{"ops":[{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"The premise"},{"insert":"\n\nThis is a storm deck that aims to win the game in turns 6-7 by casting a "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dragonstorm"}},{"insert":" with a storm count big enough to pull out "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Lathliss, Dragon Queen"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Terror of the Peaks"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Scourge of Valkas"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Twinflame Tyrant"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dragonlord Kolaghan"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Utvara Hellkite"}},{"insert":" onto the battlefield all at once. \n\nThis combination of dragons provides an incredibly high amount of direct damage to the face by the sheer amount of triggers from "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Terror of the Peaks"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Scourge of Valkas"}},{"insert":", and provides even further damage on attack (enabled by "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dragonlord Kolaghan"}},{"insert":"'s haste) with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Utvara Hellkite"}},{"insert":" triggers. \n\nThe deck also features an alternate win condition in "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dracogenesis"}},{"insert":", allowing us to cast the dragon spells directly.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"The Commander"},{"insert":"\n\nWhile "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Yurlok of Scorch Thrash"}},{"insert":" is usually a commander with a very on-rails gameplan, this deck is not reliant on him, he exists purely to add the colors needed for the deck to function. Additionally, he looks kind of like a dragon, which is an important factor for this deck.\n\nWhile it is still useful to cast Yurlok, as he functions as a glorified mana dork, having him destroyed is not a big setback to the deck's gameplan, we merely lose the access to his mana dork-like ability and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Jeska's Will"}},{"insert":" becomes weaker since it doesn't draw us cards.\n\nSpecial mention to"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ziatora, the Incinerator"}},{"insert":", who despite being a dragon in Jund colors that ramps, does not make a good commander for this deck, since she comes out way too late to meaningfully ramp us into our storm turn.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"Starting Hands"},{"insert":"\n\nThis deck needs to mulligan aggressively to both find either "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dragonstorm"}},{"insert":" or one of our many tutors ("},{"insert":{"card-link":"Demonic Tutor"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Diabolic Intent"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Wishclaw Talisman"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dark Petition"}},{"insert":") and to get any relevant Dragons out of our hand. Safer hands include those heavier on lands, since our limited land count and need to setup means the deck appreciates consistently dropping lands for turn.\n\nIdeal cards to find in our starting hand are permanent-based ramp (such as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Birds of Paradise"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ignoble Hierarch"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Carpet of Flowers"}},{"insert":"), cost-reduction effects ("},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ruby Medallion"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"The Fire Crystal"}},{"insert":"), or combo-extending plays such as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Manamorphose"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Past in Flames"}},{"insert":".\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"Setting Up"},{"insert":"\n\nTo set up our storm turn, we need to achieve multiple things:\nFirstly, we need to either have "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dragonstorm"}},{"insert":" in our hand, or have a way to find it with a tutor effect."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Secondly, we need to generate enough mana to actually cast Dragonstorm, so we will need any of our big ritual effects ("},{"insert":{"card-link":"Jeska's Will"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rousing Refrain"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mana Geyser"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Culling Ritual"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Irencrag Feat"}},{"insert":") or enough permanent-based ramp on board."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Finally, we need to achieve a storm count high enough to find all of the dragons that will win us the game. While in the process of casting any rituals and/or tutors we have we will already get some storm count, we actually need at least a storm count of 7 to be able to deal enough damage to kill three opponents with 40 life. To this effect, we want combo-extending cards in our hand that we can use to increase our storm count. Any card with a low mana cost that can either refund itself or produce mana will work here, but notable cards include "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Manamorphose"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Lotus Petal"}},{"insert":" and"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Strike It Rich"}},{"insert":"."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nDue to all of these constraints on our storm turn, we will need to spend a lot of the game setting up for this. We want to steadily drop lands for turn, while accruing card advantage through looting and scrying effects (for example "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Faithless Looting"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sylvan Library"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Big Score"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge"}},{"insert":").\n\nKey setup cards include permanent-based mana production (such as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Birds of Paradise"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ignoble Hierarch"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Carpet of Flowers"}},{"insert":"), cost-reduction effects ("},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ruby Medallion"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"The Fire Crystal"}},{"insert":"), spellslinger payoffs (such as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Storm-Kiln Artist"}},{"insert":"), and protection pieces such as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Hexing Squelcher"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Spider-Punk"}},{"insert":".\n\nAdditionally, we also might have to set up our board with creatures in order to enable sacrifice-based rituals or tutors ("},{"insert":{"card-link":"Culling the Weak"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Diabolic Intent"}},{"insert":"), or our graveyard with enough cards to turn on threshold for "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cabal Ritual"}},{"insert":" or spell mastery for "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dark Petition"}},{"insert":").\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"Storming Off"},{"insert":"\n\nIn order to storm off, the deck employs discard and draw effects effects (such as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Wheel of Fortune"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Big Score"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Faithless Looting"}},{"insert":") to shape its hand while building up a storm count, and multiple high value ritual effects (such as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Jeska's Will"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Culling Ritual"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Seething Song"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Apex of Power"}},{"insert":"). \n\nWhen we are ready to storm off, we want to be very careful with our sequencing. While ideally we can employ a blanket protection piece ("},{"insert":{"card-link":"Hexing Squelcher"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Spider-Punk"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Veil of Summer"}},{"insert":"), we cannot always have this luxury, so when we can't protect our win, we will have to ensure we have a backup plan.\n\nWhat we ideally is first use our tutor(s) to find "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dragonstorm"}},{"insert":" and any other pieces we need (large rituals such as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mana Geyser"}},{"insert":", protection pieces such as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Veil of Summer"}},{"insert":", combo-extension pieces such as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Past in Flames"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Manamorphose"}},{"insert":"). Afterwards, we want to chain multiple small rituals (such as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dark Ritual"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Culling the Weak"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rite of Flame"}},{"insert":") or a single big ritual ("},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mana Geyser"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Jeska's Will"}},{"insert":") into any combo-extending plays we have to cap off with a "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dragonstorm"}},{"insert":".\n\nTo extend our combo, we can use our tutors to find "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Past in Flames"}},{"insert":", which will allow us to reuse every single instant and sorcery in our graveyard, which will be all of our tutor and rituals. While very mana intensive, this is an excellent way to increase our storm count and will almost ensure we hit the necessary amount.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"Challenges"},{"insert":"\n\nAs with most storm decks, due to the need to reach a high storm count while generating enough mana to cast "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dragonstorm"}},{"insert":", we are very vulnerable to counterspells during our storm turn. A well placed counterspell on one of our key ritual or tutor effects can disrupt the entire combo turn and prevent us from winning. To address this, we run a 6-card protection suite, including two permanent-based ways in "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Hexing Squelcher"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Spider-Punk"}},{"insert":", and four instant-speed interaction effects in "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Pyroblast"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Red Elemental Blast"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Veil of Summer"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Deflecting Swat"}},{"insert":".\n\nAn additional issue to worry about is drawing the dragons we intend to tutor with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dragonstorm"}},{"insert":" before our storm turn. To address this, we include cards that shuffle them back into our library: "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Winds of Change"}},{"insert":" allow us to shuffle them from our hand.\n\nFinally, due to the win condition being dealing direct damage and/or combat damage, we run into big problems against effects that either give opponents hexproof (such as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Leyline of Sanctity"}},{"insert":"), or grant them protection or prevent damage (such as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"The One Ring"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Teferi's Protection"}},{"insert":"). The deck does not have any good answers for this issue, so the only way to play around an opponent having temporary protection is hoping our board is good enough to kill them next turn.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"The Maybeboard"},{"insert":"\n\nThis section includes all cards that either I had once in the deck and I decided to cut, or that I think might have some potential in the deck, but don't see a slot to include them in.\n\nNotable mentions in here include cards that negate damage prevention ("},{"insert":{"card-link":"Frenzied Baloth"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Bonecrusher Giant // Stomp"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Questing Beast"}},{"insert":"), a second "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Past in Flames"}},{"insert":" effect in "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Will of the Jeskai"}},{"insert":", non-mana spellslinger payoffs ("},{"insert":{"card-link":"Witherbloom Apprentice"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sedgemoor Witch"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Professor Onyx"}},{"insert":"), an additional tutor in "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Beseech the Mirror"}},{"insert":" (that I can't find a good target for), and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Beledros Witherbloom"}},{"insert":", who should be incredibly good in this deck, but I can't find a slot to include him in.\n"}]}