Overview:

A spellslinger deck focused on copying instants and sorceries through Anhelo, the Painter's casualty ability and other copy effects, utilizing expendable creatures and value-generating spells to overwhelm opponents.

Primer:

The deck aims to establish a board presence with sacrificial creatures while setting up powerful spell-copying engines. Use early turns to develop mana and create creature tokens that can be sacrificed to casualty costs. Key strategy involves using Anhelo, the Painter to double up on powerful spells while generating value through card draw and removal. The deck can win through massive token generation, copying big spells like Clone Legion, or grinding out value with recursive elements like Kess, Dissident Mage. Look for opportunities to chain multiple copy effects together for explosive turns.

Weaknesses:

The deck is heavily reliant on having creatures available for casualty costs, making graveyard hate and mass exile effects particularly problematic. It can struggle against aggressive strategies due to using creatures as resources rather than blockers. The strategy requires significant setup time and can be disrupted by targeted removal of key pieces.

Top 10 Most Impactful Cards:

• Anhelo, the Painter
• Double Vision
• Kess, Dissident Mage
• Twinning Staff
• Clone Legion
• Army of the Damned
• Dig Through Time
• Mystic Confluence
• Fact or Fiction
• Puppeteer Clique

Attribute Ratings:

• Speed: 5/10
• Resilience: 6/10
• Consistency: 7/10
• Interaction: 7/10

Rating Justification:

This deck operates at a focused casual power level, with the ability to generate significant value through spell copying but requiring setup time to execute its strategy. While it includes powerful effects and good interaction, it lacks the fast mana and efficient tutors seen in higher-powered decks. The deck can compete with other 5.0-5.5 decks but would struggle against more optimized strategies that can win before it establishes its engine. The combination of interaction and value generation prevents it from falling to lower power levels.

Final power level rating: 5.0 - 5.5