{"ops":[{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The idea of this deck is to start with a precon, and after every game I lose the winner tells me a card that I have to add to my deck. Any card. "},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The original deck is the Lord of the Rings Hobbit precon, but will not look like that as time goes on. \n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"History of the deck:"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true,"bold":true},"insert":"August 20, 2024"},{"insert":": First game with this deck, I lost to a Price of Progress that was copied to blow us all out. The winner was a fan of the Theros gods, so they chose "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Athreos, Shroud-Veiled"}},{"insert":" . I took out "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Great Oak Guardian"}},{"insert":" , don't imagine I'd have a board where that is uber useful. We ran it back two more times in a different pod, where I won the second game. Afterwards, I lost to a Nadier's Nightblade from the Bloomburrow Squirrel precon. They chose "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Anointed Procession"}},{"insert":" , which was very nice of them. I swapped out "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Call for Unity"}},{"insert":" since that seemed pretty slow. \n\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true,"bold":true},"insert":"August 21, 2024"},{"insert":": I lost to Hydra tribal after using the restroom and being absent during a time where we needed my Swords to Plowshares to stop the win. Oh well! I have added "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Wedding Ring"}},{"insert":" , which isn't what we want but it is better than "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Eagles of the North"}},{"insert":". \n\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true,"bold":true},"insert":"August 31, 2024"},{"insert":": Okay, I've been winning a couple times with the deck, but I did lose to Dragonhawk popping off, which I love to see as a lover of mono-red. They told me to add "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate"}},{"insert":" , which gave me chance to remove "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Wedding Ring"}},{"insert":" . I didn't want to remove an upgrade so quickly, but Wedding Ring gives one of our opponents all the life that we gain from food, and we need to use that incremental life gain to create a difference in life totals so we can gradually close the game. \n\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true,"bold":true},"insert":"December 27, 2024"},{"insert":": After winning a few games with the deck and not playing with it for a few months, I decided to pull it out for a late-night pod. I conceded to an overloaded Cyclonic Rift alongside my opponents after a very, very long night. The winner chose for me to add "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Armageddon"}},{"insert":" , which scares me to think about. I used this opportunity to take out "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Feasting Hobbit"}},{"insert":" since I've never played it before. \n\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true,"bold":true},"insert":"April 17, 2025"},{"insert":": I just remembered this deck exists again, so I pulled it out while someone was trying to test the new Abzan precon from Dragons of Tarkir. After we were left as the last two standing, their lifelinking army was stronger than my army of hungry hobbits. They decided to be nice and let me add "},{"insert":{"card-link":"The Battle of Bywater"}},{"insert":", which I was astonished to learn is not in the original precon. I decided to take out "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Armageddon"}},{"insert":" , since it will put the deck back into Bracket 2 actually. \n\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true,"bold":true},"insert":"July 20, 2025"},{"insert":": A player finally won a game with a Terra Final Fantasy precon they had been tuning. A "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ghostly Prison"}},{"insert":" had been protecting them most of the game, so they decided to bestow that gift to me. This was very kind of them, especially since I could finally remove "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Woodfall Primus"}},{"insert":" . \n\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true,"bold":true},"insert":"November 15, 2025"},{"insert":": The pod lost to Jarad Golgari Lich Lord and Lord of Extinction, the classic combo that domes everyone at once. It was beautiful, as is the newest card: "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Siege Rhino"}},{"insert":" , which I have used to replace "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Banquet Guests"}},{"insert":" . I'm very excited to play a Siege Rhino and see how it performs.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true,"bold":true},"insert":"November 19, 2025"},{"insert":": We lost to a Prismatic Bridge deck that was just full of too many haymakers for anyone in the pod to deal with. The winner chose for me to run "},{"insert":{"card-link":"The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale"}},{"insert":" , which will be interesting to say the least. I used this opportunity to say goodbye to "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Orchard Strider"}},{"insert":" , since I have never found much use in it other than cycling it for mana. \n\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true,"bold":true},"insert":"Feb 16, 2026"},{"insert":": A very weird game for this deck. We technically could have kept playing with some board wipes in hand, but everyone other than me was very deflated from the actions of an Izzet player. They were constantly countering spells, drawing bursts of cards, and they ended up kingmaking the game into someone's favor right before passing to me. I could have board wiped, but everyone was so out of it that I just passed and said good game. This did make the winning player smile as I reminded them that they get to picka card I can add to the deck. They decided to hook me up with an "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Akroma's Will"}},{"insert":" , which is awesome because it lets me take out "},{"insert":{"card-link":"The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale"}},{"insert":" , which did win me a lot of games but in very time-consuming ways. Also, it takes the deck down to Bracket 2, and makes the deck affordable (if/when I decide to build it in paper). \n"}]}