{"ops":[{"insert":"Overview:"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"This is a Dimir aristocrats-Clue engine built around Eloise, Nephalia Sleuth. Creature deaths investigate, token sacrifices surveil, and the deck converts that loop into card selection, artifact density, and life drain. The primary win is infinite (or near-infinite) sacrifice loops that bleed the table through Blood Artist, Zulaport Cutthroat, Bastion of Remembrance, Nadier's Nightblade, Mirkwood Bats, Marionette Apprentice, Disciple of the Vault, and Agent of the Iron Throne. Clues and other tokens are multiplied by Academy Manufactor and Stridehangar Automaton, then weaponized as creatures via Rise and Shine or March of the Machines, or cashed for extra turns with Time Sieve. Secondary lines include recursive value with Reassembling Skeleton, Vat of Rebirth, and Ruthless Technomancer, plus Drivnod, Carnage Dominus doubling death triggers. The deck plays as a midgame combo-aristocrats pile that snowballs once a sac outlet and a drain piece are online.\nPrimer:"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Core Strategy:"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Ramp and early engines:"},{"insert":" Deploy cheap rocks (Sol Ring, Arcane Signet, Dimir Signet, Talisman of Dominance, Fellwar Stone) and early aristocrats pieces (Viscera Seer, Disciple of the Vault, Blood Artist, Ophiomancer, Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia)."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Cast Eloise:"},{"insert":" At five mana she turns every creature death into Clues and every token sacrifice into surveil. Pair her with Matoya, Archon Elder so surveils become draws, or with Erdwal Illuminator / Forensic Gadgeteer / Tamiyo's Journal to flood the board with Clues."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Multiply and convert tokens:"},{"insert":" Academy Manufactor turns each Clue into Clue + Food + Treasure; Stridehangar Automaton adds Thopters. Sac outlets (Ashnod's Altar, Viscera Seer, Umbral Collar Zealot, Woe Strider, Priest of Forgotten Gods) plus Pitiless Plunderer refill mana while drains fire."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Close the game:"},{"insert":" Assemble a loop (e.g. Ashnod's Altar + Pitiless Plunderer + Reassembling Skeleton or any repeatable token body) with a drain piece in play, or overload Rise and Shine / resolve March of the Machines and mass-sac animated artifacts. Time Sieve plus dense artifact tokens chains extra turns into a locked win. Whir of Invention (often with Inspiring Statuary improvise) tutors critical artifacts onto the battlefield."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Mulligan Priorities:"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Keep:"},{"insert":" 2-3 lands, one rock or Dark Ritual/Wayfarer's Bauble, and an early engine (Viscera Seer, Skullclamp, Disciple of the Vault, Blood Artist, Ophiomancer, or Deadly Dispute)."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Avoid:"},{"insert":" Hands of only expensive payoffs (Marionette Master, Thought Monitor, Tamiyo's Journal) with no ramp or sac fodder; all-interaction hands with no engine."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Key Tips:"},{"insert":"\nSequence Academy Manufactor before your investigate effects so every Clue is tripled; then Time Sieve or drains become trivial to fuel."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Skullclamp on 1-toughness tokens (Servos, Snakes, decayed Zombies, Clues-turned-creatures) is the fastest card filter in the deck."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Drivnod, Carnage Dominus doubles Eloise investigates, Plunderer treasures, and every Blood Artist-style trigger-save protection or recast paths for him when you are ready to win."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Use Clock of Omens to untap Time Sieve, Ashnod's Altar-adjacent rocks, or mana artifacts after generating a wall of tokens."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Lich-Knights' Conquest and Victimize turn a single wipe into a full re-deployment if your yard is stocked; hold a sac outlet so the sacrifice cost is free value."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Agent of the Iron Throne on Eloise makes every artifact or creature death a table-wide drain without needing a separate aristocrat body."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Weaknesses:"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Critical"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Mass artifact hate:"},{"insert":" Roughly 46% of the nonland deck is artifacts (rocks, Clues, Treasures, Academy Manufactor, Time Sieve, Ashnod's Altar, Equipment, etc.). A resolved Vandalblast, Farewell, or Null Rod-class effect blanks the majority of the engine and most combo channels at once."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Moderate"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Creature wipes while light on board-level protection:"},{"insert":" Token boards and drain creatures die to Toxic Deluge mirrors and symmetrical wraths; recursion exists (Reanimate, Animate Dead, Vat of Rebirth, Victimize, Lich-Knights' Conquest) but rebuilding costs tempo and often needs the yard intact."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Graveyard hate:"},{"insert":" Bojuka Bog is your only proactive yard answer; opposing Rest in Peace effects slow Reassembling Skeleton, escape Woe Strider, reanimation, and Unshakable Tail lines. You can still win with pure battlefield loops, but redundancy drops."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Commander removal under tax:"},{"insert":" Eloise is the best investigate/surveil engine; repeated removal raises her cost and slows Clue flood even though several 99-only loops still function."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Minor"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Stack interaction density:"},{"insert":" Only a handful of counters (Counterspell, Arcane Denial, An Offer You Can't Refuse) means opposing free interaction can catch Time Sieve or a winning Whir of Invention."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Slow mana in non-rock draws:"},{"insert":" Without early rocks the five-mana commander and multi-piece combos push back a turn."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Key Cards:"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Academy Manufactor:"},{"insert":" Triples every Clue/Food/Treasure; the core multiplier for drains, Time Sieve, and improvise."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Ashnod's Altar:"},{"insert":" Primary infinite-mana sac outlet with recursive creatures and token makers."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Pitiless Plunderer:"},{"insert":" Turns deaths into Treasures; pairs with Altar for mana-positive loops."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Time Sieve:"},{"insert":" Extra-turn outlet once artifact tokens are dense; chains into locked wins."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Blood Artist:"},{"insert":" Efficient drain payoff for every creature death."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Zulaport Cutthroat:"},{"insert":" Redundant table-wide drain on creature deaths."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Nadier's Nightblade:"},{"insert":" Drains on any token leaving-perfect with Clue/Treasure/Food storms."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Mirkwood Bats:"},{"insert":" Punishes both creation and sacrifice of tokens."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Marionette Apprentice:"},{"insert":" Low-cost drain on creature "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"or"},{"insert":" artifact deaths; Fabricate fodder."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Disciple of the Vault:"},{"insert":" Artifact-death drain that fires on sacrificed Clues and Treasures."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Matoya, Archon Elder:"},{"insert":" Turns Eloise's surveil engine into raw card draw."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Skullclamp:"},{"insert":" Best one-card draw engine with 1-toughness tokens."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Whir of Invention:"},{"insert":" Instant-speed artifact tutor to the battlefield; finds Altar, Sieve, Manufactor, or Clock."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Rise and Shine:"},{"insert":" Overload animates the entire Clue/rock board into sacrificial bodies."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Reassembling Skeleton:"},{"insert":" Cheap, repeatable sac fuel for Altar/Plunderer loops."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"}]}