{"ops":[{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"Deck identity"},{"insert":"\n\nNethroi Reanimates a board of zero-power creatures from the graveyard, then closes with aristocrat drain or a Craterhoof combat swing. \n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Plan A:"},{"insert":" Use Buried Alive or Entomb to load the graveyard with zero-power utility creatures, mutate Nethroi to return up to 10 total power worth of bodies, then drain out with Blood Artist, Elas il-Kor, and Zulaport Cutthroat while sacrificing to Phyrexian Altar or Viscera Seer.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Plan B:"},{"insert":" When Nethroi is taxed out, Meren of Clan Nel Toth grinds value by recurring key pieces each end step, while Living Death resets the board in your favor after stacking the graveyard.\n\nClosing power: Combo\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"Role coverage"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"STRENGTHS"},{"insert":"\n\nGraveyard loading is exceptionally deep — Buried Alive, Entomb, Stitcher's Supplier, Skull Prophet, Golgari Grave-Troll dredge, and Fauna Shaman all fill the yard efficiently."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Sacrifice outlet redundancy is excellent: Phyrexian Altar, Viscera Seer, Carrion Feeder, Altar of Dementia, and Phyrexian Tower ensure the aristocrat loop is never choked."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Tutor density is high — Demonic Tutor, Entomb, Eladamri's Call, Survival of the Fittest, Fauna Shaman, Eldritch Evolution, and Buried Alive can assemble any piece on demand."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"Synergy analysis"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"TOP SYNERGY CLUSTERS"},{"insert":"\n\nNethroi mutate engine: Buried Alive or Entomb loads Viscera Seer, Blood Artist, Zulaport Cutthroat, and Elas il-Kor (all zero power) into the graveyard; a single Nethroi mutate returns all four simultaneously for immediate drain triggers."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Dredge self-mill loop: Golgari Grave-Troll dredge 6 and Life from the Loam dredge 3 rapidly fill the graveyard while Underrealm Lich filters every draw, making Nethroi's reanimation target pool enormous within two or three turns."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Aristocrat kill: Blood Artist + Elas il-Kor + Zulaport Cutthroat stack drain triggers so that sacrificing even a modest board to Phyrexian Altar generates lethal life loss across three opponents simultaneously."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Living Death reset: After opponents have creatures in their graveyards, Living Death clears the board and refills yours; Eternal Witness can then return Living Death to hand, and with Phyrexian Altar this becomes the detected infinite loop."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"How to pilot this deck"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"MULLIGAN PRIORITIES"},{"insert":"\n\nKeep any hand with two lands plus one mana accelerant (Sol Ring, Fyndhorn Elves, Sylvan Caryatid) and at least one graveyard loader (Stitcher's Supplier, Skull Prophet, Entomb, Buried Alive)."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Prioritize hands that can cast a non-human creature by turn 2 so Nethroi has a legal mutate target by turn 4-5."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Mulligan hands that are all ramp with no graveyard interaction — this deck needs to fill the yard, not just accelerate into an empty Nethroi."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"EARLY GAME PLAN"},{"insert":"\n\nTurn 1: Land plus a one-drop mana creature or Stitcher's Supplier to begin milling. \n\nTurn 2: Ramp spell or Skull Prophet to continue fueling the graveyard. \n\nTurn 3: Buried Alive or Entomb to surgically place Blood Artist, Zulaport Cutthroat, and a third zero-power piece. \n\nTurn 4-5: Mutate Nethroi onto any non-human creature you control to return all three simultaneously and begin draining.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"KEY SEQUENCING"},{"insert":"\n\nCast Buried Alive before Nethroi's mutate, not after — the mutate trigger goes on the stack and you choose targets then, so the graveyard must already contain the creatures you want."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"When using Eldritch Evolution, sacrifice a mana dork to find Nethroi directly (mana value 5 = dork MV + 2), saving a tutor slot and putting Nethroi into hand ready to mutate the same turn."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Hold Heroic Intervention or Selfless Spirit until after Nethroi's mutate trigger resolves — protecting the Reanimated board is more valuable than protecting the stack, since losing the mutate trigger is recoverable but losing the Reanimated creatures to a sweeper is not."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"WATCH OUT FOR"},{"insert":"\n\nGraveyard hate (Rest in Peace, Leyline of the Void) completely shuts off the primary and backup plans simultaneously; the deck has no enchantment removal that hits these at instant speed except Boseiju, Who Endures."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Stax pieces that tax creature spells or sacrifice (Torpor Orb, Hushbringer) suppress Nethroi's mutate trigger and the aristocrat drain engine at the same time."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Because the win requires Nethroi to mutate, heavy commander tax (three or more removals) can price Nethroi out of the game; the deck should pivot to Living Death or Meren of Clan Nel Toth lines in those scenarios."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"}]}