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Who Loots, Bonds Will He Also.
Description of deck by its author
(quoted):
 Okay, let’s take a look at the combo in this
one.
1). Tap a Cephalid Broker on an opponent. They draw
two and discard two.
2). Two triggers will go on the stack for Telekinetic Bonds.
3). Tap the Lotus Vale and make 3 Blue mana. Use the first trigger to
untap the Vale.
4). Tap the Vale for 2 Blue mana. Use the second trigger to untap the
Broker
5). Tap the Broker, putting two more triggers on the stack.
6). Use the two floating mana from the Vale to untap the Vale.
7). Tap the Vale, make 3 Blue mana, repeat as needed.
Now, the beauty of this combo is that it decks players
and does not mill them. This prevents any Gaea’s Blessing Shenanigans.
You do not have to worry about the Blessings.
However, this combo is stopped by the subset of cards
like Legacy Weapon, Serra Avatar, and Darksteel Colossus that shuffle
back into the deck. This deck has several ways of handling that.
First, you’ll notice that the deck has a few cards
that can force your opponent to draw. If they have 2 Legacy Weapons in
their deck, then they’ll have two cards left in their library. Use Deep
Analysis or Stroke of Genius on them to force them to draw their cards
and then they will die.
Alternatively, you can use Cranial Extraction on them
to remove the offensive card from the game, giving you your combo win.
Clutch of the Undercity is included for three reasons.
First, it can be used to bounce and remove any permanent that might
prevent you from winning that turn. This could be anything from an Ivory
Mask or True Believer to a Wild Mongrel with Serra Avatars in the deck
(even if forced to draw the Avatar off a Deep Analysis, they can restock
immediately by discarding it to the Mongrel).
The Clutch is also useful for transmuting for two
cards of high value – Cephalid Broker and Cranial Extraction (it can get
Dee Analysis too). The Broker is the most fragile part of your combo, so
protect him well. If you are several turns before going off, feel free
to Clutch your own Broker and lose 3 life instead of losing it to a
removal spell.
In order to find your cards, you can Broker yourself,
cycle Sandbars, or play Deep Analysis and Stroke of Genius on yourself.
Please note that if you have out two Telekinetic
Bonds, then you can make mana with each tap of your Broker and a Lotus
Value out. With infinite mana, Stroke of Genius will flat out kill
someone that might otherwise take a lot of Cranial Extractions and such
to defeat.
The deck sports a solid suite of countermagic for
protecting your cards and keeping you alive. It also rocks Fog Bank in
order to persuade attackers to go elsewhere or to block them if they
come knocking your way.
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