Overview:

This Thrasta, Tempest's Roar deck combines storm mechanics with artifact synergies and a Food Chain combo finish. The core strategy revolves around casting numerous low-cost artifacts to enable early Thrasta casts while assembling either a storm victory through cards like Chatterstorm or an infinite mana combo using Food Chain + Eternal Scourge. The deck leverages cost reduction and artifact density for explosive turns but lacks consistent tutors and has limited protection.

Primer:

Core Strategy:
The deck operates on two primary axes:

1. Storm Aggression: Use 0-cost artifacts and green cantrips to cast 5+ spells per turn, enabling early Thrasta (potentially T2-3) while generating Squirrel/Beast tokens through storm spells.
2. Food Chain Combo: Assemble Food Chain + Eternal Scourge or Walking Ballista for infinite mana, enabling massive Thrasta recasts or direct damage.

Key Lines:

• T2 Kill: Lotus Petal + 3 other 0-cost artifacts enables T2 Thrasta (12GG base cost - 3x3 reduction = 3GG, paid via 2 Forests + Lotus Petal)
• Food Chain Loop: Exile Eternal Scourge to Food Chain for 4 mana, recast Scourge from exile, repeating for infinite green mana to fuel Walking Ballista or storm spells.

Mulligan Priorities:

• Keep hands with 2+ 0-cost artifacts and a land accelerator (Nature's Lore, Three Visits)
• Prioritize hands containing either Food Chain or storm payoffs (Chatterstorm, Hunting Pack)
• Reject slow hands without early artifact density

Key Tips:

• Use Liquimetal Torque to turn Food Chain into an artifact for Sarinth Steelseeker triggers
• Alloy Animist converts unused artifacts into 4/4 beaters post-storm
• Boseiju, Who Endures protects combo turns from counterspells

Weaknesses:

Critical:

• Relies on 2-card combos with minimal protection (Only Allosaurus Shepherd as anti-counter tech)
• Vulnerable to artifact wipes (Vandalblast destroys 70% of permanents)

Moderate:

• Limited tutors for Food Chain (Only Summoner's Pact as direct enabler)
• Weak graveyard hate resistance (Relies on Tormod's Crypt self-protection)

Minor:

• 35% land count with heavy ETB-tapped utility lands risks mana screw

Most Important Cards:

• Food Chain
• Eternal Scourge
• Allosaurus Shepherd
• Walking Ballista
• Glimpse of Nature
• Chatterstorm
• Boseiju, Who Endures
• Lotus Petal
• Summoner's Pact
• Sarinth Steelseeker

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 7/10

• T2 Thrasta possible, T3-4 Food Chain kills achievable
• 14x 0-mana artifacts enable explosive starts

Resilience: 5/10

• Lacks free protection spells beyond Heroic Intervention
• Recursion limited to Eternal Witness/Buried Ruin

Consistency: 6/10

• 8x artifact tutors (via Sarinth Steelseeker triggers)
• Storm provides alternate win path if combos disrupted

Interaction: 4/10

• Limited to 5x targeted removal (Beast Within, Nature's Claim)
• No stack interaction beyond Vexing Bauble

Rating Justification:

This deck sits between "Optimized" (6.5) and "Focused Competitive" (7.0) on the rubric. Its T2-3 goldfish potential aligns with 7.0 benchmarks, but vulnerability to common artifact hate and low interaction density pull it down. The Food Chain combo provides cEDH-adjacent speed but lacks the protection/tutor density of true Tier 2 cEDH decks. It outpaces most casual decks but folds to early stax pieces.

Power level: 6.5 - 7.0