{"ops":[{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"TL:DR"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"\"You know, Amy, any time someone calls attention to the breaking of gender roles, it ultimately undermines the concept of gender equality by implying that this is an exception and not the status quo\" ~ Knuckles"},{"insert":"\nWanna hit your friends with hammers? Want your 'quick last game' to actually be over in twenty minutes? Look no further than Amy Rose, a Boros voltron deck with an 'attacking in pairs' subtheme. Turns out, she can count to 21 suprisingly fast!\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"What the deck is / isn't"},{"insert":"\n\tThis is an equipment voltron deck. No part of the deck is trying to hide that. All of its pieces operate to accelerate Amy into your opponent's faces at mach-fuck. Some people don't like voltron, to them I say 'have you heard of "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Maze of Ith"}},{"insert":"?'. The deck is not made in attempt to be the most powerful ever. It had a budget of 150 Euro. This is why staples like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Commander's Plate"}},{"insert":" is not there, and the mana-base is middling at best.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Mulligan Priorities"},{"insert":"\n\tHave a hand with a decent amount of mana, but otherwise a piece of equipment or something to tutor for a piece of equipment would be helpful. With some luck, there'd also be another creature in your opening hand that can help Amy once she lands on turn 3-4.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Deck Flow"},{"insert":"\n\tEarly Game: Play inocuous cheap creatures like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Freya Crescent"}},{"insert":", while ramping toward that all-important 4 mana threshold. Despite potentially being able to afford it, try playing your equipment on the single turn before Amy hits the battlefield, in order to give your opponents the minimum time to remove the artifact.\n\tMid Game: Summon Amy, and start swinging. You're going to leave yourself open. Who cares? If you have a tutor grab "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Caduceus, Staff of Hermes"}},{"insert":" and watch your opponents visibly weep as you gain 10-20 life per swing. Find Amy some friends, and watch them realise that phyrexian germ now has 30 power.\n\tEnd Game: Hopefully your opponents have died before the 'end-game' happens, but "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"you "},{"insert":"are still the boogey-man. Amy draws a vile amount of removal, but we have the recursion and protection for her. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Forge Anew"}},{"insert":", and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mantle of the Ancients"}},{"insert":" ensure that an overloaded "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Vandalblast"}},{"insert":" doesn't instantly ruin your pink mojo.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Major Cards"},{"insert":"\n\t"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Caduceus, Staff of Hermes"}},{"insert":" is a genuinely crazy piece of equipment in commander. Who cares about restrictive equip costs, Amy grabs it for free! Have this guy in your opening hand and staying above thirty life is fairly trivial.\n\t"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Kusari-Gama"}},{"insert":" provides one of the worst catch-22 scenarios for your opponents. Don't block? Take 15 commander damage. Block? Your creatures are all dead.\n\t"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sunforger"}},{"insert":" is a brilliant card, instant speed unequipping to find an instant. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Boros Charm"}},{"insert":" for double strike, or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Resolute Strike"}},{"insert":" provides with a small buff and immediately can re-equip sunforger allowing you to find "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"another "},{"insert":"instant from the deck! (provided you have enough mana)\n\t"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Gornog, the Red Reaper"}},{"insert":" and Amy might be a dream team, they buff each other, provide evasion, and make your opponent's creatures cowards (yeah that's right "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur"}},{"insert":" cower in fear at a hedgehog with a hammer!).\n\t"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Iroas, God of Victory"}},{"insert":" provides you with both a Dolmen Gate effect and gives Amy menace!\n\t"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Forge Anew"}},{"insert":" Allows for some funky combat tricks with instant-speed equipping!\n\t"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Invasion Plans"}},{"insert":" Completely allows the 'attack in pairs' to work wonderfully, attack with Amy and a friend, force every one of your opponent's creatures to block the friend, and let Amy through for lethal commander damage!\n\t\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Weird Rules, Sequencing Notes, and Common Mistakes"},{"insert":"\nAmy's attack trigger doesn't specify that it has to be "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"your "},{"insert":"equipment. This doesn't mean that you control that piece of equipment, but it can equip to Amy. (Steal "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Lightning Greaves"}},{"insert":" off an opponent's commander and then "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Generous Gift"}},{"insert":" them when they're defenseless to not waste removal on some silly boots!)"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Many pieces of equipment have a 'whenever the equipped creature attacks' clause (e.g. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Genji Glove"}},{"insert":"). Using Amy's ability to equip these does not trigger the ability, because the creature is already attacking when it becomes equipped. If you need the abilities ASAP, consider actually spending your mana to equip stuff."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Quietus Spike"}},{"insert":" halves the opponent's life "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"after "},{"insert":"you deal damage with the equipped creature."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Gornog, the Red Reaper"}},{"insert":" says 'Cowards can't block Warriors', this is only true whilst Gornog is on the board. Creatures, however, continue to remain cowards after Gornog has left."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"With Great Power . . ."}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Caduceus, Staff of Hermes"}},{"insert":" while above thirty life can create a lock where all damage is redirected to Amy but prevented. Not an infinite by nature, but can be very hard for your opponent's to deal with!"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"For maximum fun, don't tutor for the same pieces of equipment over and over. That's how games become same-y."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Power Expectations"},{"insert":"\n\tFirmly bracket 3, despite the lack of game changers. The deck is a menace from the moment Amy is cast. With how resilient it is, you can easily draw archenemy aggro. The limited creature pool and the tendency to turn all the creatures sideways leaves you fairly open to being swung at. Games go fast, but hopefully your opponents will lose the race. You've got to count to 21, they've got to count to 40.\n"}]}