Overview:

This 5-color superfriends deck leverages Esika, God of the Tree's Prismatic Bridge to cheat out planeswalkers and game-ending threats. The strategy revolves around accelerating into the Bridge, protecting it with free interaction, and overwhelming opponents through planeswalker ultimates and infinite activations using The Chain Veil combos. With 15+ planeswalkers and premium stax/control elements, the deck threatens T4-T5 locks/wins through value dominance.

Primer:

Core Strategy:

1. Early Acceleration: Deploy fast mana (Mox Amber, Lotus Petal) and tutors to cast Prismatic Bridge by T3-4.
2. Bridge Triggers: Use the Bridge's upkeep trigger to cheat game-warping permanents like Ugin, the Spirit Dragon or Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God.
3. Combo Finishers: Assemble Teferi, Temporal Archmage + The Chain Veil + 5+ mana in rocks for infinite activations, enabling instant-speed planeswalker ults or Ugin's -10.
4. Stax Backup: Disrupt opponents with Narset, Parter of Veils, Teferi, Time Raveler, and Ashiok, Dream Render while building toward combo turns.

Key Lines:

• T1: Land + Mox Amber/Lotus Petal
• T2: Ramp spell (Three Visits, Farseek)
• T3: Cast Prismatic Bridge
• T4: Free cheat into Doubling Season + planeswalker = immediate ult
• Post-Bridge: Chain Veil lines with Deepglow Skate to double loyalty counters

Mulligan Priorities:

• Keep hands with Bridge enablers (2+ mana sources + ramp)
• Prioritize T3 Bridge over interaction unless holding Force of Will
• Reject hands without colored mana or Bridge access

Critical Interactions:

• Use Oath of Teferi to double planeswalker activations
• Ichormoon Gauntlet turns walkers into proliferate engines
• Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider accelerates loyalty counters

Weaknesses:

Critical:

• Prismatic Bridge is essential – 3+ removals cripple the deck
• Vulnerable to Stony Silence/Null Rod shutting off artifact mana

Moderate:

• Limited creature-based defenses against aggro
• Relies on resolving 5CMC commander through counterspells

Minor:

• Some planeswalkers lack immediate board impact

Most Important Cards:

• The Chain Veil
• Teferi, Temporal Archmage
• Doubling Season
• Deepglow Skate
• Demonic Tutor
• Force of Will
• Fierce Guardianship
• Mana Drain
• Imperial Seal
• Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 8/10

• T3 Bridge enables T4 Ugin/Doubling Season ultimates
• T4-T5 infinite activations with Chain Veil + Teferi

Resilience: 7/10

• 7 free protection spells (Forces, Guardianship, Swat)
• Weak to repeated Bridge removal & graveyard hate

Consistency: 9/10

• 8 tutors + 12 card draw engines
• 3 redundant combo lines (Chain Veil, Doubling Season, Vorinclex)

Interaction: 8/10

• 7 free counters + 6 targeted removal
• Stax elements (Narset, Ashiok) disrupt opponents

Rating Justification:

This deck sits between cEDH Tier 2 and Tier 1. It outpaces optimized casual decks (Rubric 7.5) with T4 win potential but lacks the speed/redundancy of pure T1-T2 cEDH lists. The reliance on resolving a 5CMC commander and planeswalker-based wincons (vs. compact Thoracle lines) keeps it below Tier 0. However, its density of free interaction and tutors surpasses most "High Power" (8.0) builds.

Power level: 8.5 - 9.0