{"ops":[{"insert":"Overview"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"I wanted to make a control deck for bracket 2, partially as an alternative to the more inherently powerful Y'shtola. After trying the twins out, I realized they're better suited for a tempo style, developing rapidly with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Alisaie Leveilleur"}},{"insert":" and using our interaction to protect our engines and stop our opponents from going off. Our primary game plan is to go wide with token generators, with a minor go tall theme with equipment and creatures that grow over time. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Alphinaud Leveilleur"}},{"insert":" is less central to our game plan, our other draw engines are generally more efficient but it's nice to have one in the command zone. \n\nOpening Hands & Early Sequencing"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"We want to leverage "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Alisaie Leveilleur"}},{"insert":" to develop rapidly in our first few turns, ideally sticking a mana rock and one of our scaling threats. Our two main lines are:\nT1: cantrip/tap land\t| cantrip/tap land\nT2: mana rock\t\t\t\t| value 2-drop\nT3: Ali+value 3 drop\t| Ali+mana rock\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Tataru Taru"}},{"insert":" counts as a T2 mana rock for the purposes of double-spelling on turn 3. We don't really want to play Ali without getting value; if we keep a hand hoping to dig out a rock and whiff it's usually better to play a different 3 drop and hold Ali for T4. Since both lines contain a mana rock, that's our first priority for opening hands. We can also keep hands with no rock if we have "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Aligned Heart"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cosmogrand Zenith"}},{"insert":" for turn 3 since they scale so well when dropped early.\n\nKey Cards & Interactions"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Urianger Augurelt"}},{"insert":" is strong on T2, after that hopefully you get to scry him away. It's usually correct to activate him in your upkeep, unless you know what's on top or need one of the cards he's holding.\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dancer's Chakrams"}},{"insert":" is pretty much our only way to gain life. It can also add 4 commander power to the board if we have both out.\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Champions from Beyond"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mirror Entity"}},{"insert":" are our main ways to close out a game when we have a board full of tokens, scry them to the bottom at your own risk.\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Frantic Search"}},{"insert":" is a bit of a load-bearing glue card. It can act as a ritual with Ali, it can also be mana positive with Ali and a cantrip. It can also trigger \"draw your second card\" at will. It's also important to remember it can \"launder\" colorless from our rocks into colored mana from our lands. Most importantly, it lets us live the dream of double-spelling on multiple players' turns in a single round.\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Hermes, Overseer of Elpis"}},{"insert":" is another glue guy, and he's performed better than I initially thought. He's not our ideal token generator nor does he actually get to draw cards, but we need some flying blockers and scrying 2/turn is highly valuable if we have another draw engine going (probably even better than drawing an additional card).\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Muddle the Mixture"}},{"insert":" only tutors for"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Champions from Beyond"}},{"insert":" .\n\nUpgrades"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The maindeck is what I own in paper, the maybeboard is essentially a wishlist. I'm prioritizing upgrading the mana, then adding "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mischievous Mystic"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Station Monitor"}},{"insert":" to be more threat-dense. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Valley Floodcaller"}},{"insert":" helps us realize the dream of double casting on each players' turn, which fully scales our 1/turn value engines.\n"}]}