{"ops":[{"insert":"This Orvar deck plays like a **high-speed puzzle** where the goal is to break the \"math\" of the game. While your other decks win by playing cards, Orvar wins by *multiplying* them.\nHere is the phase-by-phase breakdown of how you’ll pilot this list:\n### Phase 1: The Setup (Turns 1–3)\nYou are a \"Post\" hunter. Your priority is mana.\n * **The Goal:** Get **Cloudpost** or **Glimmerpost** on the field as fast as possible. Use **Expedition Map** to find them if you didn't draw them.\n * **The Play:** Drop Orvar on Turn 4 (or earlier with a Sol Ring/Jewel). Once Orvar is out, your 1-mana targeting spells (like **Aquitect's Will** or **Thermal Flux**) become \"Clone\" spells. Use them on your Cloudpost.\n * **The Math:** 1 Cloudpost = 1 mana. 2 Cloudposts = 4 mana. 3 Cloudposts = 9 mana. You will hit 15+ mana while everyone else is still playing their first big creature.\n### Phase 2: The Engine (Turns 4–6)\nOnce your mana is high, you shift from \"Ramp\" to \"Value.\"\n * **The Combo:** Look for **Coveted Jewel** or **Gilded Lotus**.\n * **The Loop:** Use **Whim of Volrath** with Buyback. Target your Coveted Jewel.\n 1. Spend 3 mana (Whim + Buyback).\n 2. Orvar makes a copy of the Jewel.\n 3. The copy enters, you draw 3 cards and add 3 mana.\n 4. You essentially \"draw your deck\" for free.\n * **Protection:** Keep **Mizzium Skin** or **Shore Up** in hand. If someone tries to kill Orvar, cast them. You’ll save him *and* create a token copy of him (if you have **Mirror Box** or **Sakashima** out).\n### Phase 3: The Finisher (The \"Win\" Phase)\nOnce you have infinite mana and half your deck in your hand, you end the game in one of three ways:\n * **The Army:** Copy **Master of Waves** 20 times. You’ll create hundreds of Elemental tokens that are 20/20s.\n * **The Lock:** Copy **Rishadan Cloudskate** (the fix for Cloudspread) to bounce every single permanent your opponents control back to their hands.\n * **The Milling:** If you have **Laboratory Maniac**, simply draw your entire deck with the Jewel loop and win on the spot.\n### Important Rules Tip: \"The Cast Trigger\"\nOrvar’s ability triggers when you **cast** the spell, not when it resolves.\n * This means even if an opponent counters your *Whim of Volrath*, you **still get the token copy** of whatever you targeted.\n * This makes you incredibly hard to stop with traditional counterspells. They have to counter the *ability*, not just the spell.\n### How it feels compared to your other decks:\n * **vs. Stella Lee:** Stella feels like a sprint; Orvar feels like a landslide. Once the engine starts, there is almost no way for opponents to interact with your board state because of the sheer volume of permanents.\n * **vs. Sliver Gravemother:** Where Gravemother is about the *graveyard*, Orvar is about the *stack*. You’ll be doing a lot more thinking during your opponents' turns, as you can clone your lands or protection pieces at instant speed.\n**Pro-Tip:** Keep a lot of tokens or \"infinitoken\" dry-erase cards handy—you are going to have 10+ copies of the same lands and artifacts by the end of most games!\n\n"}]}