{"ops":[{"insert":"Building an unusual mana curve isn’t really that difficult. Ensuring that it supports the game plan, however, is a different kettle of fish altogether. Keeping the whole thing affordable didn’t make it any easier either.\n\nMy attempt to pull all this off has resulted in a deck that I’ll probably never be able to take to my regular gaming group if I want to keep getting invited.\n\nHere it is: "},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"Charge 24/7"},{"insert":".\n\nThe mana curve? 2, 4 and our key card "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Chalice of the Void"}},{"insert":".\nThe game plan? Copy "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Chalice of the Void"}},{"insert":" as often as you like and, using our Commander and Proliferate, close more and more mana curves. Whilst we control the game through embrasures 2 and 4 in our wall\n\nVia "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Goldberry, River-Daughter"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Marvin, Murderous Mimic"}},{"insert":", we very quickly gain the opportunity to draw our Charge counters—multiplied by Proliferate—from one of 14 possible cards. We then spread them out whilst simultaneously delving deeper into our deck through card draw. Thanks to several untap options such as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sting, the Glinting Dagger"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Minamo, School at Water's Edge"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Magewright's Stone"}},{"insert":", we reach our goal more quickly here.\n\nUnless we happen to have cards on the board that can later become the "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Chalice of the Void"}},{"insert":" themselves, such as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"The Mycosynth Gardens"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Court of Vantress"}},{"insert":", or cards that give us an immediate advantage through Charge Counters, such as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Reckoner Bankbuster"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Gavel of the Righteous"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Grindclock"}},{"insert":", we prefer to place the counters on lands. After all, they aren’t quite so easy to be removed.\n\nOur main defence mechanism – 14 bounce spells – becomes our most powerful copy engine as soon as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Orvar, the All-Form"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Vesuvan Duplimancy"}},{"insert":" are in play. We then receive a copy of "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Chalice of the Void"}},{"insert":", which we can load at our leisure, whilst the original stands ready to be cast immediately with a specific number of counters, or cast for 0 and reloaded via other cards.\n\nOnce we’ve established a stable blockade, we can also close the mana value 2 and 4 gaps. The risk posed by these small gaps is mitigated by our own counter spells and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Counterbalance"}},{"insert":". As there are 50 cards with mana value 2 in the deck, it’s advisable, once "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Counterbalance"}},{"insert":"is in play, to close the 4 gap first and then the 2 gap.\n\nWhen the wall is up, the final number in the deck’s name comes into play. After an overloaded "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cyclonic Rift"}},{"insert":", the only question left is whether you’d rather reshuffle whilst the deck disappears deep into your backpack, or watch as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Goldberry, River-Daughter"}},{"insert":" gradually wins with 21 Commander damage per player, after 63turns, whilst one or two more mana curves are closed each turn.\n\nHow do we get our main deck cards? We play nine tutors and tutors that tutor our tutors. What’s more, our average mana value is 2.38. So we’re fast.\n\nCards that are also worth mentioning:\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Viral Drake"}},{"insert":": Faster wins thanks to Infect and Proliferate.\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Desynchronization"}},{"insert":": Almost like a one-sided "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cyclonic Rift"}},{"insert":" as a board wipe.\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Tale's End"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Trickbind"}},{"insert":": To prevent "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Boseiju, Who Endures"}},{"insert":" from being channeled.\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Echoing Truth"}},{"insert":": The mass token bouncer.\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Isochron Scepter"}},{"insert":": 18 possible Imprints. Not satisfied? Bounce and repeat.\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Muddle the Mixture"}},{"insert":": Gives access to 48 more cards in the deck.\n"}]}