| Player / Cards | Deck Plan |
|---|---|
| @nickchk.com Mishra's Workshop / Ensnaring Bridge / Scalding Tongs |
T1 Workshop into Bridge (0 cards in hand after casting Tongs T2 = nothing can attack). Scalding Tongs pings for 1 each upkeep for a 20-turn clock. Vulnerable to artifact destruction (Force of Vigor is free, Abrade), and decks that win without attacking (burn, alt-win, infect via Inkmoth activation). |
| @achilleslaststand.bsky.social Chancellor of the Tangle / Crashing Footfalls / Force of Vigor |
Reveal Chancellor for {G}, suspend Crashing Footfalls T1. Four turns later get two 4/4 trample Rhinos. Force of Vigor is free artifact/enchantment removal (exile Chancellor as the green card). Vulnerable to fast aggro that kills before T5, counterspells on Footfalls, and decks with blockers that survive 4/4 trample. |
| @elyv.bsky.social Mishra's Workshop / Trinisphere / Crystalline Giant |
T1 Workshop into Trinisphere (all spells cost at least 3). T2 Workshop into Crystalline Giant (3/3 that gains a random keyword counter each combat — worst-outcome means weakest counter each time). Trinisphere locks out cheap spells while Giant beats down. Vulnerable to Force of Vigor (free, destroys both artifacts), and decks that already operate at 3+ mana. |
| @brythefryguy.bsky.social City of Traitors / Disruptor Flute / Retrofitter Foundry |
City of Traitors gives 2 mana T1 for Retrofitter Foundry (1) with 1 spare, or Disruptor Flute (2) naming opponent's key card. Foundry is a token factory: 2 mana makes Servo, upgrade path to 4/4 Constructs over several turns. Disruptor Flute (flash) names a key card to tax by {3} and shut off activated abilities. Very slow clock — vulnerable to artifact destruction and anything that races it. |
| @ryanstephens.bsky.social Snow-Covered Island / Daze / Slither Blade |
T1 Island into Slither Blade (1/2 unblockable). Daze provides free countermagic by bouncing Island. 20-turn clock with soft counterspell backup — extremely slow but hard to interact with. Vulnerable to sacrifice effects, burn that goes to face, and anything that races faster than 1 damage/turn. |
| @proptermalone.bsky.social Wasteland / Sand Silos / Jace, Wielder of Mysteries |
Sand Silos accumulates storage counters while tapped (1 per upkeep). After 4 counters (~T5), tap for {U}{U}{U}{U} to cast Jace, Wielder of Mysteries. Jace's +1 draws a card from empty library → static ability wins the game immediately. Wasteland destroys opponent's nonbasic land to buy time. Vulnerable to land destruction on Sand Silos, counterspells, planeswalker removal, and any clock faster than 5 turns. |
| @jslandau.cc Aboleth Spawn / Crystal Vein / Mox Sapphire |
T1 Crystal Vein (sac for {C}{C}) + Mox Sapphire ({U}) = 3 mana into Aboleth Spawn (2/3 flash, ward {2}). Probing Telepathy copies opponent's creature ETB triggers. 10-turn clock with ward protection. Vulnerable to bigger creatures, non-targeted removal, and decks that don't rely on creature ETBs. |
| @materialsdan.bsky.social Mishra's Workshop / Mishra's Workshop / Wurmcoil Engine |
Two Workshops = 6 mana T1 → Wurmcoil Engine (6/6 deathtouch lifelink, leaves two 3/3 tokens on death). T1 6/6 is a 4-turn clock with massive lifegain. The fastest fair creature clock in the field. Vulnerable to exile effects, Ensnaring Bridge (can't attack), sacrifice effects, and alt-win conditions that ignore the board. |
| @tvanl.bsky.social Peat Bog / Deep-Cavern Bat / March from the Black Gate |
Peat Bog (enters tapped, {B}{B} twice). T2 Deep-Cavern Bat (1/1 flying lifelink, exiles a card from opponent's hand). T3 March from the Black Gate (amass Orcs 1, grows Army on attack). Hand disruption + evasive threats. Very slow — vulnerable to fast aggro, artifact-heavy decks (Bat can't exile artifacts effectively), and decks that deploy before T2. |
| @rnasir.bsky.social City of Traitors / Chalice of the Void / Phyrexian Revoker |
City of Traitors into Chalice of the Void on X=0 or X=1 (counters free spells or 1-mana spells). T2 Phyrexian Revoker (2/1, shuts off a named card's activated abilities). Flexible prison — Chalice on 0 stops Moxen/LED/Memnite, on 1 stops Bolt/Slither Blade/Ocelot Pride. Vulnerable to Force of Vigor (free, bypasses Chalice), and threats that cost 2+ mana with no activated abilities. |
| @egirlstravinsky.bsky.social Inkmoth Nexus / Mox Ruby / Abrade |
Inkmoth Nexus animates for {1} into 1/1 flying infect, Mox Ruby pays the activation cost. 10-turn poison clock with evasion. Abrade ({1}{R}) removes blockers or artifacts. Vulnerable to Wasteland/land destruction on Inkmoth (game over), artifact removal on Mox, and faster clocks that race 1 poison/turn. |
| @maxmilstein.bsky.social Allosaurus Shepherd / Vine Dryad / Chancellor of the Tangle |
Reveal Chancellor for {G} → cast Allosaurus Shepherd ({G}, 1/1, can't be countered, makes green spells uncounterable). Exile Chancellor to cast Vine Dryad for free (flash, 1/3). T1: two creatures (2 damage/turn) with counter-proof. Shepherd's {4}{G}{G} pump is too expensive without more mana. Vulnerable to removal, bigger creatures, and clocks faster than 10 turns. |
| @azax.bsky.social City of Traitors / Mox Pearl / White Plume Adventurer |
City of Traitors ({C}{C}) + Mox Pearl ({W}) = T1 White Plume Adventurer (3/3, take the initiative → start Undercity dungeon). 3/3 on T1 is a ~7-turn clock with dungeon value (card draw, removal, treasure). Untap trigger pressures opponents. Vulnerable to removal, bigger first-strikers, and decks that steal the initiative. |
| @tomscud.bsky.social Force of Will / Memnite / Bubbling Beebles |
Memnite (free 1/1) backed by Force of Will (exile Bubbling Beebles to counter one spell for free). 20-turn clock with one-shot countermagic. Beebles is uncastable filler (5 mana, 3/3 conditionally unblockable). Vulnerable to decks with multiple threats (FoW only stops one), decks that don't need to cast spells, and anything that races a 1/1. |
| @mutantmell.net Mishra's Workshop / Leyline of the Guildpact / Scion of Draco |
Leyline of the Guildpact starts on battlefield (opening hand), making Workshop all basic land types. Scion of Draco costs {12} minus {2} per basic land type = {2}, payable with Workshop's artifact-only mana (Scion is an artifact creature). T1: 4/4 flying with vigilance, hexproof, lifelink, first strike, and trample from Leyline's all-colors grant. 5-turn clock with massive keyword soup. Vulnerable to Force of Vigor (destroys Leyline → Scion loses keywords and can't be recast), sacrifice effects (bypass hexproof), and Burning Inquiry (doesn't care about board state). |
| @jechtmurray.bsky.social Mountain / Lightning Bolt / Greater Gargadon |
T1 Mountain → Lightning Bolt face (3 damage). T2 suspend Greater Gargadon ({R}), sac Mountain to remove 1 time counter. Gargadon arrives ~T11 as a 9/7. Extremely slow — 3 immediate damage then nothing until Gargadon. Vulnerable to almost everything that has a clock faster than 11 turns. |
| @meatballwalrus.bsky.social Lion's Eye Diamond / Shadowgrange Archfiend / Memnite |
T1 Memnite (free 1/1), then crack LED discarding Shadowgrange Archfiend (triggers Madness — cast for {2}{B}, pay 8 life). Archfiend ETB forces opponent to sacrifice their biggest creature. T1 board: 8/4 + 1/1, 3-turn kill at 12 life. Vulnerable to Force of Will (counters Archfiend or LED), instant-speed sacrifice effects, and decks with no creatures to sacrifice (Archfiend ETB whiffs). |
| @nicholaslynn.bsky.social Mountain / Burning Inquiry / Blazing Rootwalla |
T1 Mountain → Burning Inquiry ({R}): both players draw 3 (nothing from empty library) then discard 3 at random. Opponent loses their entire hand. Blazing Rootwalla discarded via Madness for free (1/1, pumps to 3/1 for {R}). Total hand destruction + a beater. Worst-outcome convention: opponent's discard is random, so if they have 3 cards they lose all 3 regardless. Vulnerable to Leylines (already on battlefield), free spells cast before Inquiry resolves, and Force of Will countering Inquiry. |
| @skis-n-reads.bsky.social Lion's Eye Diamond / Leyline of Anticipation / Shadowgrange Archfiend |
Leyline of Anticipation starts on battlefield (gives all spells flash). Crack LED discarding Shadowgrange Archfiend → Madness {2}{B} + pay 8 life for T1 8/4. Archfiend ETB forces opponent to sac their biggest creature. Same LED+Archfiend combo as meatballwalrus but with Leyline (flash for future casts) instead of Memnite (free body). Slightly weaker — no extra creature, Leyline is mostly flavor text here. |
| @bannedhat.bsky.social Ocelot Pride / Alpine Moon / Inspiring Vantage |
T1 Inspiring Vantage (untapped) → Ocelot Pride ({W}, 1/1 first strike lifelink). T2 attack for 1, gain life → end step creates 1/1 Cat token. Alpine Moon ({R}) shuts down opponent's key nonbasic land. Ocelot Pride snowballs — each attack gains life, each end step makes a token, growing the army exponentially. Vulnerable to bigger first-strikers that block profitably, mass removal, and decks that don't rely on nonbasic lands for Alpine Moon to matter. |