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The Eye of the Spark: One Eye, Woken अज [Garthifacts] 坎離, Hæjjądelvönk

Thanks for checking out this fun take on Garth One-Eye. If you like lots of artifacts, multiple angles of attack and drawing lots of cards, this is the deck for you. If you like it, please drop me a +1 upvote for the brew. Let's get into the deck itself.

Despite being a 5-color deck, this is a massively artifact-centric build. The theme is to force your opponents to draw cards using things like Howling Mine, Font of Mythos and Walking Archive. This helps you fill your hand quickly. You do draw cards for your opponents, however, if you cast more spells than they do, then you can benefit from drawing more than they can.

Because this is strictly an artifact shell, most of your cards are just artifacts that make mana which can help you to cast more artifacts that make more mana! This deck doesn't make infinite combos, but it can easily create hundreds or sometimes thousands of mana without the need to go infinite. Special cards that help create tons of mana are Doubling Cube as well as The Eternity Elevator which is truly an awesome addition to the deck. You can also benefit from both Vault of Catlacan and also Uthros, Titanic Godcore. You can also benefit from these cards by using both Deserted Temple and Manascape Refractor.

Making such copious amounts of mana also confuses your opponents because they cannot figure out what you plan to use it for.

You can use it for things like giant Clown Car which helps you make lots of tokens either for blocking or attacking. Or you can sacrifice the tokens later to Radiant Lotus for even more mana. But rolling the die with Clown Car can also help you charge your Vexing Puzzlebox faster.

In addition to making lots of mana, you can also make Thopter tokens and Bird tokens with Sai, Master Thopterist and Hermes, Overseer of Elpis as well as very large Construct tokens with Simulacrum Synthesizer. This helps you navigate combat damage both in blocking and attacking. The Thopter tokens also benefit from the buff from Forsaken Monument. This deck provides players with a lot of flexible options to take on any strategy and can kill in many different ways, whether it's using Garth One-Eye to cast a massive Braingeyser to instantly kill an opponent or using Gogo, Master of Mimicry to copy fun abilities like Cephalid Coliseum or a big Otherworld Atlas with a Platinum Angel in play.

Have fun playing this brew, and thank you for checking it out. If you want more info, I added some info about the inspiration of its design in the sections below.

If you liked it, please add a +1! Thank you. Cheers!

This deck was inspired in large part by this lecture by Randall Carlson.

Based on intuitive considerations I've done, combining context for the numerical significance of the deck along with some related interprative models, the 63rd hexagram of the i ching known as K'an Lí 坎離 After Completion seems energetically aligned.

My reasoning came from taking the quantity (#) of lands and the respective total mana costs for the cards from cmc - and generating their digital root which arrives at a translation to an upper trigram of 393, 333, 393 which has parallels to the trigram, K'an symbolically represented in the card, Vault of Catlacan and representing water.

And for the lower trigram, the quantity of Artifacts , the Mana produced from Lands , and then combined with the Mana produced from those Artifacts (also ) and you get a similar but opposite formation of the Shivan Dragon hexagram which seems to represent the spiritual self which we strive to embody.

Beyond this idea, there are also similar related elements which connect to the i ching. For example, the deck has 64 non-creature artifacts and 63 if you do not count the land. This congregation of symbols could possibly relate to the 64 tetrahedron and the exploration of the energetic state of vacuous space as argued by the researcher, Nassim Haramein, in his documentary called, "Black Whole." These stimulated my mind into make this tributary deck to what I found to be their fascinating subject matter.

Some of the related models which I tried to incorporate into the deck are,

total cmc mana symbols - This was maybe the most important one for me to create, and it also helped align many of the other patterns. The total mana of spells was the first synergy that I built into the deck.

total mana generated

  • I looked at aligning the amount of mana which the deck could generate with a special number that also related to 216 and to other important numbers as well. I feel this helps the deck find balance and harmony.

authentic magic cards

  • Most decks can only have 100 or so cards in them, however, Garth One-Eye allows a unique opportunity to build beyond the traditional deck limit since he has real magic spells in his satchel. He has one for each color from Magic's original Alpha set, and also he has an artifact as well. This combined with Urza, Planeswalker     and Vault of Catlacan create 108 distinct cards that can be deployed during a game.

total mana for all activated costs.

  • This includes all activated costs across all spells and all lands. If a card has multiple costs, each are included. If a cost contains X, X is assumed to be 1.

mana generated by artifacts

  • I count a artifact which could potentially make more than mana as only 1, i.e. Doubling Cube counts as adding 1 mana generated whereas Gilded Lotusfoil will count as . I count cards like Forsaken Monument as representing one generated mana, but I don't count cards like Voltaic Key because although the card can be used to untap something else to generate mana, it doesn't generate it on its own.

total artifacts (#)

total non-creature artifacts

total cards being drawn

total cmc mana for creatures

total mana generated from lands

mana producing rocks total (#)

total cards which draw

colored mana symbols

utility artifacts (#)

total cmc from - &

total cmc from -

(117 is also denoted as 99 in base 12)

The deck also reflects the property of the golden ratio through the total cmc of its artifacts being 161 in total.

The ratio of mana produced by lands to the number of lands is the ratio of non-creature artifacts to the total number of distinct magic cards in the deck, which is 63/108 which is the same ratio as 7/12.

The number of non-creature artifacts to the amount of mana produced by artifacts is also the physical number of creatures, artifacts and lands in the deck to the total number of distinct magic cards represented which is 96 in 108 or also expressed as 8/9.

  • 72° is 1/5th of 360° (Circle)

  • 108° is 1/5th of 540° (Pentagon)

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I've also recently been inspired by the theories of Timothy Hogan within the tradition of esoteric orders relating to the energetic structure of monoatomic gold and artifacts of "magical" history which generate free energy and according to Hogan have been referred to historically within esoteric contexts as manna or "mana."

Upon reflection, I felt there is a strong basis for the 101st through 108th cards in the deck symbolizing the 8 originating trigrams of the i-ching. This is my interpretation of these 8 trigrams and how they correspond to cards within the deck:

Urza, Planeswalker - Ch’ien (乾, head)

Black Lotus - K’un (坤, belly)

Disenchant - Chen (震, foot)

Braingeyser - Tui (兌, mouth)

Terror - Ken (艮, hand)

Shivan Dragon - Li (離, eye)

Regrowth - Sun (巽, thigh)

Vault of Catlacan - K’an (坎, ear)

“What is below is like that which is above, and what is above is similar to that which is below to accomplish the wonders of one thing.

“As all things were produced by the mediation of one being, so all things were produced from this one by adaptation.

“Its father is the sun, its mother is the moon.

“It is the cause of all perfection throughout the whole earth.

“Its power is perfect if it is changed into earth.

“Separate the earth from the fire, the subtile from the gross, acting prudently and with judgment.

“Ascend with the greatest sagacity from the earth to heaven, and then descend again to earth, and unite together the power of things inferior and superior; thus you will possess the light of the whole world, and all obscurity will fly away from you.

“This thing has more fortitude than fortitude itself, because it will overcome every subtle thing and penetrate every solid thing.

By it the world was formed.”

It is with great thanks.

The deck has 12 creatures, symbolizing the twelve Zodiacal cycles of Ancient Greece and the twelve signs of the zodiac. These can be considered as follows:

- Athena, Aries Urza, Lord Protector  
- Aphrodite, Taurus Shimmer Myr
- Apollo, Gemini Metalworker
- Hermes, Cancer Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
- Zeus, Leo Garth One-Eye
- Demeter, Virgo Platinum Angel
- Hephaestus, Libra Sai, Master Thopterist
- Ares, Scorpio Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
- Artemis, Sagittarius Walking Archive
- Hestia, Capricorn Gogo, Master of Mimicry
- Hera, Aquarius Esper Sentinel
- Poseidon, Pisces Thought Monitor

The deck has multiple pairs, such as a pair of Workshops (Urza's Workshop and Mishra's Workshop.) It also has pairs of Hedrons, Mines, Archives, Cities, Temples, Rings, Jars, Jewels and Orreries

It has several thirds as well, symbolized in its Ruins and the Chromatica

Talismans, vaults and keys fill this role at the moment for the fourths represented in the deck. These can be considered to have significance to the four elements, i.e. the four keys, Manifold Key, Cloud Key, Moonsilver Key and Voltaic Key can be considered to be representative of the four elements, Earth, Wind, Water and Fire, respectively. Loti can also represent fourths.

Fourths represent the 4 bisecting triangulated emanating planes of dimensionality which form from the vector equilibrium at angles of 60 degrees to each other.

In the fourth slot is also the position of the i ching reading for the deck itself which is as follows:

Discipline that is too severe, like a punishment that is too cruel, fails to achieve its true purpose. Seek the underlying cause of difficulties, and take strong action to cut off negativity at its roots. Be merciful and reasonable about small imperfections. Does the fact that the sun has spots mean that it should be removed from the sky?

I think this message provides me with a good reminder to play this game with grace, earnestness, and gratitude.

The Colors of Mana can be represented as fifths. They represent the following forces along with their respective associated color, The Void (blue), Strong Force (white), Weak Force (red), electromagnetism (green) and finally, gravity (black). The red and white mana can be considered to be radiationally divergent. The black and green mana can be considered to be gravitationally convergent.

In some respects, the Sol Talisman can symbolize a kind of convergence upon a Planar Nexus point at which the conflux of the 4 planes of local dimensionality converge to a 5th talisman object. This is somewhat symbolic of the 4 elements of existence, Earth, Wind, Water and Fire, in some ways bisecting with a fifth element which could be described as "Love" such as in the movie starring Bruce Willis.

Likewise, the loti similarly can transform from 4ths to 5ths through Garth's mastery.

Garth can represent the magic of sixths. Through the magic of sixths, the lotus can transform from physical fourths to fifths. This is represented in other convergences as well.

Stones can also represent sixths.

The Urza lands represent the magic of sevenths. Urza through reflection also represents eighths. Through the golgathian sylex, Urza and The Mightstone and Weakstone   fuse. In this fused state, the seventh transforms into eighths.

There is some connection between the Loti and sevenths as well, when looking through a lens of chakras and their seven levels... these also have a connection to the number 144,000, as the first six lotus petals combine to form 144, and the seventh is 1000, giving a total of 144x1000 or 144,000. This number has other significance as well (such as being related to the multiplication of 12 x 12 for example.)

144,000 has a connection to both the 12 zodiacal cycles and also the "Shard of the 12 planes" which is related to the lore of Urza.

Eight's ways are quite mysterious. They make a fun topic of exploration for any young wizard. One recent focus for myself with the power of eights is in its ability to represent all logic gates. With the Mightstone and Weakstone, you represent gravitational convergence and radiational divergence, but in the symmetry of 8, perhaps there is a simultaneous expression of both the within and the without. I'm open to the idea. I need to explore eight a little futher. There is symbolism in 8 representing the "three" from "one."

I am also drawing at some points a parallel between eight and the regular truncated icosahedron. Unlike many other solids, this solid reduces down through digital root expressions to a convergence of the OR logic gate represented by the doubling track, the AND logic gate, represented by the symmetry between 3 and 6 and also the NOT logic gate symbolized by the number 9.

This is because the regular truncated icosahedron has 32 faces, representing the conclusion of the doubling track at 5, the solid has 60 vertices, representing the AND logic gate of the digital root 3-6 track, and it also has 90 edges, representing the NOT gate through the expression of the reciprocal powers of 9.

Because I've identified this through a geometry rationale guided by Buckminster Fuller (by attribution of expressive qualities of the geometry of dimensionality) I think there could be something deeper in this expression that needs some further discovery. I will reflect on it.

There is also a parallel to the 8 star tetrahedron which forms the basis for the greater 64 tetrahedron.

In gnostic traditions, there is also a concept for an eighth aeon potentially exceeding beyond the seventh chakra which is emblematic of perhaps some kind of stargate portal or a world beyond worlds.

Finally, there is some brilliant parallels to the concept of octonions in high-dimensional mathematics which build on the complex number plane and the quaternions to create a tri-force style modeling system which I believe has some connections back to 240 with respect to spheres of closest packing in eight dimensions. Additional Information About Eight

The source of the inspiration for this deck is the magic of the number nine.

There are some unique properties related to the number nine with respect to digital roots.

The deck has 21 lands. 2+1 = 3. The deck has 9 which gives a digital root of 9. The deck has 12 mana spells which has a digitl root of 3. The deck has 75 lands and spells CMC or less. 7+5 = 12. 1+2 = 3. 15 spells of CMC equal to . This is 30. 3+0=3...

There are 19 mana spells. That's 57 mana. 5+7=12, 1+2=3.

There are 12 mana spells in the deck. 12x4=48. (3) There are 6 mana spells in the deck. 6x5=30. (3) There are 3 mana spells, 2x6=18 (9) and three mana spells. 2X7=21 (3)

Total, not including Garth One-Eye, there are 24 spells CMC or greater. 2+4=6. When you compare the 75 CMC or less, 7+5=12, 1+2=3 with the 24 CMC or greater, 2+4=6, you get a symbolic representation of the beginning of the deck as 3 and its ending as 6. Again, you have 3+6=9

The deck has 18 colors of mana. It has 8 blue, 1 green, 3 red, 1 black and 5 white. 1+8=9. It has 192 combined generic and hybrid symbols. 1+9+8=18. 1+8=9. The generic mana costs are symbolized by 9 and the colored costs by 9.

The deck has a CMC 216 mana cost total. 2+1+6=9. 216 divided by 24 equals 9. The 9 loosely represents gravitational convergence and radiational divergence.

There are a lot more details that I don't necessarily need to go into, but this deck was inspired by research I've been doing into Buckminster Fuller and also Randall Carlson and Timothy Hogan. There's also some cool significance to the structure of monoatomic gold which I think has some significance as well. I suppose this became a bit of an homage to their teachings.

One last thing I will mention is that there is some profound significance between these numbers and the number 13. I don't need to go into it, but you can learn about the significance of the "12 surrounding the 1" in a short youtube clip of Buckminster Fuller explaining the significance of the Vector Equilibrium. He talks about submarines in the video. It's pretty good and pretty short and he covers many important details. You may benefit from watching it multiple times because it's pretty dense, but I think eventually, the importance can be understood.

If you're interested in more in-depth ideas related to the significance of 9 with respect to dimensionality, you can read more here. Show

Well, I still need to work out more of this deck's mythos, but that's is what I've gotten so far.

It's really fun to play also.

Recent edit: I've found a new video called Black Whole which explores a concept called a 64 tetrahedron based in part on ideas of buckminster fuller called the isotropic vector matrix which shows an arrangement of 20 tetrahedrons into a mecha-tetra-hedron. then a reverse polarity model is combined or mirrored from this and a double toroidal sphere encompasses it.

There are allegories to the 4th dimension including the boundary of triple tetrahedrons in the form of a group of eight tri-tetrahedron which combine with the larger isotropic vector matrix star tetrahedrons to form the greater 64 tetragram and there are models which can link this with the i ching due to the identical modeling features. I have some weird theories on the fringe of these ideas involving the 0th hexagram being a root structure for consciousness development. This is symbolized in my deck by Shivan dragon's firebreathing mechanic.

The deck begins with 4 fundamental planes for four forces, these are Angel's Grace, Everybody Lives, Teferi's Protection and Storm the Vault. And slotted into these four planes are 12 creatures who represent twelve planes of Dominaria in the shard of the twelve worlds. These form around the Shivan Dragon and create the vector equilibrium or the zero-energy frequnecy to the universe.

Then, via the octave equivalency of pattern repetition, you have the 40 mana producing artifacts (Treasure Vault is included) and these represent an isotropic vector matrix, and then these forms are bounded by a triple tetrahedral boundary as a gateway to the 4th dimension, which are 8-fold and are represented by the 24 utility artifacts (mostly non-mana-producing) so in this model, you get the 4 dimensional planes, the twelves shards of existence, the 20 archetypal lands from which in part represent memories or a mental sphere from which the energy of the mana is drawn directly, and then the 40 isotropic vector artifacts and their 24 boundary artifacts which produce the total of 4+12+20+40+24 = 100.

It should be noted that this forms Urza and Urza is symbolized via a 10-fold nature... the eyes of Urza are present in the drawn powerstones.

The twelve shards and planes are 54 mana, The Jupiter rocks are 54 mana The June rocks are 54 mana The boundary rocks are also 54 mana, each comprising exactly 1/4th of the deck's vector points. I have notes on this stuff, but it's mostly hand-written.

Urza can be said to represent tenths, his seven lands, his material and higher self and his bauble.

Urza's backstory contains some veiled symbolism to 4th dimensional math modeling. For example, Urza's Sylex created a blast that trapped 12 planes in a bubble and prevented transplanar magic from reaching them. You can read a bit about it here.

One way of looking at these twelve trapped realms is as a symbol of the twelve platonic solids across both 3-dimensional and 4-dimensional space. These can be represented by its 12 creatures.

Another way of considering the symbolism of Urza to the 4th dimension is the 9 titan engines which he constructed for the purposes of invading Phyrexia. This could be considered symbolic of base-ten mathematics reflected in the geometry of platonic solids across the third dimension.

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Symbolic of Mastering Energy - The Square Show

Symbolic of Mastering Awareness - The Circle Show

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(2 months ago)

+1 Spine of Ish Sah maybe
+1 The Endstone maybe