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The plan is simple and violent: ramp on gold, then nova someone out of nowhere.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"You will like this deck if:"},{"insert":"\nYou love Treasure tokens and watching them pile up"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"You like a commander that turns a resource into a one-shot kill"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"You enjoy explosive turns where one attack deletes a player"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"You want redundant burn and dragons as backup, not just one fragile line"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"You won't like this deck if:"},{"insert":"\nYou want grindy, interactive control"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"You dislike being the table's archenemy after a big Treasure turn"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Mono-red's thin answers to enchantments and resolved engines bother you"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"It does one thing, it does it fast, and it hits like a truck.\n\nGAMEPLAN"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"STARTING HAND"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"What you want: "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"fast mana, an early Treasure engine, and a way to keep the gas flowing."},{"insert":"\nIdeal hand: 2-3 lands, a turn-1 accelerant (Sol Ring, Ancient Tomb), and at least one repeatable Treasure maker (Storm-Kiln Artist, Professional Face-Breaker, Captain Lannery Storm, Ragavan) or a rock into Smaug.\nKeep hands that ramp early and set up Treasure production before Smaug lands. Remember Smaug's upkeep Treasure only starts the turn after he resolves, so a turn-3 Smaug attacks for however much gold you already built from other sources. Hands with no early mana are the mulligans.\nNuts keep: fast mana plus a treasure engine plus a damage multiplier (Torbran, City on Fire). That's a nova a turn or two ahead of schedule.\n\nEARLY GAME (Turn 1-3)"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Turn 1-2 is ramp and engine. Sol Ring, a rock, or a repeatable Treasure maker. The goal is to have gold flowing before Smaug shows up, because his attack is only as big as the pile that already exists.\nTurn 3-4: Smaug. He has haste, so he's active immediately, but an early Smaug attack is a chip shot, not the kill. That's fine, use it to apply pressure and start his upkeep-Treasure engine while you build toward the real turn.\nPrioritize repeatable engines (Storm-Kiln Artist, Professional Face-Breaker, Goldspan Dragon, the Magdas) over one-shot rituals early. The rituals (Jeska's Will, Seize the Spoils, Strike It Rich, Big Score) are best saved to power the nova turn itself.\nMIDGAME (Turn 4-5)"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nNow the gold snowballs and the multipliers come down. This is the heart of the deck:\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Xorn and Academy Manufactor:"},{"insert":" double or multiply every Treasure you make, so the pile balloons"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Torbran, City on Fire, Fiery Emancipation, Twinflame Tyrant:"},{"insert":" damage amps that turn a modest Treasure count into lethal"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Roaming Throne (name Dragon):"},{"insert":" copies Smaug's attack trigger for a double nova"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Watch the secondary win too: Reckless Fireweaver, Weftstalker Ardent, and Ingenious Artillerist each ping opponents when artifacts enter. Every Treasure you make is table damage, and Ingenious Artillerist scales with how many enter at once. With Torbran up, those pings triple.\nHold a ritual or two and a multiplier, then look for the turn where Smaug plus a stacked Treasure count plus an amp is simply lethal.\n\nLATE GAME / WINNING"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"You have three overlapping kills.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The Smaug nova:"},{"insert":" ramp the Treasure count, attack with a multiplier out (City on Fire or Fiery Emancipation triples it, Twinflame doubles), and delete a player in one hit. The Reaver Cleaver on Smaug, if you run it, makes each hit refill the pile for the next."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Aggravated Assault:"},{"insert":" with Treasure mana, each extra combat is another Smaug attack trigger, so a second (or third) full nova in one turn. This is close to a combo finish."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Burn as reach:"},{"insert":" Comet Storm, Crackle with Power, and Jaya's Immolating Inferno with a multiplier are lethal straight from hand, no Smaug required. The artifact-ping aristocrats close from a different angle entirely."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Backup, if Smaug gets answered: he's the amplifier, not the only plan. The burn suite, the ping payoffs, and Hellkite Tyrant all win without him, and he's cheap to recast. Rebuild the Treasure count and go again.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Watch-outs:"},{"insert":"\nInteraction is thin and one-sided toward artifacts (Vandalblast, Abrade, Untimely Malfunction). Chaos Warp is your only real catch-all, so play around resolved enchantment engines."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Board wipes hit hard because much of your Treasure production is small creatures. Don't overcommit the engine into an open table."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Single-target removal on Smaug during the nova turn blanks the kill. Bait it or use Deflecting Swat and Return the Favor to protect the swing."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nNOTABLE CUTS AND INCLUDES"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"4 Game Changers as built, so this is Bracket 4 by the cap"},{"insert":" (Ancient Tomb, Gamble, Jeska's Will, The One Ring). To play a legal Bracket 3, cut one, Gamble is the easiest to lose since the random discard is unreliable and trimming tutors is bracket-friendly."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Treasure production is both ramp and ammunition."},{"insert":" Every gold you make is mana now and nova damage later, so quality repeatable engines beat weak one-shot makers (Scuzzback Scrounger's self-damage Treasure is the worst offender)."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Damage multipliers are the payoff, keep the count healthy."},{"insert":" Torbran, City on Fire, Fiery Emancipation, and Twinflame Tyrant are what convert a Treasure pile into a kill."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The artifact-ping aristocrats are a real second plan."},{"insert":" Reckless Fireweaver, Weftstalker Ardent, and Ingenious Artillerist plus Torbran can win without ever connecting with Smaug."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"}]}
01 Ramp
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Bonehoard Dracosaur
Flying, first strike
At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top two cards of your library. You may play them this turn. If you exiled a land card this way, create a 3/1 red Dinosaur creature token. If you exiled a nonland card this way, create a Treasure token.
At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top two cards of your library. You may play them this turn. If you exiled a land card this way, create a 3/1 red Dinosaur creature token. If you exiled a nonland card this way, create a Treasure token.
Creature - Dragon Dinosaur
The One Ring
Indestructible
When The One Ring enters, if you cast it, you gain protection from everything until your next turn.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life for each burden counter on The One Ring.
: Put a burden counter on The One Ring, then draw a card for each burden counter on The One Ring.
When The One Ring enters, if you cast it, you gain protection from everything until your next turn.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life for each burden counter on The One Ring.
: Put a burden counter on The One Ring, then draw a card for each burden counter on The One Ring.
Legendary Artifact
02 Draw
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Alchemist's Talent
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
When this Class enters, create two tapped Treasure tokens.
: Level 2
Treasures you control have ", Sacrifice this artifact: Add two mana of any one color."
: Level 3
Whenever you cast a spell, if mana from a Treasure was spent to cast it, this Class deals damage equal to that spell's mana value to each opponent.
When this Class enters, create two tapped Treasure tokens.
: Level 2
Treasures you control have ", Sacrifice this artifact: Add two mana of any one color."
: Level 3
Whenever you cast a spell, if mana from a Treasure was spent to cast it, this Class deals damage equal to that spell's mana value to each opponent.
Enchantment - Class
Breeches, Eager Pillager
First strike
Whenever a Pirate you control attacks, choose one that hasn't been chosen this turn —
• Create a Treasure token.
• Target creature can't block this turn.
• Exile the top card of your library. You may play it this turn.
Whenever a Pirate you control attacks, choose one that hasn't been chosen this turn —
• Create a Treasure token.
• Target creature can't block this turn.
• Exile the top card of your library. You may play it this turn.
Legendary Creature - Goblin Pirate
Captain Lannery Storm
Haste
Whenever Captain Lannery Storm attacks, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Whenever you sacrifice a Treasure, Captain Lannery Storm gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
Whenever Captain Lannery Storm attacks, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Whenever you sacrifice a Treasure, Captain Lannery Storm gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
Legendary Creature - Human Pirate
Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.)
I — Create a 2/2 red Goblin Shaman creature token with "Whenever this token attacks, create a Treasure token."
II — You may discard up to two cards. If you do, draw that many cards.
III — Exile this Saga, then return it to the battlefield transformed under your control.
I — Create a 2/2 red Goblin Shaman creature token with "Whenever this token attacks, create a Treasure token."
II — You may discard up to two cards. If you do, draw that many cards.
III — Exile this Saga, then return it to the battlefield transformed under your control.
Enchantment - Saga
Glóin, Dwarf Emissary
Whenever you cast a historic spell, create a Treasure token. This ability triggers only once each turn. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
, Sacrifice a Treasure: Goad target creature. (Until your next turn, that creature attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)
, Sacrifice a Treasure: Goad target creature. (Until your next turn, that creature attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)
Legendary Creature - Advisor Dwarf
Magda, the Hoardmaster
Whenever you commit a crime, create a tapped Treasure token. This ability triggers only once each turn. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.)
Sacrifice three Treasures: Create a 4/4 red Scorpion Dragon creature token with flying and haste. Activate only as a sorcery.
Sacrifice three Treasures: Create a 4/4 red Scorpion Dragon creature token with flying and haste. Activate only as a sorcery.
Legendary Creature - Berserker Dwarf
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
Whenever Ragavan deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token and exile the top card of that player's library. Until end of turn, you may cast that card.
Dash (You may cast this spell for its dash cost. If you do, it gains haste, and it's returned from the battlefield to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.)
Dash (You may cast this spell for its dash cost. If you do, it gains haste, and it's returned from the battlefield to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.)
Legendary Creature - Pirate Monkey
Scuzzback Scrounger
At the beginning of your first main phase, you may blight 1. If you do, create a Treasure token. (To blight 1, put a -1/-1 counter on a creature you control. A Treasure token is an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Creature - Goblin Warrior
Swashbuckler Extraordinaire
When this creature enters, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Whenever you attack, you may sacrifice one or more Treasures. When you do, up to that many target creatures gain double strike until end of turn.
Whenever you attack, you may sacrifice one or more Treasures. When you do, up to that many target creatures gain double strike until end of turn.
Creature - Warrior Dragon Rogue
The Misty Mountains Cold
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after IV.)
I, II, III, IV — Create a Treasure token. Then if you control four or more Treasures, sacrifice this Saga. If you do, create a 6/6 red Dragon creature token with flying. (A Treasure token is an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
I, II, III, IV — Create a Treasure token. Then if you control four or more Treasures, sacrifice this Saga. If you do, create a 6/6 red Dragon creature token with flying. (A Treasure token is an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Enchantment - Saga
03 Treasures
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Magda, Brazen Outlaw
Other Dwarves you control get +1/+0.
Whenever a Dwarf you control becomes tapped, create a Treasure token.
Sacrifice five Treasures: Search your library for an artifact or Dragon card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Whenever a Dwarf you control becomes tapped, create a Treasure token.
Sacrifice five Treasures: Search your library for an artifact or Dragon card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Legendary Creature - Berserker Dwarf
04 Utility
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05 Removal
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Weftstalker Ardent
Whenever another creature or artifact you control enters, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.
Warp (You may cast this card from your hand for its warp cost. Exile this creature at the beginning of the next end step, then you may cast it from exile on a later turn.)
Warp (You may cast this card from your hand for its warp cost. Exile this creature at the beginning of the next end step, then you may cast it from exile on a later turn.)
Creature - Artificer Drix
06 Burn
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Karlach, Fury of Avernus
Whenever you attack, if it's the first combat phase of the turn, untap all attacking creatures. They gain first strike until end of turn. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase.
Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)
Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)
Legendary Creature - Barbarian Tiefling
07 Wincons
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Inventors' Fair
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control three or more artifacts, you gain 1 life.
: Add .
, , Sacrifice Inventors' Fair: Search your library for an artifact card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Activate only if you control three or more artifacts.
: Add .
, , Sacrifice Inventors' Fair: Search your library for an artifact card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Activate only if you control three or more artifacts.
Legendary Land
Urza's Saga
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — This Saga gains ": Add ."
II — This Saga gains ", : Create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with 'This token gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control.'"
III — Search your library for an artifact card with mana cost or , put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
I — This Saga gains ": Add ."
II — This Saga gains ", : Create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with 'This token gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control.'"
III — Search your library for an artifact card with mana cost or , put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land Enchantment - Saga Urza's
Land
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Basilisk Collar
Equipped creature has deathtouch and lifelink. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it. Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Beamtown Beatstick
Equipped creature gets +1/+0 and has menace. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player or battle, create a Treasure token.
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player or battle, create a Treasure token.
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Bottle-Cap Blast
Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for .)
Bottle-Cap Blast deals 5 damage to any target. If excess damage was dealt to a permanent this way, create that many tapped Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with ", Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Bottle-Cap Blast deals 5 damage to any target. If excess damage was dealt to a permanent this way, create that many tapped Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with ", Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Instant
Chimil, the Inner Sun
Spells you control can't be countered.
At the beginning of your end step, discover 5. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with mana value 5 or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)
At the beginning of your end step, discover 5. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with mana value 5 or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)
Legendary Artifact
Cool but Rude
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
Whenever you attack, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.
: Level 2
Whenever you discard a card, this Class deals 2 damage to each opponent.
: Level 3
When this Class becomes level 3, search your library for a card, put it into your hand, shuffle, then discard a card at random.
Whenever you attack, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.
: Level 2
Whenever you discard a card, this Class deals 2 damage to each opponent.
: Level 3
When this Class becomes level 3, search your library for a card, put it into your hand, shuffle, then discard a card at random.
Enchantment - Class
Gemstone Caverns
If this card is in your opening hand and you're not the starting player, you may begin the game with Gemstone Caverns on the battlefield with a luck counter on it. If you do, exile a card from your hand.
: Add . If Gemstone Caverns has a luck counter on it, instead add one mana of any color.
: Add . If Gemstone Caverns has a luck counter on it, instead add one mana of any color.
Legendary Land
Generous Plunderer
Menace
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may create a Treasure token. When you do, target opponent creates a tapped Treasure token.
Whenever this creature attacks, it deals damage to defending player equal to the number of artifacts they control.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may create a Treasure token. When you do, target opponent creates a tapped Treasure token.
Whenever this creature attacks, it deals damage to defending player equal to the number of artifacts they control.
Creature - Human Rogue
Hit the Mother Lode
Discover 10. If the discovered card's mana value is less than 10, create a number of tapped Treasure tokens equal to the difference. (To discover 10, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with mana value 10 or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)
Sorcery
Impulsive Pilferer
When this creature dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Encore (, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)
Encore (, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)
Creature - Goblin Pirate
Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might
Trample
If a red source you control would deal an amount of noncombat damage less than Ojer Axonil's power to an opponent, that source deals damage equal to Ojer Axonil's power instead.
When Ojer Axonil dies, return it to the battlefield tapped and transformed under its owner's control.
If a red source you control would deal an amount of noncombat damage less than Ojer Axonil's power to an opponent, that source deals damage equal to Ojer Axonil's power instead.
When Ojer Axonil dies, return it to the battlefield tapped and transformed under its owner's control.
Legendary Creature - God
Rain of Riches
When this enchantment enters, create two Treasure tokens.
The first spell you cast each turn that mana from a Treasure was spent to cast has cascade. (When you cast the spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)
The first spell you cast each turn that mana from a Treasure was spent to cast has cascade. (When you cast the spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)
Enchantment
Season of the Bold
Choose up to five worth of modes. You may choose the same mode more than once.
— Create a tapped Treasure token.
— Exile the top two cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play them.
— Until the end of your next turn, whenever you cast a spell, Season of the Bold deals 2 damage to up to one target creature.
— Create a tapped Treasure token.
— Exile the top two cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play them.
— Until the end of your next turn, whenever you cast a spell, Season of the Bold deals 2 damage to up to one target creature.
Sorcery
Seize the Spotlight
Each opponent chooses fame or fortune. For each player who chose fame, gain control of a creature that player controls until end of turn. Untap those creatures and they gain haste until end of turn. For each player who chose fortune, you draw a card and create a Treasure token.
Sorcery
Shiny Impetus
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and is goaded. (It attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)
Whenever enchanted creature attacks, you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and is goaded. (It attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)
Whenever enchanted creature attacks, you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Enchantment - Aura
Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
If a source you control would deal noncombat damage to an opponent or a permanent an opponent controls, it deals double that damage to that player or permanent instead.
, Discard two cards: Put an indestructible counter on Solphim. ( can be paid with either or 2 life.)
, Discard two cards: Put an indestructible counter on Solphim. ( can be paid with either or 2 life.)
Legendary Creature - Horror Phyrexian
Sticky Fingers
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has menace and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token." (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures. The token is an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
When enchanted creature dies, draw a card.
Enchanted creature has menace and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token." (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures. The token is an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
When enchanted creature dies, draw a card.
Enchantment - Aura
Swiftfoot Boots
Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and no matter when it came under your control.)
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Sword of Wealth and Power
Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from instants and from sorceries.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token. When you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Equip
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token. When you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Tibalt's Trickery
Counter target spell. Choose 1, 2, or 3 at random. Its controller mills that many cards, then exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card with a different name than that spell. They may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then they put the exiled cards on the bottom of their library in a random order.
Instant
Underworld Breach
Each nonland card in your graveyard has escape. The escape cost is equal to the card's mana cost plus exile three other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast cards from your graveyard for their escape cost.)
At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this enchantment.
At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this enchantment.
Enchantment
Wheel of Misfortune
Each player secretly chooses a number 0 or greater, then all players reveal those numbers simultaneously and determine the highest and lowest numbers revealed this way. Wheel of Misfortune deals damage equal to the highest number to each player who chose that number. Each player who didn't choose the lowest number discards their hand, then draws seven cards.
Sorcery
Wild Magic Surge
Destroy target permanent an opponent controls. Its controller reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a permanent card that shares a card type with that permanent. They put that card onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of their library in a random order.
Instant
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{"ops":[{"insert":"SMAUG THE MAGNIFICENT // MONO-RED TREASURE NOVA"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n\n"},{"insert":"INTRODUCTION"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Bracket: 4 as built"},{"insert":" (4 Game Changers: Ancient Tomb, Gamble, Jeska's Will, The One Ring). Cut one to make it a legal Bracket 3.\nThis is a mono-red Treasure deck that builds a pile of gold and then fires it at a single face. Smaug makes a Treasure every upkeep, and when he attacks he deals damage equal to the number of Treasures you control to any target. That damage is an ability, not combat, so it goes at the 40 life total, not commander damage, and it scales with every Treasure on the table. Stack a damage multiplier on top and one swing ends a player.\nAround that core sits a full Treasure engine, a squad of dragons to cheat out and beat down with, and a pile of burn as backup reach. The plan is simple and violent: ramp on gold, then nova someone out of nowhere.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"You will like this deck if:"},{"insert":"\nYou love Treasure tokens and watching them pile up"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"You like a commander that turns a resource into a one-shot kill"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"You enjoy explosive turns where one attack deletes a player"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"You want redundant burn and dragons as backup, not just one fragile line"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"You won't like this deck if:"},{"insert":"\nYou want grindy, interactive control"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"You dislike being the table's archenemy after a big Treasure turn"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Mono-red's thin answers to enchantments and resolved engines bother you"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"It does one thing, it does it fast, and it hits like a truck.\n\nGAMEPLAN"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"STARTING HAND"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"What you want: "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"fast mana, an early Treasure engine, and a way to keep the gas flowing."},{"insert":"\nIdeal hand: 2-3 lands, a turn-1 accelerant (Sol Ring, Ancient Tomb), and at least one repeatable Treasure maker (Storm-Kiln Artist, Professional Face-Breaker, Captain Lannery Storm, Ragavan) or a rock into Smaug.\nKeep hands that ramp early and set up Treasure production before Smaug lands. Remember Smaug's upkeep Treasure only starts the turn after he resolves, so a turn-3 Smaug attacks for however much gold you already built from other sources. Hands with no early mana are the mulligans.\nNuts keep: fast mana plus a treasure engine plus a damage multiplier (Torbran, City on Fire). That's a nova a turn or two ahead of schedule.\n\nEARLY GAME (Turn 1-3)"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Turn 1-2 is ramp and engine. Sol Ring, a rock, or a repeatable Treasure maker. The goal is to have gold flowing before Smaug shows up, because his attack is only as big as the pile that already exists.\nTurn 3-4: Smaug. He has haste, so he's active immediately, but an early Smaug attack is a chip shot, not the kill. That's fine, use it to apply pressure and start his upkeep-Treasure engine while you build toward the real turn.\nPrioritize repeatable engines (Storm-Kiln Artist, Professional Face-Breaker, Goldspan Dragon, the Magdas) over one-shot rituals early. The rituals (Jeska's Will, Seize the Spoils, Strike It Rich, Big Score) are best saved to power the nova turn itself.\nMIDGAME (Turn 4-5)"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nNow the gold snowballs and the multipliers come down. This is the heart of the deck:\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Xorn and Academy Manufactor:"},{"insert":" double or multiply every Treasure you make, so the pile balloons"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Torbran, City on Fire, Fiery Emancipation, Twinflame Tyrant:"},{"insert":" damage amps that turn a modest Treasure count into lethal"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Roaming Throne (name Dragon):"},{"insert":" copies Smaug's attack trigger for a double nova"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Watch the secondary win too: Reckless Fireweaver, Weftstalker Ardent, and Ingenious Artillerist each ping opponents when artifacts enter. Every Treasure you make is table damage, and Ingenious Artillerist scales with how many enter at once. With Torbran up, those pings triple.\nHold a ritual or two and a multiplier, then look for the turn where Smaug plus a stacked Treasure count plus an amp is simply lethal.\n\nLATE GAME / WINNING"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"You have three overlapping kills.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The Smaug nova:"},{"insert":" ramp the Treasure count, attack with a multiplier out (City on Fire or Fiery Emancipation triples it, Twinflame doubles), and delete a player in one hit. The Reaver Cleaver on Smaug, if you run it, makes each hit refill the pile for the next."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Aggravated Assault:"},{"insert":" with Treasure mana, each extra combat is another Smaug attack trigger, so a second (or third) full nova in one turn. This is close to a combo finish."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Burn as reach:"},{"insert":" Comet Storm, Crackle with Power, and Jaya's Immolating Inferno with a multiplier are lethal straight from hand, no Smaug required. The artifact-ping aristocrats close from a different angle entirely."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Backup, if Smaug gets answered: he's the amplifier, not the only plan. The burn suite, the ping payoffs, and Hellkite Tyrant all win without him, and he's cheap to recast. Rebuild the Treasure count and go again.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Watch-outs:"},{"insert":"\nInteraction is thin and one-sided toward artifacts (Vandalblast, Abrade, Untimely Malfunction). Chaos Warp is your only real catch-all, so play around resolved enchantment engines."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Board wipes hit hard because much of your Treasure production is small creatures. Don't overcommit the engine into an open table."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Single-target removal on Smaug during the nova turn blanks the kill. Bait it or use Deflecting Swat and Return the Favor to protect the swing."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nNOTABLE CUTS AND INCLUDES"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"4 Game Changers as built, so this is Bracket 4 by the cap"},{"insert":" (Ancient Tomb, Gamble, Jeska's Will, The One Ring). To play a legal Bracket 3, cut one, Gamble is the easiest to lose since the random discard is unreliable and trimming tutors is bracket-friendly."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Treasure production is both ramp and ammunition."},{"insert":" Every gold you make is mana now and nova damage later, so quality repeatable engines beat weak one-shot makers (Scuzzback Scrounger's self-damage Treasure is the worst offender)."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Damage multipliers are the payoff, keep the count healthy."},{"insert":" Torbran, City on Fire, Fiery Emancipation, and Twinflame Tyrant are what convert a Treasure pile into a kill."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The artifact-ping aristocrats are a real second plan."},{"insert":" Reckless Fireweaver, Weftstalker Ardent, and Ingenious Artillerist plus Torbran can win without ever connecting with Smaug."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"}]}