Overview:

This Krark/Sakashima deck is a high-powered storm/combo build leveraging coin-flip synergies and spell duplication to generate explosive turns. The core strategy focuses on resolving Krark + Sakashima clones to create massive spell-copy chains, amplified by cards like Harmonic Prodigy and Krark's Thumb. Win conditions center around storm payoffs (Grapeshot, Brain Freeze) and infinite mana loops with rituals/Storm-Kiln Artist. The deck features strong tutors, free interaction, and fast mana to enable early wins.

Primer:

Core Strategy:

1. Early Setup: Deploy mana rocks (Lotus Petal, Sol Ring) and value engines like Birgi, God of Storytelling. Cast commanders by T2-3 using rituals (Rite of Flame, Desperate Ritual).
2. Combo Assembly: Clone Krark via Sakashima/Cackling Counterpart and stack triggers with Harmonic Prodigy/Roaming Throne. Use Krark's Thumb to skew flip odds.
3. Infinite Loops: Cast rituals with Krark clones to generate exponential mana (e.g., Seething Song copied 4+ times with Storm-Kiln Artist creates 20+ Treasures).
4. Win Execution: Storm off with Grapeshot, mill with Brain Freeze, or draw the deck via Archmage Emeritus to play Thassa's Oracle (not listed but implied via milling opponents out).

Key Lines:

• T1: Land, Lotus Petal, Krark, the Thumbless
• T2: Sakashima of a Thousand Faces copying Krark, cast Harmonic Prodigy, begin spell-chaining
• T3: Jeska's Will → 7+ mana → storm count 5+ → lethal Grapeshot

Mulligan Priorities:

• Keep hands with 2+ mana sources and a T2 commander play
• Prioritize fast mana + tutors over reactive spells
• Reject hands lacking red mana or commander enablers

Interaction Tips:

• Save free counters (Pact of Negation, Fierce Guardianship) for defending combo turns
• Use Overmaster to force through critical spells
• Dualcaster Mage can copy opponent's interaction disruptively

Weaknesses:

Critical:

• Commander-dependent strategy (3+ removals cripple the deck)
• Vulnerable to stax like Rule of Law/Eidolon of Rhetoric

Moderate:

• Limited board presence for creature-based interaction
• Coin-flip variance without Thumb

Minor:

• Manageable life loss from pain lands

Most Important Cards:

• Krark's Thumb
• Harmonic Prodigy
• Storm-Kiln Artist
• Birgi, God of Storytelling
• Grapeshot
• Brain Freeze
• Mystical Tutor
• Gamble
• Jeska's Will
• Dualcaster Mage

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 8/10
Theoretical T3 wins with perfect hands (ritual chains + early commanders), consistent T4-5 goldfish. Fast mana and 0-cost spells enable explosive starts.

Resilience: 6/10
Free counters and spell recursion (Underworld Breach-like effects via Birgi backside) provide some protection, but heavy commander reliance creates fragility.

Consistency: 8/10
12+ tutors (including transmute and creature fetches) and redundant copy effects ensure combo assembly. Storm naturally bypasses single-point interaction.

Interaction: 7/10
10+ instant-speed counters and targeted removal (Lightning Bolt, Pyroblast), though leans reactive rather than stax.

Rating Justification:

This deck operates at the high end of "Focused Competitive" (7.0) to low "High Power" (8.0). It outpaces casual decks with T4-5 deterministic wins but lacks the free interaction density and compact combos of cEDH (no Underworld Breach/Thassa's Oracle shown). Compared to rubric benchmarks:

• Faster than T5-6 "Focused Competitive" via ritual acceleration
• Less resilient than T3-4 "High Power" due to commander dependency
• More consistent than 7.0 decks via redundant copy effects

Power level: 7.5 - 8.0