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History Lesson

Where to start with this mess!?! Well, those that have been following my posts for the last few weeks will know that I'm trying to 5-0 with Tameshi, Reality Architect Lotus Bloom Cultivator Colossus. I've had a solid 60% winrate for the longest time (the number of back-to-back 3-2s has been insane), but I started to lose hope on being able to 5-0.

The issue with my original list (something like this https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/4637773#online) is that it dies to hard GY hate / artifact hate and the only way to beat it is to "get lucky". The deck needs a lot of pieces to combo, and so finding space for "answer RIP" is quite tough. Luckily, the deck can beat things like relics / endurance etc with relative ease, but that issue remained.

So, I started messing with transformative SB plans. Something that could potentially win games without the GY specifically, and potentially without bloom altogether. I had an amulet list, a cascade list, all sorts really. However, I decided to go with a bit of a weirder option, mostly because it made me laugh most!

Introducing Tameshi 4c Money SB

https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/4660875#online

Let me start by saying - this is TOTAL garbage. IT DOES NOT WORK! DO NOT COPY ME. I'll explain more soon.

Those eagle-eyed viewers will have already noticed, but the deck ISNT an 80 card deck for Yorion. Yorion is in my SB, and MTGGoldfish can't recognise that. It's a 66-card deck. Why? Because we board in 14 cards in Game 2 to take us up to 80, and reveal Yorion.

Here's the thing... In the postboard games, I couldn't draw enough lands (embarrassed face emoji)!!! I mulliganed to 5 in 1 game, I got screwed in another. By the end of my 3rd match, I stopped sideboarding!

Match 5 I faced a RW Yorion Hatebears/Taxes style deck. It's the perfect spot for Omnath, Solitude and Fury - so I boarded them in. I then could have won, punted, and then had to use Omnath Cultivator "fairly" to win the game. However, I woulda won without them if I played properly, but didn't!

How on earth did it 5-0

Well, I had 1 opp disconnect and not come back. I had 2 VERY favourable MUs (amulet/hatebears), and didn't face Murktide, RIP or Leyline of the Void. That's how. I ran hotter than the sun! I also got some pretty sweet screenshots along the way (like modo showing me my 1-card SB to ask if i'd like to reveal my companion).

What did we learn

Well - the deck is still just reasonable, not bad at all. But, 66 cards & that stupid SB plan doesn't work! Don't do it. I also learnt that perhaps I was overboarding in the past, and that Prismatic Ending is possibly worth a MD slot.

It's also worth noting that it's A LOT easier to 5-0 when there's a shake-up compared to when the best decks are established. There's no way of dodging murktide & deaths shadow pre lurrus ban, but now people are creating brews and testing to see if they're old lists are any good (like heliod etc). It's the perfect time to steal 5-0s.

Going forward, I plan to try and make a proper 60 card list (with a functional sideboard) and see if I can 5-0 properly! Hopefully though, this meme can live on for a bit!

Please please please ask questions, laugh at me, and maybe even join our discord:

https://discord.gg/29sCUGDtAp

Enjoy!