{"ops":[{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Cast a dude. Cast some bullshit. Make Eshki enormous. Ask if 21 commander damage is a lot."},{"insert":" This deck mixes Temur spellslinger with +1/+1 counters and Voltron, using cheap creatures and noncreature spells to repeatedly trigger "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Eshki Dragonclaw"},{"insert":" before combat. If you cast both a creature and a noncreature spell that turn, Eshki draws a card and gets two +1/+1 counters, while already having vigilance, trample and ward {1}.\n\nThe deck is built to hit that condition cheaply with creatures like "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Elvish Mystic, Llanowar Elves, Emberheart Challenger, Balmor, Battlemage Captain"},{"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Malcolm, the Eyes"},{"insert":", alongside "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Brainstorm, Ponder, Preordain, Slip Out the Back, Tyvar’s Stand"},{"insert":" and other low-cost noncreature spells.\n\nImportant lines"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Eshki Dragonclaw + Hardened Scales + Innkeeper’s Talent"},{"insert":" — every successful Eshki turn starts piling counters onto the commander, and the deck’s counter package makes those combat triggers scale much faster. "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Kami of Whispered Hopes"},{"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Rishkar, Peema Renegade"},{"insert":" can then turn your countered creatures into mana sources, so getting huge also helps cast more spells."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Eshki Dragonclaw + Unleash Fury"},{"insert":" — let Eshki accumulate counters naturally, then use "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Unleash Fury"},{"insert":" when her power is already ridiculous. Because Eshki has trample naturally, doubling her power creates a very real "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"one-shot commander-damage kill"},{"insert":" without needing a separate evasion piece. Protect the attempt with "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Slip Out the Back, Tyvar’s Stand, Overprotect"},{"insert":" or "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Conqueror’s Flail"},{"insert":". "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Radagast of Rhosgobel + your creature package"},{"insert":" — Radagast makes the first creature spell you cast "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"each turn cost {2} less and gives it flash"},{"insert":". That makes creatures such as "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Goldspan Dragon, Thorin, Mountain-king, Taigam, Master Opportunist"},{"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Radagast"},{"insert":" himself much easier to weave around your noncreature spells. Just remember that Eshki checks spells cast "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"that turn"},{"insert":", so flashing a creature in during somebody else’s turn does not satisfy Eshki on your next turn. "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot + Decisive Denial / Beastie Beatdown / other multicoloured spells"},{"insert":" — Lilah exiles a multicoloured instant or sorcery cast from your hand after it resolves and turns it into a plotted card. You can then cast it for free on a later turn, giving you another cheap noncreature spell to switch Eshki on while conserving mana for the creature half of the trigger. "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Eshki Dragonclaw + Great Train Heist / Full Throttle"},{"insert":" — once Eshki or the rest of your board is sufficiently huge, the deck can convert all that setup into repeated combat pressure instead of waiting another full turn. This is especially nasty with "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Goldspan Dragon, Balmor, Managorger Hydra"},{"insert":" or an already enormous Eshki alongside her."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nThe backup plan is essentially "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"“Voltron, but everyone got invited.”"},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Balmor, Temur Ascendancy, Managorger Hydra, Emberheart Challenger, Goldspan Dragon"},{"insert":" and the rest of the creature package mean the deck can generate serious conventional combat damage even if Eshki keeps getting removed. \n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Creature spell. Noncreature spell. Two counters. Draw a card. Repeat until Eshki needs her own dice bag."},{"insert":"\n\n"}]}