{"ops":[{"insert":{"card-link":"Kalakscion, Hunger Tyrant"}},{"insert":", a vanilla 7/2 that does nothing herself besides be a lot of power and not a lot of toughness for a fairly low mana value. The deck focused on taking advantage of both of these things and the enchantment "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Jaws of Defeat"}},{"insert":" (JoD). Besides Kala herself, JoD is the true soul of the deck. With it on the field, Kala's 7/2 stateline means she'll deal 5 damage to an opponent any time she enters the battlefield. Is this a lot of damage? No not really... but if you were trying to play with a lot of power you wouldn't be making a vanilla crocodile your commander.\n\nYour early game is going to focus almost entirely on tutoring for JoD and getting it onto the battlefield as soon as possible; that's why we run so many tutors. Once that's done you'll spend the rest of your turns using your reusable sac outlets ("},{"insert":{"card-link":"Altar of Dementia"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ashnod's Altar"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Phyrexian Altar"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Transmogrant Altar"}},{"insert":") and one-time use sac outlets ("},{"insert":{"card-link":"Danse Macabre"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Come Back Wrong"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cavalier of Night"}},{"insert":") to get Kala into the graveyard. Your instant protection spells ("},{"insert":{"card-link":"Kaya's Ghostform"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Supernatural Stamina"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Undying Evil"}},{"insert":", etc.) and slower reanimate spells ("},{"insert":{"card-link":"Reanimate"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Unearth"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Stitch Together"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Animate Dead"}},{"insert":", etc.) then allow you to return Kala directly to the battlefield or to your hand (and with a low mana value of 3, recasting her from hand isn't too expensive). "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Conjurer's Closet"}},{"insert":" is of course a colorless blink for another free JoD trigger at the end of your turns, provided you didn't leave Kala in the graveyard of course.\n\nYour "},{"attributes":{"italic":true,"bold":true},"insert":"Ultimate Combo"},{"insert":" is to get "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Thornbite Staff"}},{"insert":" equipped to "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist"}},{"insert":". This plus a sac outlet like one of your Altars results in an infinite combo; start with Kala in the graveyard. Tap Xu-Ifit to return Kala to the battlefield. Use your sac outlet to sacrifice Kala. Xu-Ifit will untap thanks to the Thornbite Staff, allowing you to tap her again to return Kala back to the battlefield and repeat the combo ad nauseum. With JoD on the field, that's 5-damage to an opponent an infinite number of times. If your sac outlet is "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Altar of Dementia"}},{"insert":" you get a second win-con as well, infinitely milling your opponents so they lose the game on their next draw, just in case JoD is unavailable.\n\nThat naturally brings up an important point; Jaws of Defeat is your most vulnerable piece. If your opponents remove it you'll be out of luck, short of the Altar of Dementia backup. We run cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Codex Shredder"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Crystal Chimes"}},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Conqueror's Galleon // Conqueror's Foothold"}},{"insert":" (the land side), "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Skull of Orm"}},{"insert":", and in a real pinch "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Shrouded Lore"}},{"insert":" to get it back from the graveyard if needed. Unfortunately, we have no real protection from JoD being exiled. If you know your opponents are running methods of exiling enchantments you might want to consider holding out as long as possible before playing JoD, maybe until you have your "},{"attributes":{"italic":true,"bold":true},"insert":"Ultimate Combo"},{"insert":" ready to go and enough mana to set it up as quickly as possible. Don't be afraid to use your many tutors to grab whatever you need in the late game; "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cabal Coffers"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth"}},{"insert":" to spike your mana generation, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Petrified Field"}},{"insert":" if you need to get back your "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Command Beacon"}},{"insert":" when Kala has ended up in the command zone a few too many times and would cost 13 mana to recast, any piece of your "},{"attributes":{"italic":true,"bold":true},"insert":"Ultimate Combo"},{"insert":" that you still haven't put together, etc.\n\nThe Maybeboard holds a bunch of more expensive options to give you more sac outlets or reanimation, if you want to proxy and give the deck some more power to play with. Additionally, you could drop this into a more proper Bracket 2 deck by simply removing the two gamechanger tutors; it'll be even more difficult to get JoD onto the battlefield, but Bracket 2 allows for infinite combos that require more than 2 cards, and your "},{"attributes":{"italic":true,"bold":true},"insert":"Ultimate Combo"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":" "},{"insert":"needs 4-5 in order to do anything.\n"}]}