Overview:

This Azusa, Lost but Seeking deck focuses on explosive land ramp to generate overwhelming mana advantage, enabling massive creature threats and game-ending combos. The strategy leverages Azusa's extra land drops alongside landfall synergies, mana dorks, and creature-based tutors to deploy threats like Craterhoof Behemoth or assemble infinite mana combos with Ashaya, Soul of the Wild + Quirion Ranger. Key strengths include robust redundancy in ramp/tutors, multiple win conditions, and resilience through recursion/protection spells.

Primer:

Core Strategy:
This deck accelerates land deployment using Azusa's ability, supported by Exploration and Burgeoning, to power out game-ending threats by turns 5-7. Primary win conditions include:

1. Combat Overkill: Avenger of Zendikar + Craterhoof Behemoth with landfall triggers.
2. Infinite Mana Combos: Ashaya, Soul of the Wild + Quirion Ranger + mana dork generates infinite green mana, enabling Finale of Devastation for lethal.
3. Stompy Beats: Kozilek, Butcher of Truth and Greensleeves, Maro-Sorcerer pressure life totals directly.

Key Lines:

• T1-T3: Deploy mana dorks (Llanowar Elves, Delighted Halfling) and land accelerators.
• T4-T5: Cast Azusa, play 3+ lands per turn, and tutor for combo pieces via Natural Order/Chord of Calling.
• Closing: Use infinite mana from Ashaya loops or Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx devotion to cast Genesis Wave/Finale of Devastation.

Mulligan Priorities:

• Keep hands with 3 lands + 2 ramp pieces (dorks/land auras).
• Prioritize early Sylvan Library or Tireless Tracker for card advantage.
• Avoid slow starts without turn 1-2 ramp.

Protection/Recovery:

• Heroic Intervention and Veil of Summer protect critical turns.
• Eternal Witness/Conduit of Worlds recur key pieces.

Avoid Traps:

• Overextending into board wipes without protection.
• Holding combo pieces without tutors to assemble them.

Weaknesses:

• Critical: Relies on resolving creature-based combos vulnerable to targeted removal.
• Moderate: Limited stack interaction beyond Veil of Summer.
• Minor: Weak to land destruction targeting Nykthos/utility lands.

Most Important Cards:

• Craterhoof Behemoth
• Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
• Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• Natural Order
• Finale of Devastation
• Avenger of Zendikar
• Sylvan Library
• Heroic Intervention
• Boseiju, Who Endures
• Chord of Calling

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 7/10

• Goldfish wins via T5 Ashaya combo or T6 Craterhoof. Land ramp enables consistent T4 7+ mana.

Resilience: 6/10

• Recursion (Eternal Witness, Conduit of Worlds) and protection spells mitigate disruption. Vulnerable to repeated board wipes.

Consistency: 8/10

• 7+ creature tutors, 12+ ramp sources, and strong card draw (Guardian Project, Sylvan Library).

Interaction: 5/10

• Limited to Beast Within, Nature's Claim, and land destruction. Relies on proactive threats over reactive answers.

Rating Justification:

This deck sits between 6.5-7.0 on the rubric. It exceeds "Optimized" (T6-7) benchmarks with its combo potential but lacks the interaction density of true cEDH. The Ashaya combo provides a T5 win line comparable to focused competitive decks, while multiple redundant threats ensure resilience. However, reliance on creature-based strategies and moderate interaction keep it below tiered cEDH lists.

Power level: 6.5 - 7.0