{"ops":[{"insert":"Deck Overview"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nA spellslinger deck where you cast a spell that copies itself, then return it to your hand "},{"attributes":{"italic":true,"bold":true},"insert":"from the stack"},{"insert":" to simulate buybacking that spell. The original spell will not resolve, but the copies that it put on the stack will. The commander, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Venser, Shaper Savant"}},{"insert":" is your easiest option for bouncing the original spell. Doing this consistently requires quite a lot of mana, so ramp spells are very important to the deck. The deck is fairly slow to get online, which is why I have classified it as bracket 2.\n\n\nCard Choice Reasonings"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n\nAdditional Copies"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nThese cards either provide you with an additional source of copying for spells that don't normally copy themselves or amplify your already existing copying.\n\n\nDraw"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nMostly generic draw cards or cantrips, with a few outstanding cards:\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Archmage Emeritus"}},{"insert":" can draw you a ton of cards since it triggers off of both the casts and the copies.\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ghastly Discovery"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mentor's Guidance"}},{"insert":" , and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Train of Thought"}},{"insert":" allow you to create a draw engine from your hand with Venser.\n\n\nInteraction"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nThe interaction spells in this deck include a couple of generic cards supplemented with some cards specific to the strategy\n\nStorm cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Flusterstorm"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Hindering Touch"}},{"insert":" are extremely powerful as they allow us to interact with the opponent while staying mostly neutral on cards.\nReplicate cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Consign to Memory"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Gigadrowse"}},{"insert":" are generally less mana efficient when replicated but they provide a wider array of effects to our arsenal.\nCascade on "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Forceful Denial"}},{"insert":" lets us dig if we don't need the counterspell, but usually its a last resort as there are a good number of misses in the deck.\n\nLand"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nThe lands in this deck are optimized towards "},{"insert":{"card-link":"High Tide"}},{"insert":" . This leaves not too many slots for non island lands.\n\nThe most important of these is "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Riptide Laboratory"}},{"insert":" . Riptide Laboratory lets us repeat our usage of Venser much more easily and for less overall mana than trying to get him to die somehow. It also has synergy with the wizardcycling package in the deck.\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Tolaria West"}},{"insert":" transmutes for Riptide Laboratory 99% of the time.\nThe artifact lands are there as tutor targets for "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Trinket Mage"}},{"insert":" .\n\n\nPayoffs"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nThis section is a little blank since the goal of the deck is mostly to grind the opponents out with card advantage and interaction, but you do need to win somehow.\n\nThere aren't too many magecraft payoffs in mono blue, but the one we do get is a real heater. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Deekah, Fractal Theorist"}},{"insert":" turns our "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mind's Desire"}},{"insert":" and similar storm cards into terrifying armies. \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Laboratory Maniac"}},{"insert":" is how we win if we end up going over the top with Mind's Desire somehow. This has happened in testing reasonably often, but I wouldn't keep it as your primary gameplan every time.\n\n\nRamp"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nThe ramp section of the deck is focues mostly on proliferation of a couple of mana rocks, but there are also some generic mana rocks that I will not go over.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Everflowing Chalice"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Astral Cornucopia"}},{"insert":" ,"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Empowered Autogenerator"}},{"insert":" , and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rotating Fireplace"}},{"insert":" are our main base rocks to proliferate off of. Everflowing Chalice and Astral Cornucopia are tutorable off of Trinket Mage which is very helpful towards our goal of seeing them early enough in each game.\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Radstorm"}},{"insert":" provides a rebuyable proliferate spell that can sail to very great heights and put us over the top when we draw it.\nThere are a couple of copy spells like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Echo Storm"}},{"insert":" to copy our high mana generating artifacts with (especially "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Gilded Lotus"}},{"insert":" ).\n\n\nRedundancy"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nThese just provide similar effects to our commander. These can help us get online faster while still interacting with the opponent. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Narset's Reversal"}},{"insert":" is probably the most potent of these spells, but they all do their job.\n\n\nTutor"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nThe tutor package is mostly built to obtain Riptide Laboratory.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Expedition Map"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"World Map"}},{"insert":" allow us to get there directly. Trinket Mage acts as a bridge between Riptide Laboratory and our wizardcycling package.\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Step Through"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Vedalken Aethermage"}},{"insert":" allow us to find the wizards we need (mostly Trinket Mage) when we need them.\n"}]}