Overview:

This 5-color Superfriends deck leverages Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge as its core engine. The primary strategy focuses on ramping quickly into The Prismatic Bridge's back face to cheat out high-impact planeswalkers and legendary permanents for free each turn. Key themes include proliferating loyalty counters, leveraging planeswalker ultimates as win conditions, and utilizing stax elements like Humility and Narset, Parter of Veils to disrupt opponents. Esika is essential as the deck's primary cheat engine and mana fixer; its vulnerability to enchantment removal is a critical weakness, though protection spells mitigate this. "Hidden commanders" like Atraxa, Praetors' Voice and Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider amplify the proliferate/planeswalker synergy.

Primer:

Core Strategy Execution:

1. Accelerate & Protect (Turns 1-3): Prioritize fast mana (Mana Crypt, Chrome Mox, Sol Ring) and land tutors (Three Visits, Nature's Lore) to reach 5+ mana. Cast Esika as The Prismatic Bridge ASAP. Use free counterspells (Force of Will, Fierce Guardianship) or protection (Teferi's Protection) to defend Bridge.
2. Bridge Triggers & Value (Turns 4+): Leverage Bridge's upkeep trigger to cheat planeswalkers (e.g., Teferi, Hero of Dominaria, Ugin, the Spirit Dragon) or bombs like Avacyn, Angel of Hope. Activate planeswalker abilities to control the board, draw cards, or accelerate counters.
3. Win Condition Execution:
   • Planeswalker Ultimates: Use proliferate (Atraxa, Ichormoon Gauntlet, Deepglow Skate) to instantly activate game-ending ults (e.g., Teferi, Hero's emblem, Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God's -8).
   • Combo Finishers: Doubling Season + Deepglow Skate enables immediate ultimates. Ichormoon Gauntlet enables infinite turns with planeswalkers like Teferi, Temporal Archmage.
   • Stax Locks: Combine Humility with planeswalker-based control to cripple opponents' resources.

Mulligan Priorities:

• Keep hands with 2-3 lands (including multicolor sources), at least one ramp piece (e.g., Mana Crypt, Bloom Tender), and a way to cast/protect Bridge.
• Prioritize hands containing free interaction (Force of Will, Fierce Guardianship) or tutors (Demonic Tutor, Enlightened Tutor).
• Reject hands lacking Bridge enablers or color fixing.

Key Tips:

• Sequence Bridge Carefully: Cast Bridge only when you can protect it or immediately benefit. Sterling Grove provides shroud.
• Proliferate Strategically: Target planeswalkers close to ultimates. Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider doubles counters and halves opponents'.
• Leverage Stax: Deploy Narset, Parter of Veils or Humility early to hamper opponents while Bridge assembles your board.
• Recovery Lines: Use Eerie Ultimatum or Teferi, Time Raveler's -3 to recur key pieces after wipes.

Weaknesses:

Critical

• Enchantment Removal: Bridge is the deck's engine; losing it cripples the strategy. Lack of mass enchantment recursion exacerbates this.
• Anti-Counter/Tax Effects: The One Ring/Solemnity nullifies proliferate. Deafening Silence/Rule of Law limits planeswalker activations.
• Humility Conflicts: While powerful against opponents, it neuters your planeswalkers' abilities if not timed perfectly.

Moderate

• Graveyard Hate: Disrupts recursion from Eerie Ultimatum or Nicol Bolas, the Arisen.
• Aggro Pressure: Slow setup makes early creature swarms problematic; relies on sweepers like Blasphemous Act/Farewell.

Minor

• Color Requirements: Mana base is robust but can stumble if key duals/fetches are disrupted.
• Artifact Hate: Targets fast mana but the deck has redundancy.

Most Important Cards:

• The Prismatic Bridge (Core cheat engine)
• Doubling Season (Enables instant planeswalker ults)
• Deepglow Skate (Mass loyalty acceleration)
• Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider (Counter manipulation)
• Teferi, Hero of Dominaria (Card draw, removal, game-winning emblem)
• Demonic Tutor (Finds any critical piece)
• Force of Will (Free protection for Bridge)
• Humility (Stax piece that cripples creature strategies)
• Atraxa, Praetors' Voice (Recurring proliferate)
• Ichormoon Gauntlet (Turns planeswalkers into combo engines)

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 9/10

• Capable of T3 Bridge into T4-5 wins via accelerated ultimates (e.g., Teferi, Hero emblem) or combos (Ichormoon Gauntlet + Teferi, Temporal Archmage).

Resilience: 7/10

• Free counterspells and protection shield Bridge, but heavy enchantment removal can cripple the deck. Recursion exists but is slow.

Consistency: 8/10

• 10+ tutors, abundant ramp, and Bridge's guaranteed cheat effect ensure reliable access to win conditions.

Interaction: 8/10

• Efficient removal (Swords to Plowshares, Assassin's Trophy), free counters, and potent stax (Humility, Narset) disrupt opponents at all stages.

Rating Justification:

This deck achieves T3-4 wins through explosive mana, Bridge cheats, and planeswalker ultimates/combo locks, aligning with High Power (8.0) benchmarks. Its resilience against disruption is strong but not flawless, preventing Tier 1 cEDH status. The combination of speed, consistency, and layered interaction justifies the upper end of High Power.

Power level: 8.0 - 8.5