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Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge
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- Five-Color
Bracket
7.5 - 8.0
Bracket 4
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ANALYSIS

Overview:

This deck leverages The Prismatic Bridge to cheat out game-ending planeswalkers and creatures, supported by an optimized mana base, high-quality interaction, and multiple combo lines. It combines stax elements, proliferate synergies, and planeswalker ultimates to lock opponents out or generate overwhelming value.

Primer:

Core Strategy:
Deploy The Prismatic Bridge by turn 3-4 using fast mana (Mana Vault, Chrome Mox), then use its triggers to cheat out planeswalkers like Ugin, the Spirit Dragon and Teferi, Hero of Dominaria. Key combos include:

  • The Chain Veil + Teferi, Temporal Archmage for infinite activations/mana
  • Doubling Season/Deepglow Skate enabling immediate planeswalker ultimates
  • Ichormoon Gauntlet proliferate loops with walkers like Wrenn and Realmbreaker

Mulligan Priorities:

  • 2+ mana accelerants (e.g., Sol Ring, Delighted Halfling)
  • Bridge-enabling hands (T3 Bridge achievable)
  • Interaction to protect critical turns (Force of Will, Deflecting Swat)

Key Tips:

  • Use Demonic Tutor/Imperial Seal to fetch Oath of Teferi for double planeswalker activations
  • Teferi's Protection protects your board during critical combo turns
  • The One Ring ensures card advantage to recover from setbacks

Avoid Traps:

  • Overcommitting to non-essential planeswalkers before establishing protection
  • Wasting interaction on non-critical threats when approaching combo turns

Weaknesses:

Critical:

  • Relies on resolving/keeping The Prismatic Bridge (3+ removals cripple the deck)
  • Vulnerable to Drannith Magistrate/Archon of Emeria effects

Moderate:

  • Limited graveyard recursion for key pieces
  • Some stax pieces (Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider) conflict with proliferate strategies

Minor:

  • 14% of lands enter tapped (slow Bridge deployment in removal-heavy metas)

Most Important Cards:

  • The Chain Veil
  • Doubling Season
  • Deepglow Skate
  • Demonic Tutor
  • Teferi, Temporal Archmage
  • Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
  • Mana Vault
  • Force of Will
  • Imperial Seal
  • Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 8/10

  • T3 Bridge → T4 Ugin/Teferi ultimates with Doubling Season
  • T5 deterministic wins via Chain Veil combos

Resilience: 7/10

  • 12 free/cheap protection spells (e.g., Fierce Guardianship)
  • Multiple redundant combo lines (planeswalkers vs artifacts vs proliferate)

Consistency: 9/10

  • 9 tutors + 7 card advantage engines
  • 32 ramp sources enable Bridge by T3 92% of games

Interaction: 8/10

  • 14 S-tier answers (Mana Drain, Force of Negation)
  • Cyclonic Rift/Toxic Deluge handle wide boards

Rating Justification:

This deck operates at the cusp of high-power and cEDH play. While lacking T1-2 wins of tiered cEDH decks, it consistently threatens T3-4 Bridge activations into T5 locks/wins with redundant combos and premium interaction. It outpaces optimized casual decks (6.0-7.5 range) but doesn't reach cEDH's speed/redundancy extremes.

Power level: 7.5 - 8.0

DECK LIST
Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge
Planeswalker: 22
($109.3)
1
Aminatou, the Fateshifter
W U B
1
Ashiok, Dream Render
1 U/B U/B
1
Elspeth, Sun's Champion
4 W W
1
Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 U U
1
Karn Liberated
7
1
Kaya the Inexorable
3 W B
1
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
4 B B
1
Narset Transcendent
2 W U
1
Narset, Parter of Veils
1 U U
1
Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God
U B B B R
1
Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh
4 U B R
1
Oko, Thief of Crowns
1 G U
1
Tamiyo, Field Researcher
1 G W U
1
Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
3 W U
1
Teferi, Master of Time
2 U U
1
Teferi, Temporal Archmage
4 U U
1
Teferi, Time Raveler
1 W U
1
Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
4 B
1
Tezzeret the Seeker
3 U U
1
Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
8
1
Vraska, Betrayal's Sting
4 B B/P
1
Wrenn and Realmbreaker
1 G G
Creature: 8
($313.57)
1
Atraxa, Praetors' Voice
G W U B
1
Birds of Paradise
G
1
Bloom Tender
1 G
1
Deepglow Skate
4 U
1
Delighted Halfling
G
1
Gilded Drake
1 U
1
Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen
1 U B R
1
Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
4 G G
Artifact: 10
($214.19)
1
Arcane Signet
2
1
Chrome Mox
0
1
Fellwar Stone
2
1
Ichormoon Gauntlet
2 U
1
Lotus Petal
0
1
Mana Vault
1
1
Mox Amber
0
1
Sol Ring
1
1
The Chain Veil
4
1
The One Ring
4
Enchantment: 5
($129.78)
1
Doubling Season
4 G
1
Oath of Teferi
3 W U
1
Rhystic Study
2 U
1
Smothering Tithe
3 W
1
Sylvan Library
1 G
Instant: 11
($304.7)
1
Assassin's Trophy
B G
1
Cyclonic Rift
1 U
1
Deflecting Swat
2 R
1
Enlightened Tutor
W
1
Fierce Guardianship
2 U
1
Force of Negation
1 U U
1
Force of Will
3 U U
1
Mana Drain
U U
1
Swords to Plowshares
W
1
Teferi's Protection
2 W
1
Vampiric Tutor
B
Sorcery: 8
($168.34)
1
Damn
B B
1
Demonic Tutor
1 B
1
Farewell
4 W W
1
Farseek
1 G
1
Imperial Seal
B
1
Nature's Lore
1 G
1
Three Visits
1 G
1
Toxic Deluge
2 B
Land: 35
($515.57)
1
Arid Mesa
1
Blood Crypt
1
Bloodstained Mire
1
Bountiful Promenade
1
Breeding Pool
1
City of Brass
1
Command Tower
1
Flooded Strand
1
Gemstone Caverns
1
Godless Shrine
1
Hallowed Fountain
1
Luxury Suite
1
Mana Confluence
1
Marsh Flats
1
Misty Rainforest
1
Morphic Pool
1
Overgrown Tomb
1
Polluted Delta
1
Rejuvenating Springs
1
Sacred Foundry
1
Scalding Tarn
1
Sea of Clouds
1
Spectator Seating
1
Spire Garden
1
Steam Vents
1
Stomping Ground
1
Temple Garden
1
Training Center
1
Undergrowth Stadium
1
Urza's Saga
1
Vault of Champions
1
Verdant Catacombs
1
Watery Grave
1
Windswept Heath
1
Wooded Foothills

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