Overview:

This Elminster deck focuses on scrying synergies to discount instants/sorceries while generating flying tokens through planeswalker abilities. It aims to control the board with planeswalkers, build aerial armies, and win through token swarms or extra turn spells.

Primer:

Core Strategy: Deploy Elminster early (T4-5) using artifact ramp, then chain scry effects to discount game-ending spells. The deck operates in three phases:

1. Setup Phase: Use low-cost scry creatures (Faerie Seer, Omenspeaker) and enchantments (Oath of Jace) to fuel Elminster's cost reduction. Protect planeswalkers with Oathkeeper and token chump blockers.
2. Value Engine: Activate Elminster's +2 for card advantage and -3 to create Faerie Dragons. Stack discounts for high-impact sorceries like Clone Legion or Alrund's Epiphany.
3. Win Conditions: Overwhelm with flying tokens buffed by Favorable Winds/Steel-Plume Marshal, take multiple turns via Regenerations Restored, or alternate win via Strixhaven Stadium counters.

Mulligan Priorities:

• Keep hands with 3 lands and 1-2 ramp pieces (Sol Ring, Arcane Signet)
• Prioritize early scry enablers over high-cost planeswalkers
• Reject hands without blue/white sources or playable T1-2 scry effects

Key Tips:

• Sequence scries before casting discounted spells - a single Augury Owl scry 3 enables 3-mana reduction
• Use Grand Arbiter Augustin IV to cast multiple planeswalkers per turn
• Hold countermagic (Strix Serenade) for critical threats rather than early interaction

Weaknesses:

Critical

• No graveyard recursion for exiled planeswalkers
• Relies on unprotected 4-mana commander for core strategy

Moderate

• Limited answers to resolved enchantments/artifacts
• Weak to flying hate like Sandwurm Convergence

Minor

• High density of sorcery-speed plays
• 33 lands with minimal color fixing

Most Important Cards:

• Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
• Sphinx of the Second Sun
• Strixhaven Stadium
• Oath of Jace
• Talrand, Sky Summoner
• Curiosity Crafter
• Alrund's Epiphany
• Clone Legion
• Deification
• Regenerations Restored

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 5/10
Can deploy threats by T5 but requires setup turns for meaningful discounts. Fastest win via T7 Alrund's Epiphany into extra turns.

Resilience: 4/10
Moderate protection for planeswalkers but folds to repeated removal. Limited recovery from board wipes.

Consistency: 6/10
15+ scry sources and card draw engines, but only 3 tutors. Multiple redundant token generators.

Interaction: 5/10
10 targeted answers (Heliod's Intervention, Perplexing Test) but lacks free counterspells. Heavy reliance on sorcery-speed removal.

Rating Justification:

This midrange planeswalker-token deck has precon-level speed with focused synergies but lacks cEDH staples and fast combos. Its T7-10 win potential and moderate interaction place it between upgraded precons and optimized casual.

Power level: 4.5 - 5.5