{"ops":[{"insert":"This is a control deck with a combo lockout. Its Ideal line is T1 Discard, T2 Ramp, T3 Cast Gifts, T4 Reanimate Iona or Elesh Norn but is adept at playing the control role and forcing the game to go long. This deck runs a lot of ones and two ofs to facilitate "},{"attributes":{"color":"#04a1ec"},"insert":"Gifts Ungiven "},{"insert":"unique name requirement in case the “Unburial Package” won’t win the game and I need to use it for value or Wraths. The deck is quite resilient to grave hate even though it likes to reanimate as the ramp and removal allows you to get to the late game to hard cast your reanimation targets. \n\nYou can use this link to see this deck's recent showings and match-ups. "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://bit.ly/2XMPrlY"},"insert":"Click Here"},{"insert":"\nAnd the Primer on the Deck at : "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/modern/established-modern/combo/812890-4c-gifts"},"insert":"Click Here"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Proactive vs Reactive Control"},{"insert":"\nHistorically 4c gifts have relied on a discard suite to make it to the late game and some have tested counter magic to some success. Counter and Discard magic are proactive ways to control the board, I have decided to go with a reactive form of control, that is I aim to control the board via removal spells. Discard and Counters can handle a lot of threats but are poor for regaining control of board states and dealing with resolved or recursive threats. Discard also has the drawback of being a Turn 1 play which leads to a higher number of Fetch+ Shock so you start at 17 or less life. With discard you don’t necessarily stop your opponent from playing a threat on their turn, merely changes which threat. Removal allows your opponent to spend their turn playing a threat which you remove, or you wrath the board netting virtual card advantage.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Creature selection"},{"insert":"\nThe deck is very resilient to spot removal, all the creatures get value on entry or are tokens with the only exception being Iona, which locks out a color likely locking out that removal anyways. The small creatures that could die to push or bolt are creatures that would die on chump mode anyways. And my planeswalkers make 2/2 tokens to go along with my lingering souls spewing out 4 1/1s. The lack of good targets for bolts and push means those are poor draws. If you add any creatures you need to make sure they are resilient to removal or are hexproof to prevent turning on their otherwise dead removal. \n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Notable Card Selection:"},{"insert":"\n\n·        "},{"attributes":{"color":"#04a1ec"},"insert":"Sylvan Caryatid "},{"insert":"is the premier ramp piece for this deck. Its’ hexproof is invaluable guaranteeing we will have 4 mana on Turn 3, it blocks 2 power creatures all day. It allows us to unburial through a LOTV as the edict will just eat the Caryatid. It also enables our greedy mana base (we have double color requirements for everything but blue). It’s being 2 CMC means we don’t have to shock/fetch to play it on curve like discard and its ability to block the majority of the current metas’ creatures mean it saves us a lot of incidental damage. \n\n·        "},{"attributes":{"color":"#04a1ec"},"insert":"Champion of Wits "},{"insert":"Is a great way to redraw starting hands where part of the unburial package is in hand or smooth awkward draws. While "},{"attributes":{"color":"#04a1ec"},"insert":"Catalog "},{"insert":"is better for that purpose, Champions ability from the grave is why I run him. You can pitch to "},{"attributes":{"color":"#04a1ec"},"insert":"Collective Brutality"},{"insert":", or bin him from Search to Azcanta later he can be eternalized as a 4/4 that Draws us 4 cards and pitches 2 of our worst cards allowing us to take a dead turn to refill and sculpt our hand while putting out a 4/4. \n\n·        "},{"attributes":{"color":"#04a1ec"},"insert":"Stirring Wildwood "},{"insert":"is my man land as nearly every creature "},{"attributes":{"color":"#04a1ec"},"insert":"Sylvan Caryatid "},{"insert":"can’t block has flying so its reach helps with Spirits and phoenixes. It also survives a bolt unlike creeping tarpit, though "},{"attributes":{"color":"#04a1ec"},"insert":"Fatal Push "},{"insert":"can still be an issue. \n\n·        "},{"attributes":{"color":"#04a1ec"},"insert":"Liliana of the Veil "},{"insert":"While LOTV is a standard part of normal 4c Gifts I am not running her in my list. With my ramp package allowing me to jump to 4cmc on Turn3, LOTV would compete with wraths and gifts on that pivotal turn. Her edict is nice but in the current meta of hasty, recursive threats is underpowered and the same can be said on her discard as most tier decks have ways of using their graveyard as an extension of their hand. In addition to all of the above her double black requirement is a real tax on the mana base that would otherwise need double white and/or a blue for wraths and gifts on that turn or the following turn.\n\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Main Deck Piles:"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Unburial Combo"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#04a1ec"},"insert":"Unburial Rites "},{"insert":"+ Fatty ("},{"attributes":{"color":"#04a1ec"},"insert":"Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite "},{"insert":"| "},{"attributes":{"color":"#04a1ec"},"insert":"Iona, Shield of Emeria"},{"insert":")\nYou use rule: "},{"attributes":{"italic":true,"bold":true},"insert":"701.14b If a player is searching a hidden zone for cards with a stated quality, such as a card with a certain card type or color, that player isn’t required to find some or all of those cards even if they’re present in that zone."},{"insert":"\nThis allows you to force 2 cards into your grave at instant speed. So you can cast "},{"attributes":{"color":"#04a1ec"},"insert":"Gifts Ungiven "},{"insert":"at their end step, then on your turn you flashback "},{"attributes":{"color":"#04a1ec"},"insert":"Unburial Rites "},{"insert":"to reanimate the fatty you tutored for.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"3 of a Kind"},{"insert":"\n·        "},{"attributes":{"color":"black"},"insert":"Wraths "},{"attributes":{"color":"#04a1ec"},"insert":"(Day of Judgment "},{"insert":"+ "},{"attributes":{"color":"#04a1ec"},"insert":"Supreme Verdict "},{"insert":"+ "},{"attributes":{"color":"#04a1ec"},"insert":"Wrath of God "},{"insert":"+ Value Card"},{"attributes":{"color":"#04a1ec"},"insert":")"},{"insert":"\n·        "},{"attributes":{"color":"black"},"insert":"Spot Removal "},{"attributes":{"color":"#04a1ec"},"insert":"(Assassin’s Trophy + Maelstrom Pulse + Anguished Unmaking + "},{"attributes":{"color":"black"},"insert":"Value Card"},{"attributes":{"color":"#04a1ec"},"insert":")"},{"insert":"\n·        Self-"},{"attributes":{"color":"black"},"insert":"Discard "},{"attributes":{"color":"#04a1ec"},"insert":"(Champion of Wits + Collective Brutality + Snapcaster Mage + "},{"attributes":{"color":"black"},"insert":"Value Card"},{"attributes":{"color":"#04a1ec"},"insert":")"},{"insert":"\nYou will always be able to get any desired effect by grabbing 3 of its kind. This is most commonly seen with Wraths but can be used for spot removal or to ditch parts of the unburial package via Discard. \n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":" "},{"insert":"\n\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Sideboard Packages:"},{"insert":"\nThe sideboard is where we can tailor our packages to different matches.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Loam/Crime Package"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#04a1ec"},"insert":"Raven's Crime "},{"insert":"+ "},{"attributes":{"color":"#04a1ec"},"insert":"Life from the Loam "},{"insert":"+ "},{"attributes":{"color":"#04a1ec"},"insert":"Ghost Quarter "},{"insert":"+ Value Card\nThis lets you get any 2 lands (most commonly a Bojuka Bog or Ghost Quarter for this build) This allows you to force your opponent into top deck mode and punish them for greedy mana bases that don’t run many basics as you can strip-mine them every turn. You can also grab "},{"attributes":{"color":"#04a1ec"},"insert":"Bojuka Bog "},{"insert":"to arrange a grave lockout by playing "},{"attributes":{"color":"#04a1ec"},"insert":"Bojuka Bog "},{"insert":"every other turn as you can Ghost Quarter your own bog and use loam to get it back.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"High Value Target"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#04a1ec"},"insert":"Snapcaster Mage "},{"insert":"+ "},{"attributes":{"color":"#04a1ec"},"insert":"Noxious Revival "},{"insert":"+ Value Card + High Value Card\nThe singleton Noxious Revival in the sideboard means any one card can be accessed when paired with Snapcaster Mage. As they either give you the card outright or you make it your next draw by putting the card on top with a Noxious Revival or Snapcaster Mage+Noxious on your upkeep to draw the needed card. This allows you to access singleton hate cards brought in from the board with ease. \n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Troll Worship"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#04a1ec"},"insert":"Snapcaster Mage "},{"insert":"+ "},{"attributes":{"color":"#04a1ec"},"insert":"Noxious Revival "},{"insert":"+ "},{"attributes":{"color":"#04a1ec"},"insert":"Sylvan Caryatid "},{"insert":"or "},{"attributes":{"color":"#04a1ec"},"insert":"Thrun, the Last Troll "},{"insert":"+ "},{"attributes":{"color":"#04a1ec"},"insert":"Worship"},{"insert":"\nAssemble a Troll Worship lock from the board, while only giving your opponent at best 1 turn to try and prevent the lock. Until and unless our opponent can remove either our hexproof creature or our four-mana enchantment, we cannot lose the game to normal damage effects. This helps with aggressive/fast decks that are unlikely to bring in enchantment hate. \n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Crumble to Dust"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#04a1ec"},"insert":"Snapcaster Mage "},{"insert":"+ "},{"attributes":{"color":"#04a1ec"},"insert":"Noxious Revival "},{"insert":"+ "},{"attributes":{"color":"#04a1ec"},"insert":"Ghost Quarter "},{"insert":"| "},{"attributes":{"color":"#04a1ec"},"insert":"Field of Ruin "},{"insert":"+ "},{"attributes":{"color":"#04a1ec"},"insert":"Extirpate"},{"insert":"\nAllows you to destroy a nonbasic land and get rid of all copies of it not in play, just like "},{"attributes":{"color":"#04a1ec"},"insert":"Crumble to Dust"},{"insert":". Helpful for Valukut and Tron based decks where they rely on synergy with specific lands. \n\n\n"}]}