Overview:

This Ziatora, the Incinerator deck employs a "threaten and sacrifice" strategy, temporarily stealing opponents' creatures and sacrificing them for value while generating Treasure tokens for ramp and flexibility.

Primer:

The deck's primary gameplan revolves around using "threaten" effects (like Act of Treason and Claim the Firstborn) to temporarily gain control of opponents' creatures, then sacrificing them through various outlets including the commander for value. This creates a two-for-one effect where you deny opponents their creatures while gaining benefits like damage, Treasure tokens, and card draw.

The strategy is supported by several key pieces that enhance the value gained from sacrificing creatures, such as Korvold, Fae-Cursed King, Mayhem Devil, and Stalking Vengeance. The deck generates significant value through Treasure token production, which helps fix mana and enables explosive turns. Secondary win conditions include commander damage with power-doublers like Mr. Orfeo, the Boulder and Xenagos, God of Revels, or grinding out advantage through value engines like Black Market and Bootleggers' Stash.

Weaknesses:

• Heavily relies on having both steal effects and sacrifice outlets in hand to execute its strategy
• Vulnerable to graveyard hate and artifact removal (which impacts Treasure production)
• Struggles against decks with few creatures or hexproof/protection effects
• Limited protection for key pieces and relatively few countermeasures to interaction

Most Important Cards:

1. Korvold, Fae-Cursed King
2. Phyrexian Altar
3. Black Market
4. Warstorm Surge
5. Mayhem Devil
6. Bootleggers' Stash
7. Stalking Vengeance
8. Xenagos, God of Revels
9. Goblin Bombardment
10. Professional Face-Breaker

Attribute Ratings:

• Speed: 5/10
• Resilience: 4/10
• Consistency: 6/10
• Interaction: 5/10

Rating Justification:

This deck operates at a focused casual level, typically becoming fully operational around turns 7-8. While it includes powerful value engines, the reliance on multiple pieces (steal effects + sacrifice outlets) and sorcery-speed interaction makes it slower than more optimized builds. The deck's power level aligns with decks that can execute their strategy consistently but aren't pushing for early wins or running heavy optimization.

Final power level rating: 5.0 - 5.5

The deck falls into this range because it has a clear, synergistic strategy with good payoffs but lacks the speed and protection of higher-powered decks. It can create powerful turns and generate significant value, but its reliance on creature-based strategies and sorcery-speed plays keeps it firmly in the optimized casual range.