Overview:

This Vaevictis Asmadi deck focuses on ramping into high-mana threats while using stax elements and attrition-based control. It leverages mana dorks, land acceleration (e.g., Gaea's Cradle), and recursive engines like Survival of the Fittest to deploy large creatures such as Avatar of Woe and Verdeloth the Ancient. The deck lacks infinite combos but aims to overwhelm through board presence and resource denial via cards like The Abyss and Tangle Wire.

Primer:

Core Strategy:

1. Early Ramp: Use 1-2 mana accelerants (Birds of Paradise, Llanowar Elves) and land tutors (Skyshroud Claim) to reach critical mana thresholds by T3-4.
2. Stax Setup: Deploy Tangle Wire or The Abyss early to slow opponents while developing threats like Penumbra Wurm.
3. Recursive Value: Reanimate key creatures with Animate Dead/Phyrexian Delver and generate card advantage via Necropotence/Sylvan Library.
4. Late-Game Dominance: Overwhelm with 6+ mana threats (Spirit of the Night, Avatar of Fury) supported by token armies from Verdant Force and Saproling Burst.

Mulligan Priorities:

• Keep hands with 3+ lands (prioritize duals/Gaea's Cradle).
• Require 1-2 ramp pieces (dorks/Sol Ring).
• Acceptable to keep slow hands with The Abyss/Grave Pact in creature-heavy metas.

Key Tips

• Use Survival of the Fittest to tutor Phyrexian Delver for reanimation lines.
• Sacrifice tokens from Sengir Autocrat to fuel Attrition/Grave Pact.
• Earthcraft turns creature tokens into mana for explosive plays.
• Protect Gaea's Cradle with Strip Mine recursion from Volrath's Stronghold.

Weaknesses:

Critical

• No infinite combos/alt-wincons; relies on slow combat
• Minimal protection (0 counterspells, only Yavimaya Hollow for regeneration)
• Foldsto Rest in Peace/Stony Silence (shuts recursion/artifacts)

Moderate

• High vulnerability to land destruction (Blood Moon cripples mana)
• Slow recovery from board wipes (limited mass recursion)

Minor

• Outclassed by flying-heavy strategies (only Blinding Angel for air defense)

Most Important Cards:

• Survival of the Fittest
• Gaea's Cradle
• Necropotence
• Earthcraft
• Sylvan Library
• Grave Pact
• Attrition
• The Abyss
• Phyrexian Arena
• Animate Dead

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 3/10

• Fast mana enables T4-5 7-drops, but no wincons faster than T10-12 combat.

Resilience: 5/10

• Recursion (Volrath's Stronghold, Survival) offsets removals but lacks stack interaction.

Consistency: 6/10

• 8+ tutors (Survival, Sylvan Library, Wood Elves) ensure threat density.

Interaction: 4/10

• Mostly sorcery-speed removal (Ashes to Ashes, Desert Twister); no free counterspells.

Rating Justification:

This deck sits between upgraded jank and casual precon levels, with strong mana acceleration but no focused wincons or protection. Its stax elements are too slow (T5-6 The Abyss) to lock competitive tables but can dominate casual boards.

Power level: 3.5 - 4.0