Overview:

This Esika/Prismatic Bridge deck leverages a planeswalker-heavy strategy to cheat game-ending threats into play via the commander's triggered ability. The deck combines fast mana, proliferate synergies, and planeswalker ultimates to dominate games, supported by free interaction and high tutor density. While fragile to commander removal, its ability to chain high-impact permanents gives it explosive potential.

Primer:

Core Strategy:
The deck aims to resolve The Prismatic Bridge by turns 3-4 using fast mana (Mana Crypt, Chrome Mox) and land tutors. Once active, it cascades into planeswalkers like Ugin, the Spirit Dragon and Teferi, Hero of Dominaria, accelerated by Doubling Season/Deepglow Skate to immediately activate ultimates. Secondary lines use The Chain Veil + Teferi, Temporal Archmage for infinite activations or Ichormoon Gauntlet to proliferate walkers to victory.

Mulligan Priorities:

• Keep hands with 2-3 lands and 1-2 ramp pieces (e.g., Sol Ring, Three Visits).
• Prioritize Bridge-enablers over planeswalkers.
• Avoid hands lacking colored mana for early interaction like Force of Will.

Key Tips:

• Protect Bridge with free counterspells (Fierce Guardianship, Deflecting Swat).
• Sequence planeswalkers to overlap protection (e.g., Teferi, Time Raveler before dropping Bridge).
• Use Demonic Tutor for Doubling Season if unopposed.

Avoid Traps:

• Don't overcommit planeswalkers before establishing protection.
• Save Toxic Deluge for opposing creature-based combo decks.

Weaknesses:

Critical:

• Relies on Bridge resolving and surviving (no alternative cheat engines).
• Weak to Drannith Magistrate/Opposition Agent locking commander access.

Moderate:

• Slow recovery from Farewell-style board wipes.
• Limited creature-based defense against aggro.

Minor:

• Mana base is resilient to Blood Moon due to basics/fetch flexibility.

Most Important Cards:

• Doubling Season
• Deepglow Skate
• The Chain Veil
• Demonic Tutor
• Force of Will
• Teferi, Temporal Archmage
• Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
• Cyclonic Rift
• Ichormoon Gauntlet
• Vampiric Tutor

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 8/10

• Turn 3 Bridge into Turn 4 Ugin/Doubling Season ultimates. Free mana enables T2 Bridge with perfect draws.

Resilience: 7/10

• 8 free protection spells and 5 tutors for answers, but folds to repeated Bridge removal.

Consistency: 9/10

• 12 tutors + Sylvan Library/Rhystic Study ensure Bridge/engine access.

Interaction: 8/10

• S-tier counterspells (Force of Negation) and A-tier removal (Assassin's Trophy).

Rating Justification:

This deck sits between 7.5 (Highly Optimized) and 8.0 (High Power):

• Faster than T4-5 "Optimized" decks but lacks T2-3 cEDH wincons.
• Matches 7.5's "T4-5 win/lock" benchmark via Bridge chains, but requires 1-2 setup turns.
• Falls short of 8.5+ due to commander dependency and slower stax locks.

Power level: 7.5 - 8.0