Happily Ever After - Explorer - Mtg Arena

Welcome, fellow explorers of the gaming world! Today, we embark on a quest into the realm of alternative conditions, where every move is a piece of a grand puzzle. In our hands, we hold a deck of cards filled with potential, and we're about to dive into the enchanting world of Happily Ever After, a three-mana charm that promises a tale like no other.

But beware, for this is no ordinary game. To emerge victorious, we must fulfill not one but three distinct conditions. The first challenge arises during upkeep: we need five different colors among the permanents under our command. The second test demands the presence of either six or more permanents we control or cards in our graveyard. And finally, to secure our happy ending, we must ensure our life total surpasses or equals the initial score.

But fear not, for we come prepared with a masterful plan to align the stars in our favor. Our trusty companion on this journey is the Plain Mind Celebration, a seven-mana enchantment that offers us four distinct modes. The key here is that we can select the same mode multiple times.

One of these modes allows us to create a 2/2 multicolored Citizen token. Picture this: with just a handful of these tokens, we can fulfill the condition of controlling five different colors among our permanents. An excellent start towards our happily ever after!

But that's not all. The Plain Mind Celebration offers the option to return a permanent card from our graveyard to our hand, a lifeline to retrieve crucial cards, including our beloved Happily Ever After.

Proliferation is another mode, a splendid choice when combined with our Planeswalkers, paving the way to their ultimate abilities. And last but not least, we can gain 4 life points. Sometimes, all it takes is creating a horde of tokens and gaining 12 life points to ensure we reach that magical 20 and secure our victory with Happily Ever After.

Now, in our arsenal, we wield two copies of Attraxa, Grand Unifier, a formidable addition. When Attraxa enters the fray, we can peek at the top ten cards of our library, choosing one of each card type to add to our hand. This delightful helper will often grant us at least five new cards, aligning us closer to fulfilling the conditions of Happily Ever After.

Attraxa's talents don't end there. It aids us in locating both Happily Ever After and Plain Mind Celebration, and even assists some of our Planeswalkers, like Tamiyo, in their quest for missing pieces. Not to forget, Attraxa can bolster our life total, a 7/7 flying, vigilance, and lifelink powerhouse. It ensures we return to the coveted 20 life points, sealing our triumphant fate.

As for Nissa, who shakes the world with her presence, she reigns supreme in our deck. With numerous forests and lands bearing the forest subtype, Nissa's impact is magnified. She can turn lands into 3/3 creatures, a perfect complement for bolstering Attraxa and Plain Mind Celebration.

Speaking of celebration, with Nissa by our side, we can use the proliferate mode multiple times, not only adding extra counters to our lands but also potentially reaching the ultimate -8, bestowing us with an emblem that makes our lands indestructible. Furthermore, we can search our library for a multitude of forest cards and place them on the battlefield in a vigilant state, ensuring we have all the land we need.

To ensure we're well-prepared, we've included three copies of Portable Hole as our sole artifacts, offering us cost-effective interaction. Additionally, we have four copies of Leyline Binding, strategically placed in the two-mana slot, often receiving a four-mana discount when we control the necessary card types.

Our mana base is crafted with precision. Four Breeding Pools and a selection of dual lands and trilands all bearing the forest subtype ensure we harness mana with ease. Add to this four Hinterland Harbors, and the classic trick of utilizing Nissa for both blue and green, and you have a recipe for success.

But let's not forget the non-forest cards in our deck, with one Watery Grave, one Swamp, one Island, and one Plains. These are the cards we seek with Cultivate, further refining our strategy.

In this deck, we also introduce In Search of Greatness, a card recommended by one of our Patreon supporters. It seamlessly integrates with Leyline Binding and Attraxa, providing a free entry for the latter if the former is in play. It also grants us an extra card each turn, accumulating three additional mana, further fortifying our Happily Ever After dream.

Our chosen removal spell is Extinction Event, allowing us to choose between odd and even and exile all creatures with the selected mana value. This proves incredibly effective against green devotion strategies, where opponents often rely on creatures with odd mana values. By evicting their creatures, we thwart their death-trigger effects, ensuring a smoother path to victory.

Now, armed with our deck and a comprehensive understanding of our strategy, it's time to venture into the unknown, to explore the infinite possibilities of the game. Will we emerge victorious with Happily Ever After, or will we face a twist in the tale? Only time will tell, and the cards will decide our fate.

So, my fellow adventurers, let's shuffle our deck, draw our opening hand, and embark on this journey of magic and strategy, where a happy ending is just a well-played card away. May your draws be favorable, and your story end with a triumphant "happily ever after."