{"ops":[{"insert":"[[Kaust, Eyes of the Glade]] is a very narrow commander really only focused on doing one thing - attacking with a wide board of manifested/cloaked creatures and flipping the most dangerous one for free once a turn. The precon focuses primarily on playing morphs, megamorphs, and disguise for 3 leading into a pretty standard plan of\nTurn 1, land"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Turn 2, [[Kaust, Eyes of the Glade]]"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Turn 3, morph/megamorph/disguise"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Turn 4, flip the face-down with [[Kaust, Eyes of the Glade]]"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nUnfortunately, the precon itself is incredibly inefficient and includes many low-impact morphs and megamorphs. The list also suffers from having an incredibly bad commander resulting in being slow and predictable unless you draw the higher power face-down synergy pieces like [[Panoptic Projektor]] or [[Scroll of Fate]].\n\nAnother weakness in this commander's game plan is how long it takes to setup a face-down card to attack. Thankfully, Gruul colors have some of the best haste enablers and generic ramp. While it adds to the setup turns, it leads to future turns that can be explosive turn after turn instead of needing to take a break every other turn:\n[[Yarus, Roar of the Old Gods]]"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"[[Fires of Yavimaya]]"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"[[Rhythm of the Wild]]"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nOverall there are 27 non-land card changes primarily aiming to keep the deck at a consistent B2 power level that maintains the idea of being mysterious with your facedown cards and flipping threats in combat. In order to promote playing multiple face-down cards a turn, face-down cost reducers help a lot:\n[[Panoptic Projektor]]"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"[[Scroll of Fate]]"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"[[Obscuring Aether]]"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"[[Ugin, the Ineffable]]"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"[[Dream Chisel]]"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nThere were some other cards in MKM that weren't in the precon that also work very well with the gameplan especially [[Yarus, Roar of the Old Gods]] which by and large is a better face-down synergy card (and commander) than [[Kaust, Eyes of the Glade]]. Other relevant MKM cards:\n[[Essence of Antiquity]]"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"[[Expose the Culprit]]"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"[[Flourishing Bloom-Kin]]"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"[[Greenbelt Radical]]"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"[[Hide in Plain Sight]]"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"[[Pyrotechnic Performer]]"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"[[Unyielding Gatekeeper]]"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nFortunately for [[Kaust, Eyes of the Glade]], DSK came out shortly after the precon released and many of the manifest dread cards (as well as past manifest cards) work incredibly well the go-wide face-down plan:\n[[Enduring Innocence]]"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"[[Hauntwoods Shrieker]]"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"[[Manifest Dread]]"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"[[Valgavoth's Onslaught]]"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"[[Threats Around Every Corner]]"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"[[Under the Skin]]"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"[[Break Down the Door]]"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nDo note, due to how [[Kaust, Eyes of the Glade]] is worded, it is impossible to draw a card with an attacking non-creature face-down card. [[Kaust, Eyes of the Glade]] requires that the creature does combat damage and any non-creature card will leave combat if it is flipped prior to combat damage. This unfortunately non-bos with [[True Identity]], [[Branch of Vitu-Ghazi]], and [[Zoetic Cavern]]. Flipping a non-creature permanent at least activates it on the field though.\n\nThis also means that the flip can be done after combat damage during the end of combat phase. Especially with non-creature face-downs, it can be a way to get a [[Yarus, Roar of the Old Gods]] or [[Ohran Frostfang]] trigger and then flipping to cheat out a permanent.\n\n[[Kaust, Eyes of the Glade]] is also only capable of flipping attacking face-downs and while your opponents may be wary of blocking 2/2s that could actually be [[Akroma, Angel of Fury]], there are a couple of evasion pieces to try to enable the combat damage trigger:\n[[Veiled Ascension]]"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"[[Ohran Frostfang]]"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"[[Saryth, the Viper's Fang]]"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n\n[[Guardian Project]] synergizes well with our face-down cards as they don't have a name so they'll never have a name in common with another creature on the field.\n\nDo NOT manifest and flip [[Ugin, the Ineffable]]. Planeswalkers do not enter after being flipped face-up so he will immediately die to state-based actions of having 0 loyalty.\n\n[[Duskana, the Rage Mother]] is also a very funny inclusion in the precon as all your morphs/megamorphs/disguises are honorary bears i guess?\n"}]}