{"ops":[{"attributes":{"underline":true,"italic":true,"bold":true},"insert":"DESIGN INTENT"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true,"bold":true},"insert":"-Deck is a 100 card take on a \"Stasis Commander Deck\". The Intent is to play "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Stasis"}},{"insert":" in commander. Once a stasis lock has been implemented "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Zur the Enchanter"}},{"insert":" will gain incremental advantage by tutoring enchantments to the battlefield without having to spend the mana. The deck intends on milling everyone out with a copy of fraying sanity. There are copy enchantment effects to accomplish this and mill half library cards\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"italic":true,"bold":true},"insert":"Mana Base"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"-The land base is different as all lands included in the list either help break parity with stasis, bounce stasis to hand, color fix, or have an Island basic land type. This is a design choice to allow the use of some free spells such as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Daze"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Thwart"}},{"insert":" because protecting the combo is the most important thing. The other important thing about all lands being islands is that "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mystic Sanctuary"}},{"insert":" is a combo piece in this deck and can be tutored. it can be used to get back the mill spells when looped with trade routes.\n-The mana rocks and fetch lands help get our commander out even though we are pseudo-mono-blue. The deck needs to hit its land drops and produce the correct colors of mana to cast the commander or it won't be able to get started. If the commander cannot be casted with the opening hand, it is important to mulligan until it is possible to do so. \n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"italic":true,"bold":true},"insert":"Play Patterns"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"-Turn 1 will typically be playing fast mana and hitting the land drop\n-Turn 2 will be any ramp spell and another land drop\n-Turn 3 there should be enough mana to cast the commander with or without a land drop\n-Turn 4 Zur will attack and tutor up a combo piece such as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Unstoppable Plan"}},{"insert":" to break parity with stasis\n-Turn 5 Zur will attack and tutor up stasis creating a lock assuming there is at least 1 mana rock in play that produces blue\n-After this lock is set up the deck aims to use "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Fraying Sanity"}},{"insert":" in conjunction with player mills half of their library spells to mill them out. If the cards need to be put back into the library "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Enhanced Surveillance"}},{"insert":" can be used to give another chance at this. This deck is also capable with enough mana rocks and the lock to cast "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Savor the Moment"}},{"insert":" over and over by using "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Trade Routes"}},{"insert":" to grab "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mystic Sanctuary"}},{"insert":" and get it back every turn and gain infinite turns.\n"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"italic":true,"bold":true},"insert":"Stasis Combos"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Stasis"}},{"insert":" + "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Unstoppable Plan"}},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#e3e3e3","bold":true},"insert":"Steps"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#e3e3e3"},"insert":"During your upkeep, Stasis triggers."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#e3e3e3"},"insert":"Holding priority, activate a nonland permanent by tapping it, adding at least 1 blue 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This creates a loop where you can have inifinte turns without an untap step. Do steps 2-4 to begin each turn.\n\t5. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Unstoppable Plan"}},{"insert":" will untap mana rocks in the end step and you can use this loop and attack with Zur to tutor any possible targets for once a turn until you win the game. (Reccomend tutoring for "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Security Bypass"}},{"insert":" for evasion to allow if flyers are present to make it unblockable and pose a game winning threat with commander damage.)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"}]}