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Court of Vantress
When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch.
At the beginning of your upkeep, choose up to one other target enchantment or artifact. If you're the monarch, you may create a token that's a copy of it. If you're not the monarch, you may have this enchantment become a copy of it, except it has this ability.
At the beginning of your upkeep, choose up to one other target enchantment or artifact. If you're the monarch, you may create a token that's a copy of it. If you're not the monarch, you may have this enchantment become a copy of it, except it has this ability.
Enchantment
Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
You may have Sakashima enter as a copy of another creature you control, except it has Sakashima's other abilities.
The "legend rule" doesn't apply to permanents you control.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)
The "legend rule" doesn't apply to permanents you control.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)
Legendary Creature - Human Rogue
Shaun, Father of Synths
Whenever you attack, you may create a tapped and attacking token that's a copy of target attacking legendary creature you control other than Shaun, except it's not legendary and it's a Synth artifact creature in addition to its other types.
When Shaun leaves the battlefield, exile all Synth tokens you control.
When Shaun leaves the battlefield, exile all Synth tokens you control.
Legendary Creature - Human Scientist
Spark Double
You may have this creature enter as a copy of a creature or planeswalker you control, except it enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it if it's a creature, it enters with an additional loyalty counter on it if it's a planeswalker, and it isn't legendary.
Creature - Illusion
Copy
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Counters
Counters
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Discard
Discard
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Draw
Struggle for Project Purity
As this enchantment enters, choose Brotherhood or Enclave.
• Brotherhood — At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent draws a card. You draw a card for each card drawn this way.
• Enclave — Whenever a player attacks you with one or more creatures, that player gets twice that many rad counters.
• Brotherhood — At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent draws a card. You draw a card for each card drawn this way.
• Enclave — Whenever a player attacks you with one or more creatures, that player gets twice that many rad counters.
Enchantment
Draw
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Evasion
Evasion
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Land
Gemstone Caverns
If this card is in your opening hand and you're not the starting player, you may begin the game with Gemstone Caverns on the battlefield with a luck counter on it. If you do, exile a card from your hand.
: Add . If Gemstone Caverns has a luck counter on it, instead add one mana of any color.
: Add . If Gemstone Caverns has a luck counter on it, instead add one mana of any color.
Legendary Land
Land
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Lifegain
Lifegain
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Protection
Ring of Xathrid
: Regenerate equipped creature. (The next time that creature would be destroyed this turn, instead tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on equipped creature if it's black.
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on equipped creature if it's black.
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Protection
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Ramp
Generous Plunderer
Menace
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may create a Treasure token. When you do, target opponent creates a tapped Treasure token.
Whenever this creature attacks, it deals damage to defending player equal to the number of artifacts they control.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may create a Treasure token. When you do, target opponent creates a tapped Treasure token.
Whenever this creature attacks, it deals damage to defending player equal to the number of artifacts they control.
Creature - Human Rogue
Mox Tantalite
Suspend 3— (Rather than cast this card from your hand, pay and exile it with three time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.)
: Add one mana of any color.
: Add one mana of any color.
Artifact
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
Whenever Ragavan deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token and exile the top card of that player's library. Until end of turn, you may cast that card.
Dash (You may cast this spell for its dash cost. If you do, it gains haste, and it's returned from the battlefield to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.)
Dash (You may cast this spell for its dash cost. If you do, it gains haste, and it's returned from the battlefield to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.)
Legendary Creature - Pirate Monkey
Ramp
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Removal
Removal
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Stax
Opposition Agent
Flash
You control your opponents while they're searching their libraries.
While an opponent is searching their library, they exile each card they find. You may play those cards for as long as they remain exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast them.
You control your opponents while they're searching their libraries.
While an opponent is searching their library, they exile each card they find. You may play those cards for as long as they remain exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast them.
Creature - Human Rogue
Stax
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Tokens
Tokens
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Tutor
Beseech the Mirror
Bargain (You may sacrifice an artifact, enchantment, or token as you cast this spell.)
Search your library for a card, exile it face down, then shuffle. If this spell was bargained, you may cast the exiled card without paying its mana cost if that spell's mana value is 4 or less. Put the exiled card into your hand if it wasn't cast this way.
Search your library for a card, exile it face down, then shuffle. If this spell was bargained, you may cast the exiled card without paying its mana cost if that spell's mana value is 4 or less. Put the exiled card into your hand if it wasn't cast this way.
Sorcery
Profane Tutor
Suspend 2— (Rather than cast this card from your hand, pay and exile it with two time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.)
Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.
Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Tutor
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Maybeboard
Court of Cunning
When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch.
At the beginning of your upkeep, any number of target players each mill two cards. If you're the monarch, each of those players mills ten cards instead. (To mill a card, a player puts the top card of their library into their graveyard.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, any number of target players each mill two cards. If you're the monarch, each of those players mills ten cards instead. (To mill a card, a player puts the top card of their library into their graveyard.)
Enchantment
Court of Locthwain
When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch.
At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of target opponent's library. You may play that card for as long as it remains exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast it. If you're the monarch, until end of turn, you may cast a spell from among cards exiled with this enchantment without paying its mana cost.
At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of target opponent's library. You may play that card for as long as it remains exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast it. If you're the monarch, until end of turn, you may cast a spell from among cards exiled with this enchantment without paying its mana cost.
Enchantment
Plargg and Nassari
At the beginning of your upkeep, each player exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card. An opponent chooses a nonland card exiled this way. You may cast up to two spells from among the other cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.
Legendary Creature - Orc Efreet
Sword of Wealth and Power
Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from instants and from sorceries.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token. When you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Equip
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token. When you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Maybeboard
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It can threaten wins starting on turn 5 and fairly consistently can win turn 6/7. \n\nHow Obeka Wins"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nPrimary Win Cons"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The primary win cons in this deck are Court of Ambition + Obeka or Court of Embereth + Obeka causing direct damage to the table after Obeka triggers multiple upkeeps. \n\nThere are some secondary win cons such as Court of Cunning + Bloodchief Ascension, using Obeka to trigger multiple upkeeps as the monarch (this assumes that Bloodchief has at least 3 quest counters on it). \n\nThe main strategy of the deck is to power Obeka out with some sort of protection in hand and have her survive until your next turn. On the next turn, play one of the courts, becoming the monarch, then swing with Obeka hitting somebody to trigger at least 2 upkeeps. With CoA this causes the table to discard 4 cards or take 12 damage. With CoE this causes you to create 2 knight tokens, dealing at least 5 damage to the table (2 during the first upkeep, 3 during the second). \n\nThe CoC + BA win con is arguably more immediate if all of the prerequisites are met (BA online with 3 quest counters). In that scenario you can play CoC, swing with Obeka, cause all players to mill 20 cards, dealing 40 total damage to each player from BA and netting yourself 120 life. However it can be difficult to turn on the BA engine without having it in your starting hand and it is not as efficient as CoA or CoE. \n\nAlternate Win Cons"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The last few win cons are also not quite as efficient. Revel in Riches + Generous Plunderer can net a win given enough upkeep triggers from Obeka. Mechanized Production + any artifact can also net wins with Obeka. Technically MP + Generous Plunderer could be a more efficient RiR win as you could enchant a treasure token to copy. \n\nUtility Cards"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Some of the utility cards are helpful to speed up the more efficient win cons. Court of Vantress can copy CoA and CoE when you’re the monarch causing exponential damage. For example, with both CoV and CoA on the battlefield, Obeka will hit for 2 damage causing 2 additional upkeeps. The first upkeep you would have CoV copy CoA. The original CoA would trigger causing 2 discards or 6 damage. Second upkeep, CoV would copy CoA again (3 total CoA now). The original CoA would trigger and the first copy of CoA would trigger causing 4 discards or 12 damage. This leads to the table discarding 6 total cards or taking 18 damage in one turn. Additionally, these triggers will happen during your normal upkeeps as well if they are not removed. If you are still the monarch this means by the next turn you will have 3 online copies of CoA which will likely deal 18 damage for a total of up to 36 damage (or discarding 12 cards) in one turn cycle. Realistically the table will not have enough cards in hand to continue discarding to avoid damage meaning you will be dealing a good amount of damage and causing the table to potentially discard any responses to your board state. \n\nNotably. CoV can be used in the Mechanized Production or Revel in Riches win cons as well since it can copy artifacts. \n\nAdditional copy spells such as Estrid’s Invocation can be used similarly to the above example.\n\nFinal Thoughts"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"This deck is very commander-centric. If Obeka is removed or cannot get combat damage through, it becomes difficult to win games. It can still be done since upkeep triggers are powerful (creating creatures, drawing cards, etc.) but it drastically slows the deck down. The best strategy is to try and stick Obeka early while others are building their board OR to have protection in hand while casting Obeka. There have been games where I’ve needed multiple pieces of protection just to have her stick around for a turn cycle. \n\nA good opening hand generally has a couple of lands, a piece of ramp, either one of our win cons OR a tutor to get to a win con, and some piece of protection for Obeka. It's important to mulligan if you don’t have at least some way to get to a win con (in hand, tutor, draw) as the deck does not have enough creatures generally to win by combat alone. \n"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Some quick notes:\nProtection for Obeka cannot be overstated. "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Obeka having menace usually means you have at least one open player you can hit to trigger upkeeps. However, making her unblockable is a nice way to guarantee it. "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Equipment that buffs Obeka can be good to trigger even more upkeeps, but generally it is better for it to include some sort of built-in protection or unblockable ability too. Again, the main thing we want is for Obeka to stick and trigger upkeeps. It doesn’t matter how big she is if she’s gone. "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nThis deck can be super fun to play and causes some really unexpected “I win” moments. However, expect to become a target after a game or two as she gets scary once people understand what she does. \n\nAlternate strategies/maybeboard"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Some other strategies include copying Obeka with cards like Sakashima of a Thousand Faces and Shaun Father of Synths. These can help make Obeka stickier and reduce the need for ongoing protection. \n\nThere are other “Court of*” cards which aren’t included, but could be useful in certain situations. They’re excluded here mainly since they are more target to single players instead of the table at large. \n\nOther cards which benefit from upkeeps are Honden (shrines) and certain equipment that can be used to buff Obeka. These are generally not included in favor of additional protection, but could be included and may work well for certain play styles or pods that don’t run as much removal. \n"}]}