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Rather than playing like traditional landfall, the deck treats the graveyard as a second hand: lands are milled, discarded, sacrificed, and reused to generate value.\nThe deck can play a relatively fair early game—ramping, filling the graveyard, and developing its mana—before transitioning into explosive turns involving "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Splendid Reclamation"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Aftermath Analyst"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"World Shaper"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Scapeshift"},{"insert":", or repeated recursion from cards such as "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Muldrotha, the Gravetide"},{"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Six"},{"insert":".\nIts biggest strength is that many cards serve several purposes at once. Milling fuels recursion. Sacrificing lands enables graveyard synergies. Returning lands creates landfall triggers. Landfall then produces mana, creatures, damage, or card advantage.\nThe result is a deck that can win through combat, landfall damage, enormous graveyard creatures, or combo-style land loops without relying on a single win condition.\n\nCore Game Plan"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"1. 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Losing creatures or lands is often temporary, and some of our strongest turns actually begin with a stocked graveyard.\n\n3. 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those lands into the graveyard.\nThat means we can:\nSacrifice lands for mana."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Use that mana to cast a recursion spell."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Return those lands to the battlefield."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Trigger all of our landfall effects."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Squandered Resources + Splendid Reclamation"},{"insert":" can create some of the deck's most explosive turns.\n\nZuran Orb"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Zuran Orb"},{"insert":" appears simple but plays several important roles.\nIt can:\nMove lands into the graveyard for recursion."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Protect us from lethal damage."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Enable graveyard and land-sacrifice 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considerably stronger.\n\nUtility Lands"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The mana base is part of the engine rather than simply a source of colored mana.\nNotable lands include:\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Boseiju, Who Endures"},{"insert":" — interaction from a land slot.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Otawara, Soaring City"},{"insert":" — flexible bounce interaction.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Takenuma, Abandoned Mire"},{"insert":" — graveyard recursion.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Cephalid Coliseum"},{"insert":" — card selection and graveyard fueling.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Phyrexian Tower"},{"insert":" — sacrifice outlet and acceleration.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Shifting Woodland"},{"insert":" — graveyard-based utility.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Field of the Dead"},{"insert":" — long-game token engine.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Dark Depths + Thespian's Stage"},{"insert":" — alternate win condition.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Simic Growth Chamber"},{"insert":" — landfall and Kodama synergy.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Nurturing Peatland / Waterlogged Grove"},{"insert":" — lands that can convert themselves into cards and later be recovered.\nThe large fetchland package also helps repeatedly trigger landfall while filling the graveyard with lands.\n\nProtection and Interaction"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Although this deck spends much of the game developing its own engine, it still runs meaningful interaction.\nCountermagic"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Counterspell"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Fierce Guardianship"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Force of 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meaningful cost.\n\nTutors"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The deck's tutors are intentionally flexible:\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Entomb"},{"insert":" can put a creature, land, or other important graveyard piece directly where we want it.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Buried Alive"},{"insert":" establishes multiple creature-based graveyard lines.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Diabolic Intent"},{"insert":" turns expendable creatures or tokens into whichever card the situation requires.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Crop Rotation"},{"insert":" can find utility lands, assemble "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Dark Depths + Thespian's Stage"},{"insert":", enable Field of the Dead, or simply fix mana.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Finale of Devastation"},{"insert":" doubles as both creature tutor and win condition.\n\nPlaying the Deck"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Early 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unnecessarily.\n\nMidgame"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Begin establishing engines such as:\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The Gitrog Monster"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Six"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Muldrotha"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Aesi"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Kodama"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"World Shaper"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Squandered Resources"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"At this point, the graveyard should function almost like an extension of the hand.\nLook for opportunities to set up a large land-recursion turn without committing every resource at once.\n\nLate Game"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The deck becomes extremely dangerous once the graveyard contains a significant number of lands.\nLook for a decisive sequence involving:\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Splendid Reclamation / Aftermath Analyst / World Shaper / Lumra"},{"insert":"\nplus one or more landfall payoffs.\nAlternatively, assemble:\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Lord of Extinction + Jarad"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Dark Depths + Thespian's Stage"},{"insert":"\nor a "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Finale of Devastation"},{"insert":" kill.\nBecause the deck attacks from several different angles, opponents often have difficulty identifying which piece they actually need to stop.\n\nGraveyard Management"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"One important skill with this deck is knowing that the graveyard is powerful but not guaranteed to remain available.\nDo not commit every important card to the graveyard if an opponent is representing graveyard hate.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Endurance"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Memory's Journey"},{"insert":", and "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Perpetual Timepiece"},{"insert":" also give the deck ways to recycle important cards and protect itself from certain graveyard-related situations.\nThe best Teval turns generally come from building a graveyard large enough to generate value while keeping enough resources available to recover if the graveyard is disrupted.\n\nMulligan Guide"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Good opening hands generally contain:\n2–3 lands"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Early acceleration or additional land drops"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"A self-mill / graveyard enabler"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Something that converts the graveyard into value"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Excellent starts often involve cards such as:\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Exploration"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Birds of Paradise"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Delighted Halfling"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Hedron Crab"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Life from the Loam"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Mesmeric Orb"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Ripples of Undeath"},{"insert":"\nHands containing only expensive payoff creatures without graveyard setup should usually be reconsidered.\n\nStrengths"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Extremely strong graveyard recursion"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Multiple overlapping win 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We repeatedly move lands between the library, hand, battlefield, and graveyard until those lands become cards, mana, creatures, damage, and eventually a win condition.\nSome games end with an army of "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Scute Swarms"},{"insert":" and Zombies. Others end with "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Jarad throwing a gigantic Lord of Extinction"},{"insert":", an overwhelming "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Finale of Devastation"},{"insert":", repeated landfall triggers, or a surprise "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Marit Lage"},{"insert":".\nThat flexibility is what makes the deck particularly rewarding: almost every graveyard represents a different puzzle, and the correct line changes dramatically depending on which lands, recursion spells, and payoffs are available.\n"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"}]}