{"ops":[{"attributes":{"link":"https://brackcheck.com/"},"insert":"BrackCheck - Magic: The Gathering Bracket Analyzer"},{"insert":" bracket 4"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n\n"},{"insert":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHT0ywb2XL0"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#000000"},"insert":"To plahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHT0ywb2XL0y this streamlined version of Yargle and Multani effectively, your opening hand must focus entirely on "},{"attributes":{"background":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":"velocity and setup"},{"attributes":{"background":"#000000"},"insert":". Because your commander is a 6-mana vanilla giant that people will want to remove immediately, you cannot afford to keep a slow hand."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#000000"},"insert":"Here is your official starting hand mulligan guide:"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#000000"},"insert":"🟩 The \"Perfect Hand\" Checklist"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#000000"},"insert":"An ideal opening hand contains "},{"attributes":{"background":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":"3 lands"},{"attributes":{"background":"#000000"},"insert":" and a clean path to a Turn 3 or Turn 4 Yargle. 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By the time you cast Yargle on Turn 6, your opponents will easily counter him or destroy him, leaving you completely stranded."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":"Example 2: The Color-Starved Hand"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#000000","italic":true},"insert":"Forest, Forest, Rogue's Passage, Elvish Mystic, Nature's Lore, Kodama's Reach, Demonic Tutor"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":"Why it's a Mulligan:"},{"attributes":{"background":"#000000"},"insert":" Even though you have fantastic green ramp, you have "},{"attributes":{"background":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":"no black mana"},{"attributes":{"background":"#000000"},"insert":". You cannot cast "},{"attributes":{"background":"#000000","italic":true},"insert":"Demonic Tutor"},{"attributes":{"background":"#000000"},"insert":" to find a swamp because it costs black, and you won't be able to cast Yargle because he requires two black pips. 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Do you want to practice by having me "},{"attributes":{"background":"#000000","bold":true},"insert":"generate a random 7-card hand"},{"attributes":{"background":"#000000"},"insert":" from your deck list so we can simulate whether to keep or mulligan it?"},{"insert":"\n\n\n"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n\n\n\n\n"},{"insert":"🐸 Yargle & Multani vs. Hare Apparent"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Counter-Strategy Guide"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Hare Apparent decks win by creating overwhelming numbers of Rabbit tokens. 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Ignore it, punish it, or go around it."},{"insert":" 🐸⚔️🐇"},{"attributes":{"blockquote":true},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"}]}