Overview:

This Jhoira of the Ghitu deck focuses on suspending game-ending threats like Eldrazi titans, extra turn spells, and mass land destruction while manipulating time counters to accelerate their arrival. Jhoira serves as the critical enabler, allowing the deck to bypass mana costs for high-impact spells. The strategy leverages time counter manipulation (Clockspinning, Fury Charm, Jhoira's Timebug) and extra upkeep triggers (Paradox Haze, Sphinx of the Second Sun) to cheat suspended cards into play prematurely. Secondary win conditions include cloning suspended threats with Mizzix, Replica Rider and leveraging Omniscience/One with the Multiverse to cast spells freely.

Primer:

Core Strategy Execution:

1. Early Setup (Turns 1-4): Deploy mana rocks (Sol Ring, Arcane Signet), suspend low-cost value cards (Ancestral Vision, Wheel of Fate), and protect Jhoira with Lightning Greaves or Kira, Great Glass-Spinner.
2. Suspend Payloads (Turns 3-5): Use Jhoira to suspend high-impact spells like Decree of Annihilation, Time Stretch, Pathrazer of Ulamog, or Obliterate. Deploy counter manipulation tools to reduce suspend timers.
3. Acceleration Phase (Turns 4-6): Trigger extra upkeeps via Paradox Haze or Sphinx of the Second Sun to remove multiple time counters per turn cycle. Cast suspended spells 2-3 turns early.
4. Win Condition Execution:
   • Annihilator Overload: Swing with Ulamog's Crusher/Pathrazer of Ulamog after board wipes.
   • Extra Turn Chains: Loop Beacon of Tomorrows or Temporal Trespass with counter manipulation.
   • Mass Destruction Lock: Resolve Decree of Annihilation/Obliterate followed by suspended threats.

Mulligan Priorities:

• Keep hands with Jhoira + 2-3 mana sources.
• Prioritize early ramp (Sol Ring, Talisman of Creativity) or suspend enablers (Clockspinning, Jhoira's Timebug).
• Avoid hands without early interaction or suspend targets.

Key Tips:

• Use Scholar of the Lost Trove to recast suspended sorceries like Apocalypse from the graveyard.
• All of History, All at Once can simultaneously accelerate your suspended cards and delay opponents'.
• Protect critical suspended cards with Counterflux/Negate against exile effects.

Weaknesses:

Critical

• Vulnerable to counterspells targeting suspended cards (no way to recover exiled spells).
• Drannith Magistrate/Lavinia, Azorius Renegade completely shut down the strategy.
• Weak to fast aggro decks due to slow setup and limited early blockers.

Moderate

• Graveyard hate disrupts Scholar of the Lost Trove and Mizzix, Replica Rider.
• Torpor Orb nullifies Eldrazi's Annihilator triggers and Portal to Phyrexia.
• Struggles to recover from Jhoira being removed 2-3 times.

Minor

• Limited answers to enchantments like Rest in Peace.
• Suspend-heavy strategy falters against Teferei's Protection-style effects.

Most Important Cards:

• Jhoira of the Ghitu (Core enabler)
• Paradox Haze (Doubles suspend progress)
• Clockspinning (Time counter manipulation)
• Decree of Annihilation (Board reset + win condition)
• Omniscience (Freecast suspended spells)
• Sphinx of the Second Sun (Extra upkeep triggers)
• Mizzix, Replica Rider (Copy suspended spells)
• Counterflux (Protect key spells)
• Obliterate (Asymmetric reset)
• Time Stretch (Turn chain enabler)

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 6/10
Can threaten wins via Eldrazi/extra turns as early as T6-7 with optimal counter manipulation, but requires significant setup.

Resilience: 4/10
Heavily commander-dependent with minimal recursion for exiled cards. Limited protection beyond counterspells.

Consistency: 5/10
Relies on drawing Jhoira + suspend targets without reliable tutors. Card draw (Rhystic Study, Nezahal, Primal Tide) helps but isn't guaranteed.

Interaction: 5/10
Counterspells (Counterspell, Negate) and bounce (Flood of Tears) provide moderate disruption but lack versatility against resolved permanents.

Rating Justification:

This deck operates at a high-power casual level, capable of explosive T6-8 wins through suspended game-enders but struggles against fast interaction and commander-focused removal. Its reliance on Jhoira and vulnerability to stax place it below optimized tiers.

Power level: 5.0 - 5.5