Overview:

This Sultai Tasigur deck is a high-powered combo-control build leveraging efficient tutors, infinite mana combos, and compact win conditions. The commander serves as both a value engine (using his ability with Training Grounds for card advantage) and an infinite mana sink. Primary win conditions include Thassa's Oracle + Demonic Consultation/Doomsday, Freed from the Real/Pemmin's Aura + Bloom Tender/Kinnan for infinite mana into Hullbreaker Horror lock or deck draw, and Birthing Pod/Vannifar chains. The deck operates at instant speed with robust interaction and political recursion tools.

Primer:

Core Strategy Execution:

1. Early Setup (Turns 1-3): Deploy mana dorks (Birds of Paradise, Elvish Mystic), ramp (Farseek, Arcane Signet), and value engines (Mystic Remora). Protect with Veil of Summer/Swan Song.
2. Midgame (Turns 3-5): Cast Tasigur using delve for cost reduction. Use tutors (Demonic Consultation, Lim-Dûl's Vault) to find combo pieces or interaction. Activate Training Grounds to politic for recursion of key spells.
3. Win Conditions:
   • Thassa's Oracle + Consultation/Doomsday: Exile library or stack the deck to trigger Oracle.
   • Infinite Mana: Freed from the Real/Pemmin's Aura on Bloom Tender/Kinnan, then draw the deck via Tasigur or bounce all permanents with Hullbreaker Horror.
   • Pod Chains: Sacrifice creatures to Birthing Pod/Vannifar, climbing to Seedborn Muse or combo enablers.

Mulligan Priorities:

• Keep hands with 2-3 lands, early ramp, and interaction. Prioritize combo pieces (Oracle, Consultation) or tutors if protection is available.
• Avoid slow hands without mana acceleration or interaction in fast metas.

Key Tips:

• Use Tasigur’s ability politically—ask opponents to return interaction or combo pieces they fear least.
• Cast Doomsday with backup counterspells. Common piles: Oracle + Consultation + 3x free spells.
• Leverage instant-speed reanimation (Noxious Revival) to recur key pieces from graveyard.

Weaknesses:

Critical

• Graveyard hate (e.g., Rest in Peace) cripples delve, recursion, and Doomsday.
• Anti-tutor effects (e.g., Opposition Agent) disrupt primary win conditions.

Moderate

• Stack interaction (counterspells) targeting Consultation/Oracle or Freed from the Real.
• Tax effects (Thalia, Guardian of Thraben) delay combo execution.

Minor

• Creature-based strategies can pressure life total before combos assemble.

Most Important Cards:

• Thassa's Oracle (Primary win condition)
• Demonic Consultation (Tutor/Oracle combo enabler)
• Doomsday (Compact win setup)
• Freed from the Real (Infinite mana combo piece)
• Bloom Tender (Mana generator for combos)
• Training Grounds (Reduces Tasigur activation cost)
• Hullbreaker Horror (Lock piece/combo payoff)
• Veil of Summer (Protection for combos)
• Birthing Pod (Tutor chain enabler)
• Mystic Remora (Early card advantage engine)

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 9/10

• Capable of T3 wins (e.g., T1 dork → T2 Tasigur + Training Grounds → T3 Consultation/Oracle) but typically threatens T4-5.

Resilience: 7/10

• Multiple counterspells and recursion, but combos remain vulnerable to well-timed interaction.

Consistency: 8/10

• High tutor density (Consultation, Lim-Dûl’s Vault, Pod) ensures reliable access to win conditions.

Interaction: 8/10

• Robust suite of counterspells, removal (Toxic Deluge, Assassin’s Trophy), and stack control (Hullbreaker).

Rating Justification:

This deck operates at cEDH-viable speeds with T3-4 win potential through protected combos but lacks the redundancy and free interaction of top-tier lists. Its balance of fast mana, compact wins, and interaction places it just below optimized cEDH builds.

Power level: 8.0 - 8.5