{"ops":[{"insert":"1. Why Bracket 3?\nWhile the deck's power level is probably closer to Bracket 4, Bracket 3 allows me to avoid filling the deck with the usual gamechanger auto-includes (which would otherwise make up ~20 slots single handedly) in order to keeps my decks more diverse by focusing on archetypal synergies.\n\n2. Card Choices\nCards are generally included only if they:\nFunction without GG on the battlefield, and,\nUNLESS they directly contribute to combo lines.\n\n-Discard outlets-\nIdeally, cards should also be strong both before the combo turn and during storm/combo turns. \nFor this reason, looters are avoided. \nInstead, I mostly opt for \"one-time use\" discard engines that are either hyper-efficient (E.g. Wheels), very cheap (E.g. Faithless looting, Breakthrough), or are mana neutral while GG is out (E.g. Big score) ; these also have the benefit of being castable during breach lines as budget wheels.\nNotably, discard outlets that can be dropped the turn before you GG are especially premium, since they allow the first non GG card of the turn to be cast with GG's mana discount.\n\n-Removal-\nLow-cost but flexible removal is preferred since they can be used to trigger \"on cast\" effects during pop-off turns, and also because it makes keeping 1-2 land hands easier to justify.\n\n-Pet cards / questionable includes-\nTeferi, Master of Time:\nProbably too expensive for the deck, but very powerful in a vacuum. Has some extra synergy with Displacer Kitten allowing you to turn spell casts into looting effects (instead of just mana untapping).\n\nEcho of Eons / Time twister:\nThese are the decks only form of graveyard hate.\nAlso has less anti-synergy that you might expect - GG only cares about cards discarded on that specific turn, so you will typically cast these after you've exhausted your other options (It does hurt UWB though, but since UWB combos with half the deck, its generally fine). \nEOE specifically:\nFlashback has extra synergy with GG since even if its discarded on an earlier turn, it will still get the GG discount, so EOE can just sit in your graveyard as a backup.\nDue to the exclusion of GC draw engines, and greedy archetypal draw engines, the deck also needs a critical mass of ways to draw back to 7 after dumping its hand.\nWith GG and Orcish Bowmasters out, playing EOE and then playing it for its flashback cost can allow you to trigger OB 42 times.\n\n-Game Changer Inclusions-\nLion's Eye Diamond:\nGG's Mayhem ability applies retroactively, allowing Lion's Eye Diamond to function as a Black Lotus for cards cast with Mayhem.\n\nUnderworld Breach:\nThe deck generally fills the graveyard with 5-10 cards by turn 5; cards cast via Mayhem are not exiled, making them available for later Breach turns.\nGG's cost reduction applies to every spell cast from the graveyard, including those cast through Underworld Breach.\n\nOrcish Bowmasters:\nBowmasters naturally pairs with the deck's wheel effects while also providing an alternative damage engine during combo turns.\n\n-Other Game Changers that synergize with GG-\nMana Rocks:\nAny artifact mana rock costing {2} or less can be cast for free from the graveyard with GG.\nFree Counterspells:\nOnce discarded, they can be cast later/retroactively, letting you protect your combo lines with little investment.\nNecropotence:\nNPs exile clause creates a trigger during the cleanup step, granting priority and allowing it to function as a pseudo discard outlet. Generally, this only worthwhile if you have a flash enabler, though you can draw with Necropotence to dig fo the flash enabler in endstep.\n\n3. Combos\nA. Underworld Breach:\nCore line = UWB + LED + wheel\nLED replacements:\nBecause of GG's cost reduction, LED can be replaced by other mana-positive cards, including:\nLotus Petal, Birgi, Displacer Kitten, Snap, Faithless Looting, Rite of Flame,\n\nInstead of a wheel, graveyard fuel can be generated with a combination of:\nFaithless Looting. Breakthrough, Careful Study, Dragon's Rage Channeler, Artist's Talent, Attunement, Big Score, Seize the Spoils, Unexpected Windfall, Will of Jeskai.\n\nB. Curiosity Lines\nThe deck's primary damage conversion.\nCuriosity OR Tandem Lookout + Glint-Horn Buccaneer OR Magmakin Artillerist.\nVivi also synergises well with Curiosity and Tandem Lookout.\n\nC. Attunement Combo\nGG + Attunement + Displacer Kitten.\n\n4. Mulligans.\nMulligan until you find a hand that can get to 2 mana, casting Norman, while not ideal, does let you dig for your 3rd land, and makes GG pseudo un-counterable.\n\n"}]}