{"ops":[{"insert":"For my take on "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Elda, Conjurer of Spectacle"}},{"insert":" she seemed like the perfect treat giver: one for you, two for me! But Elda packed a couple tricks inside her magical portal of \"treats\"...\n\nI started out wanting to do an atypical take on a gift deck, focusing on breaking symmetry of giving opponents something good or having two copies of something bad myself. I added cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Steel Golem"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Akroan Horse"}},{"insert":" as the perfect treat for my opponents, and nothing says trick-or-treat like a gift horse filled with costumed Halloween goers. However that still leaves me with copies myself that I don't want any part of having on my field. Since most of the bad gifts in Selesnya are artifacts I wanted to lean into that, along with sacrifice outlets to get rid of my copies. This segued perfectly into cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Wurmcoil Engine"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Triplicate Titan"}},{"insert":" that both enhance my affinity for artifacts, and are perfect creatures to sac for mana to "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ashnod's Altar"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Birthing Pod"}},{"insert":" because I can keep a board state or sacrifice them multiple times for huge bursts of mana. With excess mana from sacrificing multiple copies of "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Su-Chi"}},{"insert":" or using "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Birthing Pod"}},{"insert":" effects on high CMC cards I've cheated out like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Panther Robot"}},{"insert":" or anything I've given affinity to with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mycosynth Golem"}},{"insert":" I can quickly get win-cons and huge beaters like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Blightsteel Colossus"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Phyrexian Triniform"}},{"insert":" out much sooner than they should.\n\nOne key part of Elda's text is that she only gives demonstrate to the \"first\" nonlegendary creature I cast each turn, so I added cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Gandalf the White"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Radagast of Rhosgobel"}},{"insert":" to give my things flash, with added perks like cheaper mana cost and doubled triggers.\n\nWith all this giving, what is left for Elda in the candy basket? For even more give and take I have cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Stiltzkin, Moogle Merchant"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Lucy MacLean, Positively Armed"}},{"insert":" to give extra copies of pesky cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Grid Monitor"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mungha Wurm"}},{"insert":" to other players, or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Scarwood Bandits"}},{"insert":" to take back some treats that are some of Elda's favorites she wants for herself.\n\nSymmetry still doesn't feel quite broken, though. While it's great that I'm getting multiple copies of creatures, my opponents are still receiving their own. I chose to combat that in two ways. With cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Authority of the Consuls"}},{"insert":", their copies will enter tapped, and with something like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Concordant Crossroads"}},{"insert":" my copies will be able to swing first. Together? A lethal combination.\n\nBy keeping my opponents at bay with things like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Steel Golem"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Blind Obedience"}},{"insert":", I can use my multiple copies of creatures that produce mana on death ("},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cathodion"}},{"insert":") or produce tokens ("},{"insert":{"card-link":"Wurmcoil Engine"}},{"insert":") to accelerate into my threats ("},{"insert":{"card-link":"Blightsteel Colossus"}},{"insert":") using my mana-producing sacrifice outlets ("},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ashnod's Altar"}},{"insert":") or cheat-engines ("},{"insert":{"card-link":"Birthing Pod"}},{"insert":"). Who knew giving out candy on Halloween could be more fun than trick-or-treating itself!\n"}]}