Overview:

This Kykar, Wind's Fury deck focuses on a spellslinger token strategy, leveraging noncreature spells to generate Spirit tokens and explosive value engines. Kykar serves as both a token generator and mana accelerator, enabling storm-like turns through sacrifice outlets like Ashnod's Altar and Phyrexian Altar. The deck aims to win through combat with token swarms amplified by Shared Animosity/Balmor, Battlemage Captain, direct damage via Impact Tremors, or infinite combos using Dualcaster Mage + Twinflame or Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer token duplication. Secondary value comes from magecraft synergies with Veyran, Voice of Duality and Harmonic Prodigy.

Primer:

Core Strategy Execution:

1. Early Setup (Turns 1-3): Cast cantrips (Preordain, Mystic Speculation) and ramp (Sol Ring, Fellwar Stone) while generating 1-2 Spirits. Deploy key engines like Skullclamp or Mystic Remora.
2. Midgame Value (Turns 4-6): Cast token multipliers (Murmuring Mystic, Monastery Mentor) and noncreature payoffs (Jeskai Ascendancy, Storm-Kiln Artist). Use flicker effects (Ghostly Flicker, Cloudshift) to reuse Archaeomancer/Ardent Elementalist for spell recursion.
3. Win Conditions (Turns 5-8):
   • Combat: Overwhelm with tokens boosted by Shared Animosity, Balmor, or Roar of Resistance, using Brudiclad to copy high-value tokens.
   • Infinite Combos: Resolve Dualcaster Mage + Twinflame for infinite hasty tokens or Haze of Rage with buyback/storm loops.
   • Direct Damage: Ping opponents with Impact Tremors via mass token generation.

Mulligan Priorities:

• Keep hands with 2-3 lands including colored sources.
• Prioritize early ramp (Sol Ring, Arcane Signet) or cantrips (Preordain).
• Look for at least one engine card (Skullclamp, Impact Tremors) or combo piece (Dualcaster Mage).
• Avoid hands with only high-CMC spells or no token generation.

Key Tips:

• Use Ashnod's Altar/Phyrexian Altar to convert Spirits into mana for storm turns.
• Harmonic Prodigy doubles Kykar's Spirit generation and magecraft triggers.
• Protect key pieces with March of Swirling Mist or Surge of Salvation before going off.
• Gifts Ungiven can tutor combo pairs (e.g., Twinflame + Dualcaster) while baiting counters.

Weaknesses:

Critical

• Extremely vulnerable to board wipes (Blasphemous Act is the only sweeper protection via indestructible effects).
• Relies heavily on Kykar staying alive - repeated removal cripples token generation.
• No graveyard recursion for exiled combo pieces (Dualcaster Mage, key artifacts).

Moderate

• Struggles against stax effects (Eidolon of Rhetoric, Cursed Totem).
• Limited counterspell protection for combo execution (only Mana Tithe, Offer You Can't Refuse).

Minor

• Token strategies can be outclassed by flying blockers without Balmor's trample.
• Mana base lacks sufficient dual lands for consistent 3-color casting.

Most Important Cards:

• Ashnod's Altar (Mana generation for storm turns)
• Dualcaster Mage (Primary infinite combo enabler)
• Impact Tremors (Alternative win condition)
• Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer (Token duplication finisher)
• Harmonic Prodigy (Doubles Kykar/Storm-Kiln triggers)
• Jeskai Ascendancy (Untap engine + card filtering)
• Shared Animosity (Combat damage multiplier)
• Skullclamp (Token-to-card-draw conversion)
• Storm-Kiln Artist (Treasure generation for storm)
• Gifts Ungiven (Tutor critical combo pieces)

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 6/10

• Can threaten wins via combat or combo around turns 6-8, but lacks fast mana (no Mana Crypt, limited rituals) for earlier execution.

Resilience: 5/10

• Some protection spells and recursion, but over-reliant on Kykar staying alive and vulnerable to common interaction like Farewell.

Consistency: 6/10

• Moderate card draw (Bident of Thassa, Archmage Emeritus) and limited tutors, but combo pieces lack redundancy beyond Twinflame/Dualcaster Mage.

Interaction: 5/10

• Includes targeted removal (Swords to Plowshares, Abrade) and some counterspells, but minimal stack interaction for protecting combos.

Rating Justification:

The deck demonstrates focused combo potential and synergistic value engines but lacks the speed (T6-8 wins) and protection of higher-tier lists. While resilient against single-target removal through recursion, it folds to common board wipes and stax pieces, placing it in the optimized casual range.

Power level: 5.5 - 6.0