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Ms. Bumbleflower
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G U W
- Bant
Created by  CharSnake
Bracket
4.5 - 5.0
Bracket 3
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ANALYSIS

Overview:

Ms. Bumbleflower pilots a Bant (GWU) midrange deck focused on spell-slinging synergies and +1/+1 counter manipulation. The strategy revolves around casting multiple spells per turn to trigger Bumbleflower’s card draw and creature buffs, leveraging counter synergies and political effects to out-value opponents. Win conditions include overwhelming with evasive creatures, stax-like locks via proliferate effects (e.g., Dreamtide Whale), and incidental combat damage from buffed threats.

Primer:

Core Strategy:
This deck aims to cast 2+ spells per turn to activate Ms. Bumbleflower’s second-trigger card draw while distributing flying and +1/+1 counters. Key phases:

  1. Early Game: Ramp with Sol Ring, Nature’s Lore, and Sakura-Tribe Elder to reach Bumbleflower’s 4 CMC by turn 3–4.
  2. Midgame: Cast low-cost instants (e.g., Opt, Consider) to trigger Bumbleflower, building a board with evasive threats like Faerie Mastermind and Fathom Mage. Use proliferate effects (Dreamtide Whale) to amplify counters.
  3. Endgame: Leverage Seedborn Muse and Wilderness Reclamation for instant-speed spell chains, drawing into finishers like Selfless Squire or overwhelming with Kami of Whispered Hopes-fueled mana.

Mulligan Priorities:

  • Keep hands with 3 lands and 1–2 ramp sources.
  • Prioritize interaction (e.g., Swords to Plowshares, Arcane Denial) in removal-heavy metas.
  • Avoid hands without early ramp or counter synergy enablers (e.g., Generous Patron).

Key Tips:

  • Use Kros, Defense Contractor to goad opponents’ creatures with shield counters.
  • Time Smothering Tithe and Smuggler’s Share to exploit opponents’ draw-heavy turns.
  • Narset’s Reversal and Reins of Power can pivot games politically.

Avoid Traps:

  • Overcommitting to the board without counter-protection.
  • Letting opponents abuse your forced card draw.

Weaknesses:

Critical:

  • No infinite combos or deterministic win conditions.
  • Relies on commander for engine; 3+ removals cripples the deck.

Moderate:

  • Weak to Rule of Law effects (limits spell-slinging).
  • Limited graveyard recursion for key pieces.

Minor:

  • Mana base has tapped lands (slower starts).

Most Important Cards:

  • Seedborn Muse
  • Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • Smothering Tithe
  • Selfless Squire
  • Fathom Mage
  • Generous Patron
  • Wilderness Reclamation
  • Arcane Denial
  • Narset’s Reversal
  • Swords to Plowshares

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 5/10

  • Goldfish wins around T8–10 via combat. No fast mana or combo acceleration.

Resilience: 6/10

  • Moderate protection (counterspells, Obscuring Haze), but commander dependency lowers recovery.

Consistency: 6/10

  • Strong draw engines (Bumbleflower, Smuggler’s Share) compensate for lack of non-land tutors.

Interaction: 7/10

  • 15+ instant-speed answers (A/B-tier), including Beast Within, Generous Gift, and free spells (Obscuring Haze).

Rating Justification:

This deck sits between Focused Casual (4.5) and Optimized Casual (5.0). It has clear synergies and efficient interaction but lacks the speed (T8–10 wins) and redundancy of higher-tier decks. While it out-values precons and casual tables, it folds to fast combo metas.

Power level: 4.5–5.0

DECK LIST
Ms. Bumbleflower
Creature: 19
($45.04)
1
Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft
1 U U
1
Crystalline Crawler
4
1
Dreamtide Whale
2 U
1
Faerie Mastermind
1 U
1
Fathom Mage
2 G U
1
Freestrider Lookout
2 G
1
Generous Patron
2 G
1
Hardbristle Bandit
1 G
1
Incubation Druid
1 G
1
Kami of Whispered Hopes
2 G
1
Kros, Defense Contractor
1 G W U
1
Nils, Discipline Enforcer
2 W
1
Portal Manipulator
2 W/U W/U
1
Sakura-Tribe Elder
1 G
1
Seedborn Muse
3 G G
1
Selfless Squire
3 W
1
Shrieking Drake
U
1
Whitemane Lion
1 W
1
Willbreaker
3 U U
Artifact: 3
($10.11)
1
Arcane Signet
2
1
Misleading Signpost
2 U
1
Sol Ring
1
Enchantment: 5
($34.26)
1
Duelist's Heritage
2 W
1
On the Trail
1 G
1
Smothering Tithe
3 W
1
Smuggler's Share
2 W
1
Wilderness Reclamation
3 G
Instant: 27
($38.1)
1
An Offer You Can't Refuse
U
1
Arcane Denial
1 U
1
Beast Within
2 G
1
Brainstorm
U
1
Comeuppance
3 W
1
Consider
U
1
Frantic Search
2 U
1
Galadriel's Dismissal
W
1
Generous Gift
2 W
1
Growth Spiral
G U
1
Long River's Pull
U U
1
Narset's Reversal
U U
1
Noxious Revival
G/P
1
Obscuring Haze
2 G
1
Opt
U
1
Parting Gust
W W
1
Path to Exile
W
1
Planar Genesis
G U
1
Pongify
U
1
Rapid Hybridization
U
1
Reality Shift
1 U
1
Reins of Power
2 U U
1
Resculpt
1 U
1
Split Decision
1 U
1
Storm Seeker
3 G
1
Stroke of Midnight
2 W
1
Swords to Plowshares
W
Sorcery: 8
($14.29)
1
Council's Judgment
1 W W
1
Farseek
1 G
1
Gitaxian Probe
U/P
1
Into the North
1 G
1
Nature's Lore
1 G
1
Promise of Loyalty
4 W
1
Rampant Growth
1 G
1
Three Visits
1 G
Land: 34
($10.63)
1
Adarkar Wastes
1
Arctic Treeline
1
Brushland
1
Canopy Vista
1
Command Tower
1
Exotic Orchard
1
Flooded Grove
3
Forest
1
Glacial Floodplain
1
Hinterland Harbor
3
Island
1
Overflowing Basin
3
Plains
1
Prairie Stream
1
Radiant Grove
1
Razorverge Thicket
1
Rimewood Falls
1
Scattered Groves
1
Seachrome Coast
1
Seaside Citadel
1
Skycloud Expanse
1
Snow-Covered Forest
1
Snow-Covered Island
1
Snow-Covered Plains
1
Sungrass Prairie
1
Sunpetal Grove
1
Tangled Islet
1
Yavimaya Coast
Other: 3
($)
1
Hydroelectric Specimen
1
Sink into Stupor
1
Witch Enchanter

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