Overview:

This 5-color Superfriends deck leverages Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge as its core engine, almost exclusively casting the Bridge side to cheat high-impact planeswalkers, creatures, and enchantments onto the battlefield for free each turn. The strategy focuses on deploying overwhelming value engines and game-ending threats ahead of curve, utilizing proliferate mechanics (Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider, Ichormoon Gauntlet, Atraxa, Praetors' Voice) to accelerate planeswalker ultimates. Win conditions include planeswalker emblems, combo locks, and overwhelming board states generated by cheating massive permanents. The Bridge is absolutely essential and highly vulnerable, making the deck extremely reliant on protecting it or recovering it quickly.

Primer:

Core Strategy Execution:

1. Early Setup (Turns 1-3): Prioritize ramping into Bridge using fast mana (Mana Vault, Chrome Mox, Sol Ring, Birds of Paradise, Bloom Tender) and land tutors (Three Visits, Nature's Lore, Farseek). Protect Bridge with counterspells (Force of Will, Fierce Guardianship) or Sterling Grove. Deploy stax pieces like Humility or Narset, Parter of Veils if possible.
2. Activate Bridge & Deploy Threats (Turns 4-5): Cast The Prismatic Bridge ASAP. Use its trigger to cheat a high-impact permanent onto the battlefield each upkeep. Prioritize planeswalkers that provide immediate value or protection (Teferi, Time Raveler, Ashiok, Dream Render, Oko, Thief of Crowns) or combo enablers (Doubling Season, The Chain Veil).
3. Amplify & Control (Turns 5+): Leverage proliferate effects (Ichormoon Gauntlet, Vraska, Betrayal's Sting, Atraxa) to rapidly charge planeswalkers. Use ultimates to lock the game (Teferi, Hero of Dominaria emblem, Liliana, Dreadhorde General board wipe, Ugin, the Spirit Dragon exile) or assemble combos (Doubling Season + Teferi, Temporal Archmage + The Chain Veil for infinite planeswalker activations). Clear opposing threats with efficient wipes (Toxic Deluge, Farewell, Cyclonic Rift).
4. Win Condition Execution:
   • Planeswalker Emblems: Secure victory via overwhelming value or locks from ultimates (Teferi Hero, Liliana, Elspeth, Nicol Bolas God-Pharaoh).
   • Infinite Combos: Doubling Season + Teferi, Temporal Archmage + The Chain Veil generates infinite mana/untaps/activations to win via any planeswalker ability. Ichormoon Gauntlet enables extra turns via planeswalker [-12] abilities.
   • Combat/Value Overload: Cheat out massive threats like Avacyn, Angel of Hope, Etali, Primal Conqueror, or Sphinx of the Second Sun to overwhelm opponents.

Mulligan Priorities:

• Essential: Hands capable of casting Bridge by turn 4-5. Prioritize 2-3 lands (including colored sources), 1-2 ramp pieces (fast mana or dorks), and protection/interaction (counterspell, Sterling Grove).
• Strong Includes: Hands with early stax (Rhystic Study, Narset), a tutor (Demonic Tutor, Enlightened Tutor), or a critical cheat target (Doubling Season, Vorinclex).
• Avoid: Hands lacking Bridge acceleration, colored mana fixing, or interaction. Hands overly reliant on high-CMC cards without Bridge access.

Key Tips:

• Protect the Bridge: It's your lifeline. Hold up counterspells (Force of Negation, Mana Drain) or deploy Sterling Grove/Teferi, Time Raveler to shield it. Teferi's Protection protects your board if Bridge is targeted.
• Sequence Proliferate: Time proliferate triggers (Atraxa's end step, Vraska's 0 ability) after activating planeswalker loyalty abilities to maximize counters added.
• Tutor Wisely: Fetch Bridge protection first (Sterling Grove), then key engines (Doubling Season, Chain Veil, Ichormoon Gauntlet) or win-cons. Enlightened Tutor finds Humility/Narset for early disruption.
• Leverage Cheat Targets: Prioritize permanents with immediate ETB/static effects (Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider, Smothering Tithe, Oath of Teferi) over "vanilla" beaters.
• Manage the Stack: Use Teferi, Time Raveler to safely resolve Bridge on your turn and prevent instant-speed interaction during upkeep triggers.

Weaknesses:

Critical

• Extreme reliance on The Prismatic Bridge: Enchantment removal (Nature's Claim, Disenchant) or counterspells targeting Bridge cripple the deck's primary engine. Drannith Magistrate prevents Bridge triggers.
• Vulnerability to Back to Basics/Blood Moon: Mana base heavily relies on non-basics; color fixing collapses under these effects.
• Weak to Farewell/Merciless Eviction: Exiling enchantments removes Bridge and key pieces like Doubling Season/Humility with limited recursion.

Moderate

• Susceptible to targeted planeswalker removal: Lacks mass planeswalker recursion; focused burn/combat damage can disrupt the engine.
• Slow against hyper-aggressive decks: Minimal early blockers; relies on wipes (often sorcery-speed) to stabilize, which can be too slow.
• Graveyard hate disrupts recursion: Eerie Ultimatum and Nicol Bolas, the Ravager reanimation are key recovery tools.

Minor

• High average CMC: Without Bridge active, casting top-end threats is slow.
• Limited stack interaction beyond counters: Struggles against resolved, non-creature permanents without tutors for Assassin's Trophy/Beast Within.

Most Important Cards:

• The Prismatic Bridge (Core engine, cheats win-cons)
• Doubling Season (Enables instant ultimates, combo piece)
• Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider (Accelerates planeswalkers, disrupts opponents)
• Teferi, Time Raveler (Protects Bridge, disrupts opponents, enables safe casts)
• Sterling Grove (Protects Bridge/Doubling Season, tutors key enchantments)
• Demonic Tutor (Finds any answer/combo piece)
• Ichormoon Gauntlet (Proliferates, enables extra turns)
• Force of Will (Free protection for Bridge)
• Toxic Deluge (Efficient early wipe)
• Oath of Teferi (Doubles planeswalker activations, enables combos)

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 8/10

• Capable of T4 Bridge into T5-6 wins via accelerated ultimates (e.g., Doubling Season + Teferi Hero) or combo (Chain Veil loops), though reliant on Bridge resolving and surviving.

Resilience: 6/10

• Strong protection suite (counterspells, Teferi's Protection, Sterling Grove) and recursion (Eerie Ultimatum, Eternal Witness via Bridge), but collapses if Bridge is consistently answered. Moderate recovery from wipes.

Consistency: 7/10

• Excellent ramp and tutors (Demonic, Vampiric, Enlightened) ensure Bridge deployment, but cheat targets are random; relies on tutors to find specific non-permanent answers.

Interaction: 7/10

• High-quality, efficient counterspells and targeted removal (Swords, Assassin's Trophy), plus potent wipes (Farewell, Verdict). Lacks broad non-creature permanent answers outside tutors.

Rating Justification:

This deck achieves cEDH-viable speed (T4-5 win potential) through Bridge cheating and efficient combos, but its critical vulnerability to enchantment removal and reliance on resolving/protecting a single card prevent it from reaching higher tiers. Its resilience and interaction are strong but meta-dependent, placing it in the lower cEDH range.

Power level: 8.5 - 9.0