{"ops":[{"insert":"This deck turns "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/j22/1/agrus-kos-eternal-soldier?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Agrus Kos, Eternal Soldier"},{"insert":"'s ability into an army engine. Abilities that normally target one creature instead target the commander and, for two extra mana, spread across nearly every legal creature on the battlefield. The most important versions are creature-copying abilities: one activation can create a temporary copy of essentially the entire army, producing a huge burst of ETBs, death/LTB triggers, mana, draw, counters, and direct damage.\n\nThe primary plan is to "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"build a board of useful creatures, copy that entire board repeatedly, and make the act of copying lethal"},{"insert":". Group-slug creatures turn every new body into damage to every opponent, while nonlegendary payoff creatures can themselves be copied early in the sequence so later entries trigger multiple copies of the payoff. If direct damage does not finish the table, the same engine can turn the temporary army enormous through ETB pumps, counters, flying, trample, double strike, or "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/plst/OTC-83/mirror-entity?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Mirror Entity"},{"insert":". Several mana engines also make the copy turns increasingly self-funding, letting one ridiculous Agrus activation help pay for the next.\n\nHow the Deck Wins"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The ideal game does not require assembling one specific combo. Establish several creatures whose ETBs, deaths, counters, or attack triggers matter, then find any one of the whole-army copy engines. Once the army is copied, effects such as "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/blc/21/agate-instigator?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Agate Instigator"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/snc/131/witty-roastmaster?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Witty Roastmaster"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/eoe/169/weftstalker-ardent?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Weftstalker Ardent"},{"insert":", and "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/fdn/717/impact-tremors?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Impact Tremors"},{"insert":" convert every new creature into table-wide damage, while copied payoff creatures cause that damage to scale during the sequence itself.\n\nIf the ETB damage does not end the game, the copied army becomes the finisher instead. "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/plst/AVR-22/goldnight-commander?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Goldnight Commander"},{"insert":" supplies enormous free temporary power, permanent counter engines grow the original board turn after turn, "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/a25/151/soulbright-flamekin?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Soulbright Flamekin"},{"insert":" gives the army trample, "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/mkc/298/sunhome-fortress-of-the-legion?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion"},{"insert":" supplies mass double strike, and "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/plst/OTC-83/mirror-entity?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Mirror Entity"},{"insert":" converts any absurd mana surplus into an army of huge creatures. Meanwhile, "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/blc/201/rose-room-treasurer?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Rose Room Treasurer"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/nph/90/priest-of-urabrask?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Priest of Urabrask"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/ltr/151/there-and-back-again?utm_source=api"},"insert":"There and Back Again"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/msc/209/relic-of-legends?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Relic of Legends"},{"insert":", and "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/tla/268/fire-nation-palace?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Fire Nation Palace"},{"insert":" make the engine increasingly capable of paying for its own escalating nonsense.\n\nWhole-Army Copy Engine"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"These are the heart of the deck. Most normally copy one target creature; targeting the commander instead turns them into copies of nearly the entire board.\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/moc/32/mirror-style-master?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Mirror-Style Master"},{"insert":" is one of the deck's largest multipliers. Backup on the commander spreads both a +1/+1 counter and the Master's attack-copy trigger across the army; several modified attackers can each create another copy of every modified attacker."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/tmc/27/tempestra-dame-of-games?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Tempestra, Dame of Games"},{"insert":" repeatedly copies the army from a three-mana creature, and its copies explicitly aren't legendary, allowing even the legendary portion of the board to survive."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/snc/425/jaxis-the-troublemaker?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Jaxis, the Troublemaker"},{"insert":" copies nearly the entire board for only one red mana plus the commander payment. Every temporary copy also draws when it dies, turning the army's scheduled sacrifice into a burst of cards."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/pdsk/219p/the-jolly-balloon-man?utm_source=api"},"insert":"The Jolly Balloon Man"},{"insert":" cheaply makes flying, hasty 1/1 copies. Losing their original stats matters little when their ETBs, death triggers, and other abilities are what the deck primarily wants."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/soc/252/rionya-fire-dancer?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Rionya, Fire Dancer"},{"insert":" normally makes at least one hasty copy at combat; spreading the target turns that single guaranteed copy into an entire hasty copied board without needing to cast spells first."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/afr/317/delina-wild-mage?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Delina, Wild Mage"},{"insert":" turns one attack trigger into copies across the board, with each resulting copy nonlegendary. High rolls can create additional copies of individual creatures and make an already explosive attack considerably worse."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/j25/18/sandstorm-crasher?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Sandstorm Crasher"},{"insert":" trades an exerted attack for a tapped-and-attacking copy of the army, turning one attack trigger into a full extra wave of creatures."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/clb/420/duke-ulder-ravengard?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Duke Ulder Ravengard"},{"insert":" distributes myriad and haste across nearly the whole army at the beginning of combat. Instead of one creature multiplying for the opponents, most of the board can do it at once."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/ogw/174/mirrorpool?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Mirrorpool"},{"insert":" puts a whole-army copy effect in the mana base. Unlike most of the creature engines, its copies are permanent, making it particularly valuable when the board contains several high-impact nonlegendary creatures."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/tdc/37/redoubled-stormsinger?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Redoubled Stormsinger"},{"insert":" multiplies the temporary army again. Because it is nonlegendary and gets copied with everything else, multiple attack-ready copies produce separate triggers that can recursively copy tokens created by earlier triggers."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Group Slug and Direct Damage"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The preferred win condition is to make the copied army kill opponents simply by entering or by converting the resulting board into damage.\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/blc/21/agate-instigator?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Agate Instigator"},{"insert":" turns every other creature entering into damage to every opponent. Being nonlegendary means copying it early causes later creature entries to trigger multiple Instigators."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/snc/131/witty-roastmaster?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Witty Roastmaster"},{"insert":" provides another nonlegendary copyable version of the same table-wide ETB damage engine, allowing the number of damage triggers to grow during the copy sequence itself."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/eoe/169/weftstalker-ardent?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Weftstalker Ardent"},{"insert":" burns every opponent from both creature and artifact entries, so creature copies, Treasures, Mutagens, and other artifact-token production can all contribute."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/fdn/717/impact-tremors?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Impact Tremors"},{"insert":" establishes the primary kill condition for only two mana and sits safely off the creature battlefield while every later copy explosion damages the table."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/neo/472/thundering-raiju?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Thundering Raiju"},{"insert":" is especially vicious with the commander: its attack ability spreads counters across the board, and every copied ability also repeats the Raiju's modified-creature damage to every opponent."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/blb/138/heartfire-hero?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Heartfire Hero"},{"insert":" is cheap early infrastructure that grows when targeted and eventually converts its accumulated power into damage to every opponent when it dies."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/pmkm/188p/aurelia-the-law-above?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Aurelia, the Law Above"},{"insert":" rewards the wide attacks the deck naturally produces with cards, while five attackers also burn every opponent and gain life. Opponents' large attacks can trigger her as well."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/msc/701/origin-of-thor?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Origin of Thor"},{"insert":" starts by filtering into two cards, then makes every spell that turn capable of becoming another mass-counter event. Its final chapter can turn the commander target into "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"every creature dealing its power to every opponent"},{"insert":"."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/plst/ORI-137/chandras-ignition?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Chandra's Ignition"},{"insert":" turns one sufficiently large creature into both a board wipe and table-wide finisher. It is particularly dangerous once the counter and pump engines have made an otherwise modest utility creature enormous."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/blc/201/rose-room-treasurer?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Rose Room Treasurer"},{"insert":" first refunds two mana through Treasures as creatures enter, then turns later entries into scalable precision damage. It helps pay the commander tax before becoming a mana sink/removal engine once the copy turn is already funded."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/tdc/221/leyline-tyrant?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Leyline Tyrant"},{"insert":" stores enormous bursts of red mana instead of letting them disappear between phases, while its death trigger can later cash that stored red into precision damage. As a nonlegendary 4/4 flyer, it is also a legitimately useful copy target and attacker."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"ETB and Copy Payoffs"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"These cards make the repeated creature entries themselves increasingly valuable.\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/one/10/elesh-norn-mother-of-machines?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines"},{"insert":" doubles a huge portion of the deck's ETB engine: group-slug triggers, counters, mana production, tutors, removal, protection, and other creature-entry payoffs all become substantially more explosive while opponents' ETBs are shut off."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/mb2/6/cathars-crusade?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Cathars' Crusade"},{"insert":" turns every creature entering into a permanent +1/+1 counter for the entire army. One mass-copy event can add an enormous number of counters to both the original board and the temporary copies."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/plst/AVR-22/goldnight-commander?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Goldnight Commander"},{"insert":" converts every copied creature into an immediate +1/+1 boost to the army for the turn with no additional mana. Because it is nonlegendary and can itself be copied, later creatures can trigger several Commanders at once."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/hob/4/belladonna-took?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Belladonna Took"},{"insert":" turns routine token creation into life, then a card, then a +1/+1 counter on the entire army. A single board-copy turn easily reaches all three stages."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/j25/4/generous-pup?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Generous Pup"},{"insert":" effectively amplifies the first mass-counter event each turn: when the Pup receives its counter, every other creature receives an additional one."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/nph/90/priest-of-urabrask?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Priest of Urabrask"},{"insert":" turns every copy of itself into three immediate red mana. One copied Priest already refunds the commander's two-mana spread cost and leaves mana left over; repeated token copies can make the army-copy process increasingly self-funding."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/soc/355/solemn-simulacrum?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Solemn Simulacrum"},{"insert":" makes every temporary copy another land onto the battlefield and then draws when that copy dies, giving the copy engine permanent resources from a disposable body."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/eoe/237/dauntless-scrapbot?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Dauntless Scrapbot"},{"insert":" clears opposing graveyards and creates Lander tokens that turn future mana into basic lands. Copying it repeats both the graveyard disruption and the ramp setup."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/fin/15/delivery-moogle?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Delivery Moogle"},{"insert":" tutors or recovers a cheap artifact every time it enters. Copying it repeatedly can find the engine artifact you need or recur sacrificed pieces such as "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/spm/161/bagel-and-schmear?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Bagel and Schmear"},{"insert":", while its primary toolbox targets include "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/tmt/177/the-ooze?utm_source=api"},"insert":"The Ooze"},{"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/msh/21/the-mind-stone?utm_source=api"},"insert":"The Mind Stone"},{"insert":"."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/plst/CN2-22/recruiter-of-the-guard?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Recruiter of the Guard"},{"insert":" turns every copy into another creature tutor. Its large toolbox includes copy engines, damage payoffs, mana sinks, utility creatures, and "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/fin/15/delivery-moogle?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Delivery Moogle"},{"insert":", which extends the tutor chain into the artifact package."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Counter and Targeting Engine"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"These are the cards that turn the commander's ability into permanent army development rather than creature copying.\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/mom/14/enduring-bondwarden?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Enduring Bondwarden"},{"insert":" has two separate absurd interactions. Backup on the commander spreads a +1/+1 counter and its death-transfer ability across the team; later, a countered creature dying can target the commander with that transfer and spread the dying creature's entire counter load across the army again."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/msc/835/captain-america-steve-rogers?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Captain America, Steve Rogers"},{"insert":" makes every attack permanently strengthen nearly the entire army while also granting indestructible for the turn. Once deployed, two mana per combat converts his normal single target into repeatable board-wide growth and protection."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/snc/11/elspeth-resplendent?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Elspeth Resplendent"},{"insert":" permanently upgrades the army with +1/+1 counters plus whichever keyword counter matters most: flying, vigilance, first strike, or lifelink. One activation can fundamentally change what the whole utility-creature board is capable of doing."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/mh3/29/guide-of-souls?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Guide of Souls"},{"insert":" converts every creature entry into life and energy, then turns three energy into two +1/+1 counters and flying on an attacker. Targeting the attacking commander spreads that permanent aerial upgrade through the attacking force."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/fic/444/the-destined-white-mage?utm_source=api"},"insert":"The Destined White Mage"},{"insert":" can distribute lifelink across the army and, more importantly, turns every separate lifegain event into another targeted counter opportunity that can be spread through the commander."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/blb/12/essence-channeler?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Essence Channeler"},{"insert":" grows from every lifegain event and eventually turns its accumulated counters into a second board-wide resource: when it dies, targeting the commander with the transfer can reproduce that entire counter pile across the army."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/dsk/26/reluctant-role-model?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Reluctant Role Model"},{"insert":" accumulates useful counters and turns the death of any countered creature into another counter-transfer opportunity. Point that transfer at the commander and one creature's collection of counters can be reproduced across the team."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/tmt/177/the-ooze?utm_source=api"},"insert":"The Ooze"},{"insert":" turns countered creatures leaving into Mutagens, converting the temporary-copy lifecycle into reusable counter resources. Each Mutagen can later target the commander to turn one counter into a board-wide counter event; the graveyard-exile ability supplies Mutagens even without a creature dying."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/pdft/231p/the-aetherspark?utm_source=api"},"insert":"The Aetherspark"},{"insert":" repeatedly targets creatures while distributing +1/+1 counters, allowing the commander to turn its +1 into mass growth. Combat charges it toward either two cards or a ten-mana burst."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/spm/161/bagel-and-schmear?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Bagel and Schmear"},{"insert":" is one of the deck's most explosive Agrus tricks: its Share ability contains both the counter and the draw, so spreading the ability across the army puts a counter on each target "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"and draws once for every copied ability"},{"insert":"."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/ltr/824/eagle-of-deliverance?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Eagle of Deliverance"},{"insert":" can distribute permanent indestructible counters through the commander while drawing for every copied ability whose target has power 2 or less. It can simultaneously protect the board and refill the hand."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/a25/151/soulbright-flamekin?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Soulbright Flamekin"},{"insert":" turns one trample activation into trample across the army; the copied abilities also count toward its third-resolution clause, allowing the same activation to generate eight red mana while solving the army's evasion problem."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Mana Engine and Mana Sinks"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The deck can require a surprising amount of mana because every copied commander ability asks for another two. These cards either pay that tax, create huge bursts, or make sure burst mana is never wasted.\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/msc/209/relic-of-legends?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Relic of Legends"},{"insert":" turns the deck's unusually high legendary-creature count into a mana engine. Legendary creatures can be tapped through the Relic even when summoning sick, making utility legends into extra mana sources instead of merely bodies."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/blc/201/rose-room-treasurer?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Rose Room Treasurer"},{"insert":" refunds the first two creature entries with Treasures, conveniently banking the exact two mana needed for another commander spread. Later entries become scalable damage when mana is plentiful."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/nph/90/priest-of-urabrask?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Priest of Urabrask"},{"insert":" makes each board-wide copy produce another three red, allowing the copy engine itself to help fund additional combat abilities and mana sinks."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/ltr/151/there-and-back-again?utm_source=api"},"insert":"There and Back Again"},{"insert":" finds a Mountain before creating Smaug. Once the Dragon exists, copying it causes the legend rule to kill a copy and produce fourteen Treasures, turning future whole-board copies into enormous stored mana."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/tla/268/fire-nation-palace?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Fire Nation Palace"},{"insert":" can spread firebending 4 across the army, making four red for every creature actually declared as an attacker. A modest attack can produce twenty or more combat-only mana to feed the deck's many combat sinks."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/tdc/221/leyline-tyrant?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Leyline Tyrant"},{"insert":" allows red mana from firebending and other burst engines to survive between steps, phases, and turns rather than expiring after combat."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/plst/OTC-83/mirror-entity?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Mirror Entity"},{"insert":" is the cleanest bottomless combat mana sink. Excess mana makes every creature—including temporary copies and tiny utility bodies—base X/X, turning a pile of red into an immediately lethal army."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/a25/151/soulbright-flamekin?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Soulbright Flamekin"},{"insert":" is both an evasion engine and an in-combat mana generator, especially because commander copies rapidly reach its eight-red payoff."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/hoc/8/dragon-cursed-halls?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Dragon-Cursed Halls"},{"insert":" gives the commander a combat-damage-to-Treasure trigger that can be spread across the army, converting successful attacks into mana stored for later turns."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/pdft/231p/the-aetherspark?utm_source=api"},"insert":"The Aetherspark"},{"insert":" can eventually turn its accumulated loyalty into ten mana of one color, which the deck is unusually well equipped to spend."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/msc/193/arcane-signet?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Arcane Signet"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/fic/363/talisman-of-conviction?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Talisman of Conviction"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/msh/21/the-mind-stone?utm_source=api"},"insert":"The Mind Stone"},{"insert":", and "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/msc/212/sol-ring?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Sol Ring"},{"insert":" provide the straightforward early acceleration needed to get the commander and four- to five-mana engines online on time."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Card Advantage and Tutors"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/tdc/124/mangara-the-diplomat?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Mangara, the Diplomat"},{"insert":" supplies independent multiplayer draw when opponents cast multiple spells or attack in force, keeping the deck functional even when the commander engine is offline."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/pmkm/188p/aurelia-the-law-above?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Aurelia, the Law Above"},{"insert":" turns the deck's normal wide attacks into repeatable cards while also punishing sufficiently large attacks with table-wide damage."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/pmom/11s/dusk-legion-duelist?utm_source=api"},"insert":"Dusk Legion Duelist"},{"insert":" turns the first +1/+1-counter event each turn into a card, making the deck's routine counter distribution generate steady value 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