Overview:

This Jodah, the Unifier deck focuses on leveraging legendary permanents to create overwhelming board states through anthem effects and cascading value. The primary strategy involves casting high-impact legendary creatures and planeswalkers, amplified by Jodah's +X/+X buff and cascade-like ability. Key threats include The Scarab God, Omnath, Locus of Rage, and Maelstrom Nexus, supported by mana acceleration like Mana Reflection and Exploration. While lacking infinite combos, the deck can generate explosive turns through legendary chain-casting and token armies from cards like God-Eternal Oketra.

Primer:

Core Strategy:
Deploy Jodah by turn 5 using 5C mana fixing (Mana Confluence, tri-lands) to enable legendary snowballing. Key phases:

1. Setup (Turns 1-4): Ramp with Cultivate/Sol Ring, establish protection (Propaganda), and drop value engines like Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge.
2. Jodah Online (Turn 5+): Cast Jodah with protection (Rewind), then chain legendary spells to trigger cascade effects. Prioritize legends with immediate board impact (The Locust God for card draw tokens, Kodama of the East Tree for land drops).
3. Endgame: Overwhelm with anthem-boosted creatures (Day of Destiny + Heroes' Podium), or recur threats via Primevals' Glorious Rebirth.

Mulligan Priorities:

• Keep hands with 3+ lands including at least two colors
• Require either ramp (Arcane Signet) or early protection (Darksteel Mutation)
• Favor hands containing 1-2 legendary creatures for Jodah triggers

Key Tips:

• Sequence legends by mana value to maximize cascade hits (e.g., cast 3MV Chevill before 5MV Zagras)
• Use Bolas's Citadel with Jodah triggers to chain spells from library top
• Protect Jodah with Shalai, Voice of Plenty hexproof and Sublime Epiphany

Avoid Traps:

• Don't overextend into board wipes before establishing recursion (The Scarab God)
• Prioritize fixing over color-intensive spells early (e.g., delay Urza's Ruinous Blast until stable)

Weaknesses:

Critical:

• Relies heavily on Jodah staying alive (no command zone recursion beyond recast)
• Limited graveyard hate makes Primevals' Glorious Rebirth vulnerable

Moderate:

• Slow recovery from board wipes (only 3 mass recursion effects)
• Weak to Drannith Magistrate/Yasharn effects disabling cascade

Minor:

• Tapped lands slow early development (9 enters-tapped lands)

Most Important Cards:

• The Great Henge
• Mana Reflection
• Maelstrom Nexus
• Kenrith, the Returned King
• Primevals' Glorious Rebirth
• Bolas's Citadel
• Austere Command
• The Scarab God
• God-Eternal Oketra
• Kodama of the East Tree

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 5/10

• Goldfish win around T8-9 via combat. Fast mana limited to Sol Ring/Arcane Signet. High MV legends require setup turns.

Resilience: 4/10

• Dies to 2x Jodah removals. Limited free protection (only Sublime Epiphany as countermagic). Recursion exists but is mana-intensive.

Consistency: 6/10

• 8 legendary tutors/selection (Heroes' Podium, Djeru and Hazoret), but lacks efficient spell tutors. Cascade effects provide pseudo-card advantage.

Interaction: 5/10

• 6 targeted removals (Merciless Eviction, Spear of Heliod), 3 counterspells. Heavy on sorcery-speed answers.

Rating Justification:

Matches "Optimized Casual/Strong Precon" (5.0):

• Wins via combat/value around T8-10
• Has multiple angles (go-wide tokens, recursion, anthem beats)
• Lacks fast combo kills or free interaction
• Slightly above average precon due to synergistic legendary density

Power level: 5.0 - 5.5