Overview:

This 5-color superfriends deck leverages Esika, God of the Tree's Prismatic Bridge to cheat out planeswalkers and game-ending creatures. The strategy focuses on ramping into Bridge activation (T3-4 with fast mana), then overwhelming opponents with value engines like Teferi, Hero of Dominaria and Ugin, the Spirit Dragon, supported by counter doublers like Doubling Season. Multiple free interaction spells protect the game plan while planeswalker ultimates and massive threats like Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh serve as win conditions.

Primer:

Core Strategy: The deck operates in three phases:

1. Fast Bridge Activation: Use Mana Vault, Chrome Mox, and dorks like Birds of Paradise to cast Prismatic Bridge by T3-4. Hands without T1 accelerants should be mulliganed aggressively.
2. Value Engine Deployment: Let Bridge cheat out planeswalkers like Teferi, Temporal Archmage and Jace, the Mind Sculptor each upkeep. Use The Chain Veil + Teferi, Temporal Archmage for infinite activations or Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider for instant ultimates.
3. Lock/Finish: Stax pieces like Narset, Parter of Veils pair with Smothering Tithe for resource denial. Cyclonic Rift clears the way for planeswalker ultimates to dominate the game.

Key Tips:

• Prioritize protecting Bridge with free counterspells (Fierce Guardianship, Force of Will)
• Use Demonic Tutor/Imperial Seal to find Teferi's Protection when overextending
• Activate Urza's Saga early to fetch Mox Amber for color fixing
• Oath of Teferi enables double activations of planeswalkers like Teferi, Hero of Dominaria

Avoid Traps:

• Don't overcommit planeswalkers without protection
• Save Assassin's Trophy for critical stax pieces
• Don't tutor for wincons until Bridge is protected

Weaknesses:

Critical:

• Vulnerable to Drannith Magistrate/Nevermore naming Bridge
• No instant-speed answers to resolved The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Moderate:

• Relies on 3-card combos (Bridge + Doubling Season + Walker) without redundancy
• Limited recursion for destroyed planeswalkers

Minor:

• Blood Moon effects partially mitigated by basic land package
• Graveyard synergies minimal outside Liliana, Dreadhorde General

Most Important Cards:

• Doubling Season
• Deepglow Skate
• Smothering Tithe
• Demonic Tutor
• Vampiric Tutor
• Force of Will
• Fierce Guardianship
• The One Ring
• Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
• Imperial Seal

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 8/10

• Fast mana enables T3 Bridge, T4 Ugin/Teferi ultimates with Doubling Season
• 7x 0-2 CMC mana accelerants and 11x tutors enable consistent early deployment

Resilience: 7/10

• 8x free/low-cost interaction spells protect key pieces
• Teferi's Protection and Deflecting Swat answer board wipes
• Lacks graveyard recursion for planeswalkers

Consistency: 9/10

• 11x tutors (including Imperial Seal and Worldly Tutor)
• 5x card advantage engines (Rhystic Study, The One Ring)
• Mana base has all fetch/shock/rainbow lands

Interaction: 8/10

• 7x free/1-cost counterspells (S-Tier)
• 6x targeted removal (Swords to Plowshares, Assassin's Trophy)
• Cyclonic Rift and Farewell as reset buttons

Rating Justification:

This deck sits between Highly Optimized (7.5) and cEDH Viable (8.5). It outpaces most casual decks with T3-4 Bridge activations but lacks the compact 2-card combos of top cEDH decks. The robust interaction suite and tutor density exceed typical High Power (8.0) decks, but reliance on 3+ CMC value engines instead of instant-win combos keeps it below cEDH Tier 2. Comparable to optimized stax decks with T4 lock potential but slower than ThOracle/Consultation lines.

Power level: 8.0 - 8.5