{"ops":[{"insert":"I love "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Braids, Arisen Nightmare"}},{"insert":" . I love love love her.\nHere's my list and how I play it.\n\nGame Plan\nThe goal of this deck is to play the long game, break parity, and win before turn 10, typically establishing a winning board state by turn 6, There are some incidental combos, however they're difficult to pull off in a real game. This deck sits firmly in Bracket 3, It's too oppressive for 2, and 4 is too fast.\n\nEarly game\nBraids is a cheap commander that offers a ton of value at a very small cost. Your early mulligans should be 3 swamps to cast braids, some <=2 cost cards that synergize with sacrifice, such as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Obsessive Pursuit"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Priest of Gix"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Prized Statue"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Shambling Ghast"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Bloodghast"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Orcish Bowmasters"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Momentum Breaker"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ophiomancer"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dreadhorde Invasion"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Bitterblossom"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Bitterbloom Bearer"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rotting Rats"}},{"insert":" , etc. Just get something to sac to "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Braids, Arisen Nightmare"}},{"insert":" . If it's repeatable, even better. \n\nThis deck is built around "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Braids, Arisen Nightmare"}},{"insert":" coming out on turn 3, (1 with a "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dark Ritual"}},{"insert":" if you're crazy)\nAssuming braids isn't "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Counterspell"}},{"insert":" 'd, we've made it into the mid game, Drawing a fresh new set of cards. Free spells work great here such as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Snuff Out"}},{"insert":" , as sometimes there will be an extra card to discard and a free instant will prevent any loss.\n\nMid Game\nMid game is the most difficult part to navigate of this deck. You will typically be the threat as everyone will be noticing the effects this deck brings to the table. Cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Oppression"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Bottomless Pit"}},{"insert":" , and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Painful Quandary"}},{"insert":" tend to draw a lot of hate as they let you break parity with the +3 every turn from Braids. The deck's mid game is designed to be resilient, flexible, and draining on opponents. Cards such as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Bloodchief Ascension"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sheoldred, the Apocalypse"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Bloodthirsty Conqueror"}},{"insert":" all put pressure on your opponents while attempting to keep you alive.\n\nThe deck plays the win condition it draws, just don't lose too much life if possible, there's a couple of cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Animate Dead"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Reanimate"}},{"insert":" , and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dauthi Voidwalker"}},{"insert":" , that can steal something put into a graveyard, that could be your new win con as well.\n\nRegardless, keep putting out more fodder for braids and get incremental value aech turn to draw 3, drain 6.\n\n\n\n\nEnd Game\nThe end game of this deck is quite boring/simple. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Gray Merchant of Asphodel"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Exsanguinate"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Torment of Hailfire"}},{"insert":" , with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cabal Coffers"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Bubbling Muck"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Crypt Ghast"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Phoenix Fleet Airship"}},{"insert":" can also be a win condition as it scales exponentially.\n\nRemoval\nThe removal package I run in "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Braids, Arisen Nightmare"}},{"insert":" is either recurrable, or sacable. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Lich's Relic"}},{"insert":" is an amazing sacable card in this deck as it's {2}{B} destroy any 3, draw 3 drain 6. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Grave Pact"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dictate of Erebos"}},{"insert":" to have some forced sacrifice whenever something on your board dies. There's also light discard, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rankle, Master of Pranks"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mindslicer"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Bandit's Talent"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal // Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal"}},{"insert":" , etc, all help deal with people holding good cards in the mid game.\nThe board wipes are "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Toxic Deluge"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Massacre Wurm"}},{"insert":" . Those are designed to hit token players with their 1/1 or 2/2 creatures \n\nProtection\nThis deck draws hate. The best way to rid yourself of hate is to plop down a "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Phyrexian Obliterator"}},{"insert":" or an "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ophiomancer"}},{"insert":" ,\n\nCombos\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Illness in the Ranks"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Grave Pact"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Orcish Bowmasters"}},{"insert":" , assuming there isn't an orc army, you wipe the board on any card draw.\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Chthonian Nightmare"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Priest of Gix"}},{"insert":" , creature in your graveyard that costs 3 or less, and a cost reducer such as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"The Darkness Crystal"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Jet Medallion"}},{"insert":" for infinite {B} and energy, allowing infinite sac and recursion.\n\n"}]}