Overview:

This Azami, Lady of Scrolls deck is a wizard tribal build focused on leveraging creature-based card draw and incremental value to assemble win conditions through tokens, alt-win enablers, or theft effects. While it has strong synergy and interaction, it lacks fast combos and relies on slower board development.

Primer:

Core Strategy: The deck aims to flood the board with wizards to fuel Azami's draw engine, generating card advantage to assemble one of several win conditions:

1. Token Overload: Use Talrand, Sky Summoner, Murmuring Mystic, or Minn, Wily Illusionist to create flying tokens for combat wins.
2. Alt-Win Conditions: Triskaidekaphile (13-card hand) or Twenty-Toed Toad (20 counters/hand size) provide non-combat victory paths.
3. Theft/Control: Vedalken Shackles, Blatant Thievery, and Memnarch steal opponents' resources.
4. Omniscience Bomb: Cast Omniscience to deploy the entire hand for free.

Key Phases:

• Early Game: Deploy low-cost wizards (Snapcaster Mage, Naban, Dean of Iteration) while ramping with Apprentice Wizard and Sol Ring.
• Mid Game: Activate Azami's draw engine, cycling through the deck to find key pieces like Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir for flash or Sage of Fables for counters.
• Late Game: Close with token swarms, alt-wins, or locked-down boards via Winter Moon/Propaganda.

Mulligan Priorities:

• Keep hands with 3 lands and at least 1 early wizard/ramp piece.
• Prioritize wizardcyclers (Vedalken Aethermage, Step Through) for consistency.
• Avoid hands without blue mana sources or interaction.

Key Tips:

• Use Naru Meha, Master Wizard to copy critical instants/sorceries like Wash Out.
• Docent of Perfection transforms your wizards into anthems for lethal swings.
• Protect Azami with Swiftfoot Boots and Slip Out the Back to maintain draw engines.

Avoid Traps:

• Overextending into board wipes without Lazotep Plating backup.
• Holding Omniscience without sufficient protection.
• Overvaluing niche cards like Chaos Wand in critical turns.

Weaknesses:

Critical:

• No infinite combos or fast deterministic win conditions
• Fragile to repeated commander removal (Azami is essential for engine)

Moderate:

• Slow token-based combat win conditions (T8+)
• Limited mass recursion for wizards

Minor:

• Some anti-synergy between theft effects and wizard tribal focus

Most Important Cards:

• Archmage Emeritus
• Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
• Omniscience
• Triskaidekaphile
• Twenty-Toed Toad
• Vedalken Shackles
• Talrand, Sky Summoner
• Naru Meha, Master Wizard
• Murmuring Mystic
• Propaganda

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 5/10

• Earliest potential wins via T6-T8 token swings or T7 Omniscience
• Alt-win conditions require setup until T9+

Resilience: 6/10

• Moderate protection (hexproof instants, counterspells)
• Redundant draw engines mitigate single-point failures

Consistency: 6/10

• 5 tutors (wizardcyclers + artifact fetchers)
• High card draw density offsets lack of combo redundancy

Interaction: 6/10

• 12 targeted answers (e.g., Scour from Existence, Wash Out)
• Lacks free counterspells but has flash enablers

Rating Justification:

This deck sits between "Focused Casual" (4.5) and "Optimized Casual" (5.0) on the rubric. While it has strong synergy and multiple win paths, it lacks:

• The speed (T8-10 vs T7-9) of optimized casual decks
• Free interaction/protection common at higher tiers
• Compact infinite combos for faster closes

Its wizard tribal focus and alt-win redundancy place it above average precons but below dedicated combo builds. The reliance on combat damage and vulnerable alt-wins caps its ceiling.

Power level: 4.5 - 5.0