{"ops":[{"insert":"Pramikon's Card-Draw Extravaganza"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Group Hug. Bear Hug. Possibly a mild strangulation."},{"insert":"\nThe plan is simple: \n\n\t"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Everybody draws cards. An irresponsible number of cards."},{"insert":"\n\nThis is a political Jeskai "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"group-hug / bear-hug"},{"insert":" deck designed to speed up casual games by drowning the table in resources. Nobody should spend six turns staring at three lands and a seven-drop. Everybody gets options, everybody casts spells, everybody develops a ridiculous board.\nNaturally, I intend to profit from this arrangement slightly more than everyone else.\nDespite the high card quality, the deck is intended as "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"low Bracket 3 in terms of actually reaching its win conditions"},{"insert":". No compact infinite combo, no turbo-win package: usually the machinery gets suspicious around "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"turn 6–9"},{"insert":", then eventually all this generosity becomes lethal.\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(24, 119, 242, 0.31)","color":"#e2e5e9"},"insert":"Caveat: if you play it poorly you just end up being a king making asshole."},{"insert":"\n\nCARDS! CARDS FOR EVERYONE!"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nThe humanitarian wing consists of:\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Howling Mine, Font of Mythos, Dictate of Kruphix, Kami of the Crescent Moon, Kwain, Temple Bell, Jace Beleren, Walking Archive, Horn of Greed, Anvil of Bogardan, Fevered Visions"},{"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Folio of Fancies"},{"insert":".\n\nMore cards = more plays = more interaction = less waiting around for somebody to topdeck something relevant.\nThis is definitely altruism.\n\nUnfortunately, capitalism"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nGiving three opponents an extra card while getting one myself is not an especially sustainable business model.\n\nSo "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Faerie Mastermind, The Council of Four, Smuggler's Share, Trouble in Pairs, Rhystic Study, Mystic Remora, Esper Sentinel"},{"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Archivist of Oghma"},{"insert":" make sure other people's increased productivity somehow trickles back upward.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Alhammarret's Archive"},{"insert":" makes my own draw even more obscene.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Wedding Ring"},{"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Tenuous Truce"},{"insert":" provide the political version: friendship, cooperation and absolutely no intention of exploiting the arrangement later.\n\nAnd then there is "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Smothering Tithe"},{"insert":".\nEveryone draws extra cards.\nNobody pays {2}.\n\nPRAMIKON: TRAFFIC CONTROL"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Pramikon, Sky Rampart"},{"insert":" decides which direction combat is allowed to travel.\nThis creates diplomacy, alliances, grudges, traffic congestion and the delightful moment when somebody realizes their 40/40 trampling monstrosity is contractually obligated to attack Steve.\nIt also prevents the obvious downside of giving creature decks fifteen cards from immediately becoming "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"my"},{"insert":" problem.\n\nThe emergency brake"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Spark Double, Sakashima of a Thousand Faces"},{"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Sakashima the Impostor"},{"insert":" can produce a second Pramikon.\nOne says left.\nOne says right.\nWith three or more players, creatures can no longer satisfy both attack restrictions.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Combat has been cancelled due to administrative difficulties."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Recruiter of the Guard"},{"insert":" can find the relevant creatures, so does "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Imperial Recruiter (Sakashimas, Spark Double)"},{"insert":".\nThe lock is an emergency option, not the deck's sole reason for existing.\n\nWhy don't you just die already?"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Approach of the Second Sun"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Cast it.\nPut it seven cards down.\nIn a deck drawing ridiculous quantities of cards, discover that seven cards is not actually very far.\nCast it again.\n\nPsychosis Crawler"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"I draw 15 cards. Everybody loses 15 life.\n\nPsychic Corrosion"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"I draw 15 cards. Everybody mills 30.\n\nScrawling Crawler"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Everybody draws more cards. Everybody else gets hurt for doing so.\n\nNiv-Mizzet, Parun"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Draw cards → shoot things.\n\nFolio of Fancies"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Early: \"No maximum hand size! Draw more!\"\nLater: \"You have 23 cards in hand? Fascinating. Mill 23.\"\n\nIron Maiden / Fevered Visions"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Having a large hand is strongly encouraged.\nHaving a large hand is also punishable by law.\n\nTriskaidekaphile"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Exactly thirteen cards.\nWin.\nFinally, a sensible victory condition.\n\n\n\nJACE'S INDUSTRIAL HAND RECYCLING FACILITY"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Jace's Archivist"},{"insert":" takes everyone's carefully curated hand, throws it into a wood chipper and replaces it with another enormous hand.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Library of Leng"},{"insert":" makes this substantially more favourable for me and also removes my maximum hand size.\n\nMeanwhile "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Elixir of Immortality"},{"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Campfire"},{"insert":" can recycle my graveyard back into the library.\nSo while everyone enthusiastically consumes their deck at industrial speed, I occasionally recycle.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Environmental responsibility matters."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Wizard Class, Folio of Fancies, Library of Leng"},{"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Decanter of Endless Water"},{"insert":" also stop my giant hand from evaporating during cleanup, while "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Ivory Tower"},{"insert":" converts hoarding cardboard into life.\n\nDON'T USE ALL THOSE CARDS I GAVE YOU!"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nThere is one minor flaw in giving everyone huge quantities of cards: "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"they can cast them."},{"insert":"\n\nHence:\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Counterspell, Dovin's Veto, Force of Negation, Swan Song, Arcane Denial, Swords to Plowshares, Generous Gift, Loran of the Third Path, Cyclonic Rift, Dusk // Dawn, Depopulate"},{"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Time Wipe"},{"insert":".\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Eiganjo"},{"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Otawara"},{"insert":" provide additional interaction from the mana base.\n\nRamp"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Sol Ring, Arcane Signet, Fellwar Stone, Decanter of Endless Water"},{"insert":" and the three "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Talismans"},{"insert":" provide ordinary acceleration.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Smothering Tithe"},{"insert":" provides the less ordinary kind.\n\nThe mana base itself uses fetchlands, shocks, multiplayer lands, painlands, Raugrin Triome, Mystic Monastery, basics and utility channel lands to make the colours reliable.\n\nPolitics"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nThis deck works best when piloted politically rather than like solitaire.\nPramikon's direction matters.\nTemple Bell doesn't have to be activated.\nKwain doesn't have to help the person currently trying to murder everyone.\nWedding Ring and Tenuous Truce create temporary friendships.\nLoran can bribe somebody with cardboard.\nSometimes the weakest player needs another card.\nSometimes the strongest player very specifically does not.\nSometimes everyone should draw seven because whatever happens afterward will probably be funny.\n\nTL;DR"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Pramikon's Card-Draw Extravaganza"},{"insert":" wants a game where:\neveryone has twelve cards in hand,"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"nobody knows whose triggers are currently resolving,"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Pramikon is directing combat like an exhausted traffic officer,"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"somebody has drawn half their library,"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"I have somehow acquired fourteen Treasures,"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"and I continue insisting that this is "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Group Hug"},{"insert":"."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"It is generous.\nIt is political.\nIt gives everyone exactly what they wanted.\n"}]}