutant Boar
Bismuth Mindrender
Devoid (This card has no color.)
Menace
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card. You may cast that card by paying life equal to the spell's mana value rather than paying its mana cost.
Menace
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card. You may cast that card by paying life equal to the spell's mana value rather than paying its mana cost.
Creature - Eldrazi
Canoptek Wraith
Wraith Form — This creature can't be blocked.
Transdimensional Scout — When this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may pay and sacrifice it. If you do, choose a land you control. Then search your library for up to two basic land cards which have the same name as the chosen land, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Transdimensional Scout — When this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may pay and sacrifice it. If you do, choose a land you control. Then search your library for up to two basic land cards which have the same name as the chosen land, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Creature Artifact - Wraith
Clandestine Meddler
When this creature enters, suspect up to one other target creature you control. (A suspected creature has menace and can't block.)
Whenever one or more suspected creatures you control attack, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
Whenever one or more suspected creatures you control attack, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
Creature - Vampire Rogue
Dawnhand Dissident
, Blight 1: Surveil 1.
, Blight 2: Exile target card from a graveyard.
During your turn, you may cast creature spells from among cards you own exiled with this creature by removing three counters from among creatures you control in addition to paying their other costs.
, Blight 2: Exile target card from a graveyard.
During your turn, you may cast creature spells from among cards you own exiled with this creature by removing three counters from among creatures you control in addition to paying their other costs.
Creature - Elf Warlock
Dreamstealer
Menace
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player discards that many cards.
Eternalize (, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie Human Wizard with no mana cost. Eternalize only as a sorcery.)
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player discards that many cards.
Eternalize (, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie Human Wizard with no mana cost. Eternalize only as a sorcery.)
Creature - Human Wizard
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
Whenever a creature deals combat damage to one of your opponents, its controller may pay 1 life. If they do, they draw a card.
, Discard X cards: Exile the top X cards of target opponent's library. You may play lands and cast spells from among cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.
, Discard X cards: Exile the top X cards of target opponent's library. You may play lands and cast spells from among cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.
Legendary Creature - Praetor Phyrexian
Gollum, Obsessed Stalker
Skulk (This creature can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.)
At the beginning of your end step, each opponent dealt combat damage this game by a creature named Gollum, Obsessed Stalker loses life equal to the amount of life you gained this turn.
At the beginning of your end step, each opponent dealt combat damage this game by a creature named Gollum, Obsessed Stalker loses life equal to the amount of life you gained this turn.
Legendary Creature - Horror Halfling
Heirloom Auntie
This creature enters with two -1/-1 counters on it.
Whenever another creature you control dies, surveil 1, then remove a -1/-1 counter from this creature. (To surveil 1, look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
Whenever another creature you control dies, surveil 1, then remove a -1/-1 counter from this creature. (To surveil 1, look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
Creature - Goblin Warlock
Namazu Trader
When this creature enters, you lose 1 life and create a Treasure token.
Whenever this creature attacks, you may sacrifice another creature or artifact. If you do, 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.)
Whenever this creature attacks, you may sacrifice another creature or artifact. If you do, 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 - Fish Citizen
Nightblade Brigade
Deathtouch
Mobilize 1 (Whenever this creature attacks, create a tapped and attacking 1/1 red Warrior creature token. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.)
When this creature enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
Mobilize 1 (Whenever this creature attacks, create a tapped and attacking 1/1 red Warrior creature token. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.)
When this creature enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
Creature - Goblin Soldier
Maybeboard
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This fuels your reanimation targets and thins the deck toward your win conditions."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"• "},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"The Exception:"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" Only keep a card on top if it is a vital removal spell, a combo piece, or a high-value permanent like "},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":{"card-link":"Planetarium of Wan Shi Tong"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Mid-Game: "},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"The deck utilizes \"Top-Deck Casting\" to bypass mana costs."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"• Life for Cards"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":":"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" Use "},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":{"card-link":"Eye of Duskmantle"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" or"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":{"card-link":"Gwenom, Remorseless"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" to cast the spells you’ve scouted with Surveil by paying life instead of mana."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"• Stack the Deck"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":":"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":{"card-link":"Bone Harvest"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" is a secret MVP here—use it to put the best creatures from your graveyard back on top in a specific order, then \"fire them off\" using your top-deck casting pieces."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Closing the Case (Win Conditions):"},{"insert":"\n\n\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"1. "},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Mass Resurrection:"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" Use smaller reanimators to stay alive, then finish with a massive reanimation spell to bring your entire graveyard to the battlefield at once for a lethal swing."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"2. "},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Syr Konrad Infect:"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" With "},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":{"card-link":"Syr Konrad, the Grim"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" on the board, cast"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":{"card-link":"Tainted Strike"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" on him. Then, use a mass reanimate or "},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":{"card-link":"Bone Harvest"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" to move a large volume of creatures out of your graveyard. Konrad will trigger for each, dealing Infect damage to the entire table for an instant win."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"3. "},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Poison Sting:"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" Deploy "},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":{"card-link":"Vraska, Betrayal's Sting"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" to hit an opponent with a massive stack of poison counters, then use your proliferation tools ("},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":{"card-link":"Drown in Ichor"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":{"card-link":"Karn's Bastion"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":") to close the gap immediately."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"4. "},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Noir Voltron:"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" If the board is stalled, Noir can often take players out via Commander Damage. Use "},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":{"card-link":"Unspeakable Symbol"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" to dump life into +1/+1 counters and "},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":{"card-link":"Tainted Strike"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" to turn a 10-power Noir into a one-shot kill."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Pilot Tips:"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"• "},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Tainted Strike"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":" is Flexible:"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" You can cast it on an "},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"opponent’s"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" large creature if they are attacking a different opponent to force a surprise elimination."},{"insert":"\n\n"}]}