{"ops":[{"insert":"Doomsday deck in UBR for Kess, Dissident Mage.\nFind and resolve Doomsday!\n\nThe pile is as follows: Gush + Frantic Search + Thassa's Oracle + Pact of Negation + Force of Will\n\nOR Gush + Frantic Search + Laboratory Maniac + Pact of Negation + Gitaxian Probe \n\nYou need: \nTwo Islands (can be nonbasic like Watery Grave) and 7 mana total (BBBUUUX)"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Enough cards in hand that discarding to Frantic Search won't lose you your Thassa's Oracle"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"A way to draw the top card of the Doomsday pile. A cantrip like Serum Visions/Ponder/Brainstorm will work, or if you're feeling edgy you can pass the turn after resolving Doomsday. (This also reduces the amount of mana to (UUX) on the combo turn, but opens you up to sorcery speed interaction; specifically mill and discard)"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nHow to play the Doomsday pile:\nCast Doomsday for (BBB)."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Crack your pile with a 1 mana cantrip (U) (Gitaxian Probe here costs no mana!) or pass the turn to crack the pile. (Risky!) [1 card drawn]"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Cast Gush, picking up two Islands as its alternate casting cost. (If they're untapped, float the mana from them) [3 cards drawn]"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Cast Frantic Search for (UUX) drawing and discarding 2 and untapping UUX. [5 cards drawn. Your library is empty at this point]"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Cast Thassa's Oracle and win on its ETB. Ideally you will have Pact of Negation/ Force of Will / Swan Song backup."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nYou can substitute Thassa's Oracle for Laboratory Maniac in the pile, but it makes the win cost 1 more mana for Lab Man, and 2 more life for Gitaxian Probe, which you must also include in this pile now; and you lose out on Force of Will. This is a backup plan.\n\nThe combo can win as early as turn 3 with a Dark Ritual and Doomsday in the opener. \n\nThe least important category is the Counters/Removal category, which could be trimmed and changed to suit your meta. It's important to only counter things that will interfere with the Doomsday win ie. Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines // Narset, Parter of Veils // Opposition Agent. A lot of the time you can use Kess to mess with peoples' threat assessment as they'll tap out to deal with her. She's more of a backup plan to grind out value and potentially recover from having Doomsday countered.\n\nPlease note that the cards in Archidekt are not formatted to their correct sets, foilings or gradings. See my listing for the actual cards. This is just to break down the deck's gameplay and decklist.\n\n\n"}]}