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Experiment on level up mechanics with proliferate to get all of your creatures to max level quickly, while using counter spells to avoid removal and various combat tricks / combos. Any suggestions welcome, and please +1 if you like the deck!
Level-Up Creatures:
Lighthouse Chronologist - Potential extra turns can be stupidly powerful, this is a great removal bait card. Be careful of spending all of your mana on his level up against control matchups. To be fair, this card is mostly useful in commander. I have never once gotten Chronologist to go off, but it has baited removal from my opponents to play my other threats.
Student of Warfare - 3 for a 3/3 first strike creature? Yes please! This is the best creature in the deck, very cheap to get it leveled up. 4/4 double strike is nothing to sneeze at.
Transcendent Master - Fully leveled up, this guy is a really good threat. Otherwise he is basically a vanilla creature.
All of these creatures were chosen because they have decent stats and cheap level-up costs. Most other available level up creatures in these colors are either low stat utility cards, or extremely understatted mana sinks with level up costs of 3.
Proliferate/Counters:
Skyship Plunderer - Essentially a single target proliferate on a stick with built in evasion, sweet!
Venerated Teacher - Double proliferate on a stick, plus level up theme!
Contentious Plan - Card draw and a bit of proliferate is something this deck greatly enjoys. A big upgrade to the old Fuel for the Cause / Steady Progress package.
Tezzeret's Gambit More card draw and proliferate combo. Usually you will want this to cost 3 and pay the 2 life.
Other:
Time of Heroes Buff all your leveled up creatures. Self explanatory, and surprisingly powerful.
