Tibalt's Trickery is Broken! — MtG Arena Historic Deck Tech & Gameplay
Channel: T1GlistenerElf
Date: 2021-01-31

Step 1: Assemble three mana.
Step 2: Cast Allosaurus Shepherd, being sure to hold priority.
Step 3: Cast Tibalt's Trickery, targeting Allosaurus Shepherd. This will let you cast the next spell with a different name, i.e. Tibalt's Trickery or Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger; for free.
Step 3a: If you hit another instance of Tibalt's Trickery, then simply cast it at the still unresolved Allosaurus Shepherd.
Step 4: Insert Evangelion "Congratulations" scene here.


The odd manabase exists so that we can try to draw and scry our way into another shot at the combo should we lose a piece to discard, a counterspell, or simply having to mulligan into oblivion. Having 24 cards that let you cycle, along with four that scry and two that sac themselves in order to draw a card, can make the deck more consistent than it has any right to be.

Of course, the more fundamental reasons why this deck works at all are twofold. Firstly, the London mulligan is broken. Secondly, the MtGA shuffler is loaded such that it seems to make opening with both pieces more likely than should be the case, artificially raising consistency further.


I wonder if this deck is simple enough that I could teach Evangeline, aka T1StoneforgeMystic, how to pilot it. As long as she starts with those in hand, I think that I could get her to turn on full control, play the two in the right order, and hit the space bar where needed. After all, she could beat levels in a few video games while as young as four-years-old, and I would think that those would be harder to pull off.

In any case, she also opened some Kaldheim packs for me. Pack opening is one of T1StoneforgeMystic's favorite parts of MtG Arena, and it's not hard to see why; she gets to feel like she's helping, she more or less understands what's going on, and the cards are colorful. I'm delighted that she's delightful. In other words, shoutouts to SimpleMystic.


Here's the decklist, so feel free to copy and abuse the holy heck out of it:
Creatures (6)
4 Allosaurus Rider
2 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
Instants (4)
4 Tibalt's Trickery
Lands (50)
4 Aether Hub
4 Cragcrown Pathway
2 Cryptic Caves
4 Desert of the Fervent
4 Desert of the Indomitable
4 Forgotten Cave
4 Ketria Triome
4 Mirrodin's Core
4 Rootbound Crag
4 Sheltered Thicket
4 Stomping Grounds
4 Temple of Abandon
4 Tranquil Thicket

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