Overview:

This Esika/Prismatic Bridge deck leverages the commander's ability to cheat out planeswalkers and high-impact creatures, focusing on overwhelming value through proliferate synergies, planeswalker ultimates, and stax locks. The deck combines fast mana, free interaction, and tutor density to assemble game-winning combos or resource denial states.

Primer:

Core Strategy:
The deck aims to resolve The Prismatic Bridge by turn 3-4 using premium ramp (Mana Vault, Chrome Mox), then use its trigger to deploy game-ending threats like Ugin, the Spirit Dragon, Teferi, Hero of Dominaria, and Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God. Key lines include:

1. Infinite Planeswalker Activations: Teferi, Temporal Archmage + The Chain Veil with 4+ mana produces infinite loyalty/untaps.
2. Instant Ultimates: Doubling Season/Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider enables immediate planeswalker wins.
3. Stax Lock: Narset, Parter of Veils + Teferi, Time Raveler restricts opponents to 1 spell per turn.

Mulligan Priorities:

• Keep hands with 2+ mana accelerants (e.g., Sol Ring, Birds of Paradise).
• Prioritize Bridge enablers over reactive spells.
• Avoid hands without early ramp or color fixing.

Key Tips:

• Use free counterspells (Force of Will, Fierce Guardianship) to protect Bridge.
• Oath of Teferi doubles planeswalker value while dodging Bridge's exile trigger.
• Ichormoon Gauntlet turns all noncreature spells into proliferate triggers.

Avoid Traps:

• Don't overextend planeswalkers without protection.
• Prioritize Doubling Season only with planeswalker tutors in hand.

Weaknesses:

Critical:

• Relies heavily on resolving/keeping Prismatic Bridge (no alternate cheat engines).
• Limited creature-based interaction for resolved threats.

Moderate:

• Vulnerable to Stony Silence/Null Rod effects disabling artifact mana.
• Slow recovery from mass planeswalker removal.

Minor:

• Weak to Drannith Magistrate preventing Bridge triggers.

Most Important Cards:

• Doubling Season
• The Chain Veil
• Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
• Teferi, Temporal Archmage
• Mana Vault
• Demonic Tutor
• Vampiric Tutor
• Oath of Teferi
• Force of Will
• Ichormoon Gauntlet

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 8/10

• Turn 3 Bridge into Turn 4 Ugin/Teferi ultimates. Infinite combos achievable by Turn 5 with protection.

Resilience: 7/10

• 8 free/low-cost protection spells, but multiple Bridge removals cripple the strategy.

Consistency: 9/10

• 10+ tutors (including Imperial Seal, Enlightened Tutor) and 15+ ramp pieces.

Interaction: 8/10

• S-Tier counters/removal (Mana Drain, Deflecting Swat), but limited creature board wipes.

Rating Justification:

This deck operates at cEDH-adjacent speeds (T3-5 wins) with robust protection and tutor density but lacks the redundancy of true Tier 1 cEDH lists. It outpaces High-Power Casual (5.5) through combo consistency yet falls short of cEDH Tier 1's (9.5) near-unbreakable lines. The presence of deterministic wins through infinite planeswalker activations and stax locks justifies placement between Highly Optimized and High Power tiers.

Power level: 7.5 - 8.5