{"ops":[{"insert":{"card-link":"Rienne, Angel of Rebirth"}},{"insert":" is a fascinating commander. In the perfect colors for a creature deck, this angel helps enable some exciting recursive combos, but I'd argue she hasn't yet reached her full potential. Rather than focus on a multicolor-tribal idea, instead we'll be using her to enable a creature type that especially loves recursion: "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Elementals."},{"insert":"\n\nNow, Rienne can't do this all by herself. In fact, with only one elemental that would trigger her ability, it could be argued that this deck doesn't work at all. This is where her top lieutenant, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Painter's Servant"}},{"insert":", comes in. With our lieutenant in place, naming a color not in the deck (typically Black), all of our elementals will now be able to trigger Rienne's recursion ability. Now our evoking fun can really get started.\n\nThe elementals in our deck all have the ability to be "},{"attributes":{"italic":true,"bold":true},"insert":"evoked, "},{"insert":"which is where the real magic of our deck comes in. Evoke allows us to cast our creatures for a hearty discount...with the downside that we must sacrifice the creature immediately afterward. With a fresh coat of black paint, however, each and every one of our evoked creatures will return to our hand at the end of the turn. This means that, each and every turn, we can witness the fun abilities of "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dawnfluke"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cloudthresher"}},{"insert":", and our other elementals as they live, die, repeat, as though they were in a Tom Cruise movie. \n\nAll of our evoking elementals have ETB or LTB abilities that will trigger with their evocation each turn, ranging from removal options like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ingot Chewer"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Solitude"}},{"insert":" to recursion effects in "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Vesperlark"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Reveillark"}},{"insert":". In addition, however, we have plenty of effects that will trigger on cast, ETB, and LTB of creatures like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Spinner of Souls"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Proper Burial"}},{"insert":", and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Bontu's Monument"}},{"insert":" (which hits all of them, thanks to our paint job). Our deck is packed to the brim with these effects, ranging from card advantage to life drain and token generation to growth effects. Eventually, we plan on finishing our opponents with ever-growing elementals from "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Door of Destinies"}},{"insert":" and other growth effects, or mass player burning in "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Champion of the Path"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Vicious Shadows"}},{"insert":", and several other similar effects.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rienne, Angel of Rebirth"}},{"insert":"'s ability isn't limited to just our turn, either, and we plan to take advantage of that with flash-givers like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Radagast of Rhosgobel"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Vedalken Orrery"}},{"insert":". Even without these pieces, we have several elementals that can already be cast at flash speed, and will absolutely be taking advantage to cast them 4 times per turn cycle. That's 4 times the "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Lightning Coils"}},{"insert":", 4 times the "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Silverback Elder"}},{"insert":", and every other effect we have. \n\nAll in all, Rienne (and her top lieutenant) give us plenty of ways to explore everything that makes elementals and their evoking abilities so fascinating. We get to cast them for less mana, pay off our cast/ETB/LTB effects, and do it all over again each and every turn. She lets us turn the downside of these evokers into serious upsides, and is absolutely one of the best vehicles for an elemental typal deck. \n\n[Deck layout is best when using 'Categories (multiple) option]\n"}]}