Overview:

This Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor deck focuses on landfall synergies and +1/+1 counter distribution, aiming to create overwhelming board states through animated lands and token armies. While lacking infinite combos, it leverages incremental value from land drops and creature enhancements to pressure opponents.

Primer:

Core Strategy: The deck accelerates land drops (Kodama's Reach, Harrow) to trigger landfall effects that create tokens (Zendikar's Roil, Rampaging Baloths) and distribute +1/+1 counters (Retreat to Kazandu, Evolution Sage). Obuun serves as both an enabler (animating lands as combat threats) and payoff (+1/+1 counter distribution). Key wincons involve overwhelming with massive land creatures (via Sylvan Advocate/Embodiment of Insight), token swarms, and Treacherous Terrain burn.

Mulligan Priorities:

• 3+ lands with at least two colors
• Early ramp (Sol Ring, Elvish Rejuvenator)
• Landfall engine (Retreat to Emeria, Sporemound) Avoid hands without land acceleration or late-game payoffs.

Key Tips:

• Time Obuun casts post-wipes to maximize land animation
• Use Scaretiller/Murasa Rootgrazer for land recursion
• Inspiring Call protects key creatures while refueling
• The Mending of Dominaria enables explosive late-game recursion

Avoid Traps:

• Overextending lands-as-creatures into board wipes
• Keeping slow 5+ CMC payoffs without ramp
• Wasting removal on non-critical threats

Weaknesses:

Critical:

• Minimal stack interaction (only 3 instant-speed answers)
• Heavy reliance on board presence (weak to Cyclonic Rift/Merciless Eviction)

Moderate:

• Limited land destruction protection
• No combo finish for stalled boards

Minor:

• Some graveyard dependency mitigated by multiple recursion sources

Most Important Cards:

• Zendikar's Roil
• Rampaging Baloths
• Evolution Sage
• Retreat to Kazandu
• Sun Titan
• Emeria Shepherd
• Omnath, Locus of Rage
• The Mending of Dominaria
• Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar
• Keeper of Fables

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 5/10

• Goldfish win ~T8-10 through combat. No fast mana beyond Sol Ring.

Resilience: 6/10

• Moderate recursion (4+ sources) but commander-dependent midgame.

Consistency: 6/10

• Strong land search (10+ effects) but limited payoff tutors.

Interaction: 4/10

• Mostly sorcery-speed removal with 3 board wipes.

Rating Justification:

Falls between "Optimized Casual" (5.0) and "Focused Casual" (4.5) on the rubric. While having strong land synergies and redundancy, it lacks the interaction density and win speed of true optimized decks. Comparable to upgraded precons with focused themes but vulnerable to faster strategies.

Power level: 4.5 - 5.0