{"ops":[{"insert":"Gavi, Nest Warden — Purrpetual Motion"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"[[Gavi, Nest Warden]] is a Jeskai cycling deck that wants to cycle on "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"every player's turn"},{"insert":", turning otherwise situational cards into tokens, damage and interaction.\nThe deck usually wins by building up several cycling payoffs at once. A single cycle might draw a card, make a Dinocat, ping the table, blink a creature and generate another token.\nGame Plan"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Early Game"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Get your mana sorted.\nPrioritise:\n3+ lands"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"[[Arcane Signet]], Signets or Talismans"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Cheap cyclers"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Cycle expensive or narrow cards to hit land drops. The ideal start is a turn-two rock into Gavi on turn four.\nMid Game"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Get Gavi down and start cycling across the whole turn cycle.\nYour first cycle each turn is free, so try to use it on "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"each opponent's turn"},{"insert":", not just your own.\nBuild value through:\n[[Drake Haven]] / [[Valiant Rescuer]] for tokens"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"[[Lightning Rift]] / [[Drannith Stinger]] / [[Magmakin Artillerist]] for damage"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"[[Astral Slide]] / [[Astral Drift]] for interaction"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"[[Monument to Endurance]] / [[Rielle, the Everwise]] / [[Teferi's Ageless Insight]] for extra cards and triggers"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Gavi makes a Dinocat when you draw your "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"second card each turn"},{"insert":". On an opponent's turn, one normal cycle is only your first draw, so cards such as Rielle, Monument and Teferi's Insight help turn that into a Gavi trigger.\nLate Game"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"You normally win through one of two routes.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Burn:"},{"insert":"\n[[Monument to Endurance]], [[Drannith Stinger]], [[Magmakin Artillerist]], [[Psychosis Crawler]] and [[Lightning Rift]] make repeated cycling increasingly painful. [[Zenith Flare]] can finish off a player once the graveyard is full.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Tokens:"},{"insert":"\nGavi, [[Drake Haven]], [[Valiant Rescuer]], [[Ominous Seas]] and [[Decree of Justice]] can leave you with a surprisingly large board just from playing normally.\n[[New Perspectives]] is the big explosive engine. With seven cards in hand, most of your cyclers become free and you can churn through the deck while firing off every payoff you have in play.\nImportant Packages"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Cycling Interaction"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"A lot of your removal and counterspells also cycle:\n[[Cast Out]], [[Dismantling Wave]], [[Radiant's Judgment]], [[Complicate]], [[Countervailing Winds]], [[Neutralize]], [[Starstorm]], [[Spectacular Pileup]], [[Akroma's Vengeance]].\nIf an answer isn't useful now, cycle it. You have plenty more.\nAstral Slide / Drift"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Cycling can also become temporary removal with [[Astral Slide]] and [[Astral Drift]].\nUseful tricks:\nRemove an attacker."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Save one of your creatures from removal."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Blink your creatures through your own board wipe."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Remove a blocker before combat."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Reset opposing creatures carrying counters, Auras or Equipment."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Cycling Cost Reduction"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"[[Gavi, Nest Warden]], [[Fluctuator]] and [[New Perspectives]] are what let the deck really accelerate.\nRemember that Gavi only makes the "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"first cycling cost each turn"},{"insert":" free.\nMulligan"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Look for:\n3 lands"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"At least two lands you can use immediately"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"A two-mana rock"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Cheap cycling"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"A very good opener is:\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"3 lands + Signet/Talisman + 2 cheap cyclers + payoff/interaction"},{"insert":"\nShip hands that:\nAre overloaded with tapped lands"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Have no early acceleration"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Are full of five- and six-mana cards"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Need Gavi to function but can't reliably cast her by turn four or five"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Quick Reminders"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Cycle on other players' turns."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Gavi cares about the "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"second card drawn"},{"insert":", not the act of cycling."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Don't cycle away interaction just because you have free cycling."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"[[Astral Slide]] and [[Astral Drift]] make every cycler potentially useful interaction."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"[[Tectonic Reformation]] turns excess lands into gas."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"[[Abandoned Sarcophagus]] lets you be much more liberal about cycling actual spells."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Once several burn payoffs are out, stop thinking of cycling as card selection. It is your win condition."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"}]}