{"ops":[{"insert":"trick or treat with seven of nine!\n\nwhile the commander is not out yet, every other card in this deck is readily available, and all play with her theme of modal 'dilemma' cards\n\neven you may not know if the card you will use is going to be a trick or a treat!!\n\nthis deck is bracket 3. i had it at bracket 2, but i couldn't get over the \"trick and treat\" aspect of both "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Notion Thief"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Field of the Dead"}},{"insert":" . apart from the normal ramp and the protection that blue and black provide, it makes use of some very obscure and unused combos. most of these are centered around "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Retreat to Coralhelm"}},{"insert":" and getting a large number of landfall triggers. \n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Walking Atlas"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"PuPu UFO"}},{"insert":" will help get extra lands into play every turn, Retreat to Coralhelm will untap them when a land comes into play, and you can use "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dimir Aqueduct"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Arid Archway"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Guildless Commons"}},{"insert":" to infinitely get lands back to your hand and out again. You can also use "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ghost Town"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Oboro, Palace in the Clouds"}},{"insert":" to achieve the same result (by either paying 0 during someone else's turn, or tapping Oboro for 1 and then using the 1 to return it to your hand)\n\nYou can also use the modal \"dilemma\" card "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Scaretiller"}},{"insert":" to do the same thing, and draw a card every time (though the set up is a little more arduous). First, you give scaretiller the ability to tap at will - either for mana with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Urza, Lord High Artificer"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Paradise Mantle"}},{"insert":", or to do ping damage with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Viridian Longbow"}},{"insert":" . Second, while you can use lands that return to your hand, Scaretiller, when tapped, can also bring cards form your graveyard onto the battlefield. This enables extra lands for the combo - "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Gateway Plaza"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Maestros Theater"}},{"insert":" namely, that can immediately sac themselves upon entry. This still satisfies the Coralheim trigger, allowing you to untap scaretiller, and repeat the process again (drawing 2 cards every time)\n\nAnother unused and insane combo to achieve similar results involves "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Prototype Portal"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ensoul Artifact"}},{"insert":" with the 2 artifact lands "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Vault of Whispers"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Seat of the Synod"}},{"insert":" . you turn prototype portal into a creature (a trick no one will see coming) and then use Return to Coralheim to untap it as many times as you want, creating as many copies of vault of whispers and seat of the synod as you want. \n\nthere are several payoffs here: \n\nFirst, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Retreat to Hagra"}},{"insert":" , which is a modal \"dilemma\" card, can be used for each and every landfall trigger to make a choice - you can either boost your creatures (no) or gain 1 life while all of your opponents lose 1 (yes). \n\nsecond, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Meloku the Clouded Mirror"}},{"insert":", once added to this combo, will allow you to generate as many 1/1 fliers as you would like. that's a nice treat for you and trick for your opponent!\n\nthird, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Soratami Mirror-Mage"}},{"insert":", when added to this combo (with 3 lands that come in untapped), will let you completely clear the battlefield of every other creature. \n\nfourth, you can use "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Roil Elemental"}},{"insert":" to take control of every creature instead of bouncing them back to their hands\n\nfifth, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ob Nixilis, the Fallen"}},{"insert":" will make an opponent lose 3 life for every landfall, while buffing himself for a finishing attack. \n\nsixth, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ruin Crab"}},{"insert":" will mill all of your opponents out\n\nand, just in case you need those untapped lands - "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Tiller Engine"}},{"insert":" , another modal \"dilemma\" card, will let you make the choice to untap them, while drawing yourself yet another card.\n\nBut that's just one of the many tricks the deck has to offer!!\n\nYou can play "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Archetype of Imagination"}},{"insert":" in conjunction with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Stormtide Leviathan"}},{"insert":" so none of your opponents creatures can attack anyone!\n\nYou can turn all of your creatures into dragons with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Maskwood Nexus"}},{"insert":" and then trick everyone with a non-dragon board wipe at the hands of "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Crux of Fate"}},{"insert":" \n\nand that's ignoring all of the fun tricks and treats you get from the other 35+ modal \"dilemma\" cards in the deck, that you can tailor to any setting, and that can give out tricks and treats all night.\n\n-- \n\ni have monument to endurance in the sideboard, but not enough discard to warrant it. but if you wanna change the deck up to add some discard, that is a MUST add\n\ni also have molecule man in the sideboard because what's more of a treat than a free spell every turn (if you can keep it!)\n\nONE NOTE: i have a BUNCH of extra nodal \"dilemma\" cards in the maybeboard. I plan on taking some more time to think and will assuredly shift some of those cards in and out to maximize the amount of choices we get to make with the deck, and treats and tricks we get to pull off\n\n"}]}