Overview:

This 5-color legendary tribal deck leverages Jodah, the Unifier as a central engine, amplifying legendary creatures' power through anthem effects and cascading into additional value. The strategy revolves around deploying a critical mass of legendary permanents to create overwhelming board states, utilizing efficient mana acceleration, and tutoring for key pieces. Secondary win conditions include generating infinite mana with Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy + Bloom Tender/Selvala, Heart of the Wilds and leveraging The Prismatic Bridge to cheat out threats. Jodah is pivotal for both pump effects and cascades, though the deck can pivot to alternative value engines like Sisay, Weatherlight Captain if the commander is repeatedly removed.

Primer:

Core Strategy Execution:

1. Early Setup (Turns 1-3): Prioritize mana dorks (Birds of Paradise, Ignoble Hierarch), ramp (Three Visits, Nature's Lore), and value engines (Rhystic Study, Esper Sentinel).
2. Midgame Value (Turns 4-6): Cast Jodah, triggering cascades into legends like Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy or Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge. Use tutors (Demonic Tutor, Worldly Tutor) to find combo enablers or threats like Atraxa, Grand Unifier.
3. Win Conditions (Turns 5-8):
   • Combat Overkill: Overwhelm with pumped legends (e.g., Najeela, the Blade-Blossom generating exponential Warriors).
   • Infinite Mana: Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy + Bloom Tender/Selvala, Heart of the Wilds + untappers (Derevi, Empyrial Tactician), funneling into Kenrith, the Returned King or Maelstrom Wanderer.
   • Prismatic Bridge Value: Cheat out game-ending threats like Atraxa or Elesh Norn.

Mulligan Priorities:

• Keep hands with 2-3 lands (including color-fixing), 1-2 ramp pieces, and at least one legendary payoff.
• Prioritize free interaction (Fierce Guardianship, Deflecting Swat) in metas with heavy disruption.
• Avoid hands lacking early mana or color diversity.

Key Tips:

• Use Sakashima of a Thousand Faces to clone Jodah or critical combo pieces while bypassing the legend rule.
• Teferi's Protection and Heroic Intervention protect against board wipes during critical turns.
• Sisay, Weatherlight Captain tutors for silver bullets like Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate to lock opponents.

Weaknesses:

Critical

• Board Wipes: Relies heavily on creature-based value; Cyclonic Rift or Damnation can reset progress.
• Anti-Synergy Stax: Cursed Totem/Linvala, Keeper of Silence nullify mana dorks and combo enablers.

Moderate

• Stack Interaction: Limited counterspell density beyond free spells (Force of Will, Fierce Guardianship).
• Mana Base Vulnerability: Nonbasic land hate (Blood Moon) disrupts color-fixing.

Minor

• Graveyard Reliance: Minimal recursion outside Dihada, Binder of Wills, making graveyard hate less impactful.

Most Important Cards:

• Jodah, the Unifier (Anthem + cascade engine)
• Sisay, Weatherlight Captain (Tutor for legends)
• Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy (Infinite mana enabler)
• The Prismatic Bridge (Free threat generation)
• Demonic Tutor (Flexible search)
• Rhystic Study (Card advantage)
• Fierce Guardianship (Free interaction)
• Selvala, Heart of the Wilds (Mana generation)
• Teferi's Protection (Board protection)
• Atraxa, Grand Unifier (Value bomb)

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 8/10

• Can threaten T5-6 wins via combat or infinite mana combos, supported by hyper-efficient ramp and tutors.

Resilience: 7/10

• Multiple protection spells and redundancy in legends mitigate disruption, but board wipes remain a critical weakness.

Consistency: 9/10

• 12 tutors, 10+ card draw engines, and a low curve ensure reliable access to key pieces.

Interaction: 8/10

• Free counterspells, targeted removal (Assassin's Trophy), and stax-lite effects (Myrel, Shield of Argive) disrupt opponents effectively.

Rating Justification:

This deck operates at cEDH-adjacent speeds (T5-6 wins) with robust consistency and interaction but lacks the compact win conditions and stack dominance of top-tier lists. Its resilience to removal and stax is above average but not impervious, placing it in the high-power optimized tier.

Power level: 7.5 - 8.0