{"ops":[{"insert":"Vraska turns opposing creatures that die into artifacts I can steal for 1 colorless. The goal is to get her down early, keep mana open, and use removal, sacrifice effects, and wipes to take the best creatures at the table.\n\nI’m not trying to steal everything. I want creatures with strong static, triggered, or activated abilities.\n\n\nVraska Rules Reminder"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nWhen an opponent’s "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"nontoken creature dies"},{"insert":", Vraska triggers.\n\nWhen the trigger resolves, I can pay 1 colorless. If I do, that card returns under my control tapped as a "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Treasure artifact"},{"insert":".\n\nIt is no longer a creature, but it "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"keeps its abilities"},{"insert":".\n\nGood things to steal:\n\nDraw engines"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Tutors"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Mana engines"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Stax pieces"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"ETB creatures"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Activated abilities"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Static abilities like Seedborn Muse or Sheoldred"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nBad things to steal:\n\nCreatures that are only good because of their power/toughness"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Vanilla beaters"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Combat-only creatures"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nDestroying and sacrificing work.\n\nExile and bounce do "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"not"},{"insert":" trigger Vraska.\n\nTokens cannot be stolen.\n\nIf Vraska dies at the same time as other creatures during Damnation or Toxic Deluge, she still sees them die and triggers.\n\nOpening Hand"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nI usually want:\n\n2–3 lands"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Early ramp"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Vraska by turn 2–3 if possible"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"At least one removal spell"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nBest early ramp:\n\nBirds of Paradise"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Llanowar Elves"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Elves of Deep Shadow"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Deathrite Shaman"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Delighted Halfling"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Sol Ring"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Arcane Signet"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Talisman of Resilience"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nDelighted Halfling is especially useful because it helps force Vraska through countermagic.\n\nEarly Game"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nGet mana established first.\nI don't need to fire removal at the first creature I see. I want Vraska online before I start spending premium removal when possible.\nOnce Vraska is out, try to keep an extra 1 colorless available.\nEvery removal spell can potentially become:\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Kill their creature → pay1 colorless→ keep its abilities."},{"insert":"\nThat is where the deck starts gaining real advantage.\n\nRemoval Priority"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nKill creatures that give me the most value when stolen.\n\nPriority targets are usually:\nCombo pieces"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Draw engines"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Mana engines"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Stax/protection pieces"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Recursion engines"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Everything else"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nDon't waste Assassin's Trophy or Beast Within on a creature I don't actually care about unless it is threatening the game.\nDeadly Rollick is different. It exiles, so Vraska cannot steal the target, but free interaction is still worth it when something needs to disappear immediately.\n\nSacrifice Effects"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nAccursed Marauder, Plaguecrafter, Soul Shatter, Sheoldred's Edict, Vona's Hunger, Grave Pact, Braids, and Archfiend of Depravity are some of the best cards in the deck.\nThey get around:\nHexproof"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Ward"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Indestructible"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Targeting protection"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"If the creature dies from sacrifice, Vraska can still steal it.\nAccursed Marauder is especially good because opponents have to sacrifice a "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"nontoken"},{"insert":" creature.\n\nBoard Wipes"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nDamnation and Toxic Deluge are not panic buttons.\nThey can be setup cards.\nWith Vraska out:\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Wipe the board → Vraska triggers for opposing nontoken creatures → choose the best ones → pay "},{"attributes":{"bold":true,"code":true},"insert":"{1}"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":" for each one I want."},{"insert":"\nI do not need enough mana to steal everything.\nTake the creatures with the best abilities and let the rest go.\nCulling Ritual can also generate enough mana to help rebuild or pay for Vraska triggers.\n\nViridian Longbow"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"One of the cleanest Vraska interactions.\nEquip Longbow to Vraska.\nVraska has deathtouch, so:\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Tap Vraska → deal 1 damage to a creature → deathtouch kills it → Vraska triggers → pay "},{"attributes":{"bold":true,"code":true},"insert":"{1}"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":" → steal it."},{"insert":"\nThis turns Vraska into repeatable creature removal.\n\nTergrid"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Tergrid overlaps heavily with the sacrifice plan.\nWhen an opponent sacrifices a permanent, both Tergrid and Vraska may care about the creature.\nTergrid returns it normally.\nVraska returns it as a Treasure artifact.\nUsually, if the creature is useful as an actual creature, I want Tergrid to get it.\nIf its abilities are the main thing I care about, Vraska is often fine.\n\nGrave Pact"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Grave Pact can snowball very quickly.\nSacrifice one of my creatures through:\nYawgmoth"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Braids"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Deadly Dispute"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"High Market"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Phyrexian Tower"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Then each opponent sacrifices a creature.\nThose creatures die.\nVraska can steal them.\nYawgmoth"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Yawgmoth is one of the best utility engines in the deck.\nHe gives me:\nSacrifice outlet"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Card draw"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Creature removal"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Grave Pact triggers"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"A way to cash in creatures I no longer need"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Don't throw creatures away for no reason. Use Yawgmoth when the sacrifice generates multiple layers of value.\nStolen Treasures"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Vraska's stolen cards are actual Treasure artifacts.\nThat means I can eventually sacrifice them for mana if their abilities stop being useful.\nKrark-Clan Ironworks is especially good because it can sacrifice them even while they're tapped.\nThat turns stolen cards into 2 colorless.\nTry to get value from their abilities first, then cash them in when needed.\nHomeward Path"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Homeward Path does not normally give back the creatures Vraska stole.\nVraska turned them into artifacts, not creatures.\nThat means Homeward Path can help recover my own stolen creatures without returning most of Vraska's collection.\n"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Main Combo"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Chatterfang + Pitiless Plunderer"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Have:\nChatterfang"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Pitiless Plunderer"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"A Squirrel"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Use Chatterfang's ability and sacrifice the Squirrel.\nPitiless Plunderer makes a Treasure.\nBecause the Treasure is a token, Chatterfang also creates a Squirrel.\nSacrifice the Treasure for Black Mana.\nRepeat.\nThis gives me unlimited:\nCreature deaths"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Treasure creation"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Token creation"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Sacrifice triggers"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Finishers"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"With "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Marionette Apprentice"},{"insert":", the loop drains the table.\nWith "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Mirkwood Bats"},{"insert":", creating and sacrificing tokens drains the table.\nIf I have the combo but no drain piece, I can still use Chatterfang to wipe opposing creatures by repeatedly giving them -X/-X.\nRevel in Riches"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Revel is both value and a real alternate win condition.\nRemoval, wipes, and sacrifice effects already kill opposing creatures.\nThat makes Treasures naturally.\nIf I reach ten Treasures, protect Revel and survive until upkeep.\nDon't sacrifice Treasures unnecessarily if Revel is close to winning.\nBolas's Citadel"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Citadel is one of the cards I want when the game starts getting grindy.\nUse:\nNecropotence"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Sylvan Library"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The One Ring"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Black Market Connections"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"to keep cards flowing until Citadel can take over.\nRemember that Citadel's sacrifice ability can also close games if I have enough permanents.\nTutor Priorities"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Don't automatically tutor for the combo.\nTutor for what the game actually needs.\nNeed protection:\nVeil of Summer"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Heroic Intervention"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Need removal:\nDamnation"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Toxic Deluge"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Culling Ritual"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Need value:\nThe One Ring"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Necropotence"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Black Market Connections"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Need to finish:\nChatterfang"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Pitiless Plunderer"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Marionette Apprentice / Mirkwood Bats"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Bolas's Citadel"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Need Vraska to stick:\nLightning Greaves"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Protection"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Vraska is important, but I don't need to protect her from absolutely everything.\nProtect her when:\nI have a wipe ready"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"I have removal ready to start stealing"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"I am already ahead"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Her next trigger is worth a lot"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Lightning Greaves, Heroic Intervention, Veil of Summer, and Tyvar's Stand are my main protection pieces.\nHow I Win"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The deck has several ways to finish.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"1. Chatterfang Combo"},{"insert":"\nPitiless Plunderer + Chatterfang + drain payoff.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"2. Revel in Riches"},{"insert":"\nLet the control plan naturally build ten Treasures.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"3. Bolas's Citadel"},{"insert":"\nGenerate overwhelming card advantage and convert the board into lethal damage.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"4. Theft Advantage"},{"insert":"\nSometimes I simply steal enough opposing engines that the table cannot recover.\nWhat I Need to Remember"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Vraska is not a deathtouch tribal commander.\nShe is a "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"control commander that turns removal into theft"},{"insert":".\nDon't kill random creatures.\nKill the creatures I would actually be happy to own.\nKeep 1 colorless available.\nUse sacrifice effects against protected creatures.\nBoard wipes can be one-sided value plays.\nDon't get distracted collecting everything at the table.\nOnce I'm ahead, look for the combo or another way to end the game.\n"}]}