{"ops":[{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Sash and Waistcoat, Unmen - Faceless Combatants"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"This deck wants to go wide with an army of unblockable creatures that get buffed with +1/+1 counters and proliferation or equipment, or go big Voltron with one buffed up creature."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Combos: "},{"insert":"There are a few fun combos in this deck, although they are kind of high on the mana curve. Which is where the facedown effect comes into play to help it be easier to pull off. Once the combo pieces are on board and facedown, you can blink them to have them turn face up, or use the activated ability of "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ixidor, Reality Sculptor"}},{"insert":" .\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"Combo 1:"},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Maskwood Nexus"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Coat of Arms"}},{"insert":" . Once both cards are cast or turned face up, and you have a wide enough board state you can swing out to end the game in one swoop as all your creatures will grow exponentially larger.\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"Combo 2:"},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Archetype of Imagination"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Stormtide Leviathan"}},{"insert":" . If both creatures can be cast or turned face up this will lock your opponents out of the game till one or both cards are removed from play. Allowing you to full swing and not have to worry about leaving up blockers.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Win-Cons"},{"insert":": There are a couple ways this deck is wanting to win, unblockable combat damage, card draw, or a two card creature combo that prevents anyone else from attacking or blocking.\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"Win-Con 1:"},{"insert":" The first way this deck wants to win is by making an army of facedown unblockable 2/2's and buffing them with counters or equipment. A very simple and classic strategy that I feel mono blue doesn't do enough. This is also made easier with the "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Maskwood Nexus"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Coat of Arms"}},{"insert":" combo, and the +1/+1 counters/proliferate package\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"Win-Con 2:"},{"insert":" This is the thing blue loves to do and excels at, card draw. I put "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Twenty-Toed Toad"}},{"insert":" in as an alt Win-Con to take advantage of the card draw engine and also the +1/+1 counter/proliferate cards that are buffing the facedown cards as well.\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"Win-Con 3:"},{"insert":" This is also a combat Win-Con, Using the Combo of"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Archetype of Imagination"}},{"insert":" , and"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Stormtide Leviathan"}},{"insert":" . This combo locks the board out from attacking unless they happen to have Islandwalkers or a way to give creatures Islandwalk.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Redundancy:"},{"insert":" I added "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Scroll of Fate"}},{"insert":" as a redundancy or alternate way to get cards face down, and also a way to be more selective about what cards are put face down. I also added some creatures that morph such as"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Gudul Lurker"}},{"insert":" , and"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Brine Elemental"}},{"insert":" to be able to morph them from hand.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Removal: "},{"insert":"The removal package in this deck is mostly counterspells like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Arcane Denial"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Essence Capture"}},{"insert":" as well as a few creatures that counter or bounce like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Kheru Spellsnatcher"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Thousand Winds"}},{"insert":" .\n"}]}