{"ops":[{"insert":"This is a Golgari, graveyard-oriented deck lead by "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Erinis, Gloom Stalker"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Haunted One"}},{"insert":", intended to play at bracket 3. The deck wins through combat damage and attrition, ideally forming a midrange gameplan with a dense interaction package to stop opposing plans and grind to the late game. \n\nThe idea is to use Haunted One to create a Golgari 'Blink' deck: rathering than using traditional 'exile, then return' effects, this deck rebuys ETB effects by giving a creature Undying from the command zone and making sure that it dies, most commonly with a sacrifice effect. Then, its Undying lets it return to the battlefield once more with a +1/+1 counter. While almost no creature in the deck shares a creature type with Erinis (and therefore doesn't benefit from Haunted One by itself), the deck runs some equipments, as well as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Arachnoform"}},{"insert":", that can effectively grand Erinis changeling. It finds these with tutors, or by milling extensively and getting it back from the graveyard (for instance, with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary"}},{"insert":"). This together establishes a board state that repeats ETB effects for value and interaction. \n\nI choose Erinis as the commander to pair with Haunted One, since she taps for her attack trigger to trigger Haunted One, and is a realiable and consistent form of ramp from the command zone. I used the ramp from the command zone to exclude ramp in the 98, leaving more room for interaction in particular and creating a consistent gameplan that isn't impacted by whether you draw accelleration in the opening hand. Furthermore, Erinis (hopefully) doesn't attract too much hate by herself. A more explosive commander likely would not work as well, since it would attract premature removal before the Haunted One + Changeling equipement based Blink engine can fully come online. Finally, the ramp that Erinis provides can help to hardcast expensive creatures that would otherwise be stuck in hand. \n\nI combined this ETB-based strategy with a general self-mill/recursion plan. This is because recursion is also a form to rebuy ETBs: this deck happily sacrifices a creature to then use "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Reanimate"}},{"insert":" on it and get its ETB back. Furthermore, if a creature enters from the graveyard through Undying, Undying won't bring it back if the creature dies after Erinis has tapped at a later point in time. This is because the creature enters with a +1/+1 counter, and Undying doesn't bring creatures that had a counter on them back when they die. Hence, being able to bring a creature back from the graveyard through other means is a good way to effectively remove a +1/+1 counter and enable another round of Undying. Finally, there is a good number of creatures that have useful ETBs for a self-mill/recursion strategy, such as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Stitcher's Supplier"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Lluwen, Imperfect Naturalist"}},{"insert":". \n\nAs a backup option, the deck has a plan to cheat "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Marit Lage"}},{"insert":" into play with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Thespian's Stage"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Shifting Woodland"}},{"insert":". I included this to be able to apply extra pressure, and because most of these fit nicely into the landbase. Erinis's land recursion ability also synergises neatly with this strategy. \n\nA general mulligan strategy for this deck is as follows: preferably, you'd want 3 lands to cast Erinis on turn 3, and something useful to do on turn 1 or turn 2. The most useful thing to do, in my opinion, is to ensure that a land hits the yard. So, for instance, I woudl be happy to see "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Glowspore Shaman"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Liliana the Repentant"}},{"insert":". A fetchland also works. If you can't find 3 lands, then 2 lands with a way to get a third land on turn 3, such as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Night's Whisper"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Satyr Wayfinder"}},{"insert":", is also acceptable. However, since you'd absolutely want to cast Erinis on turn 3, I would not gable on a 2-land hand with no way to dig for a third land. I'd also keep a 3-land hand that has nothing to do on turns 1-2 if it contains cards that continously generate value later, such as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Six"}},{"insert":", and if I can reasonably expect that a land will be in the graveyard by turn 4. Something like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Fabled Passage"}},{"insert":" will do just fine. \n\nA final note: I've found that running 40 lands (not including "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dark Depths"}},{"insert":") in combination with Erinis suffices to hit landdrops almost every turn and play an extra land from the graveyard from turn 4 onward (assuming you can keep Erinis around). Adding more ramp isn't necessary in my opinion: I found that ramping into Erinis is contraproductive, since it's quite difficult to guarantee that a land is in the graveyard on turn 3 if you played ramp on turn 1 and Erinis on turn 2. The deck also doesn't need more mana in general, assuming that Erinis sticks around from turn 4 onwards. Hence why this Golgari deck doesn't run any traditional ramp. \n\n"}]}