Summary

Main objective: activate or discard spells and gain HP with Hermit Ritual.

Main problem: Permanents without HP and Permanent destruction spells.

This deck is designed with “becoming Mage Noir” in mind, but at the same time, doing so feels more like a reward than a requirement:

• With the Ritual: you unlock “loops” where you can gain HP with the discard pile.
• Without the Ritual: the synergy between the spells is there and they work on their own.

The gameplay of this deck is to constantly activate or discard spells, since they are diverse and cheap.

• Free vegetal mana for your next turn.
• Accumulate little actions (damage, healing, cycling…).
• Gain HP while you play.

Plays

Prioritize finding and playing Hermit Ritual as soon as possible.
You’ll be rewarded with the possibility of paying vegetal mana to gain HP when playing cards: this synergizes with this deck’s activate-spells playstyle.

Read the opponent and adapt accordingly.

• Permanents (HP): direct damage.
• Equipments: “HP lost” spells or Calcination.
• Phase out: Flowers could be discarded, helping the “loops”.
• Exile: play more Flowers than the Tardigrade can exile.
• 1 shot attacks: gain HP while the opponent prepares the combo (to tank it).

Loops

Return Flowers from your discard pile with Fractal Flower.

• Hypnotic Flower: attack directly to the opponent HP.
• Flower Growth: heal yourself/Fractal Flower + find Flowers.
• Fractal Flower: maintain/improve this loop.

Discard Cunning when using Fox, Calcination or Brilliant Inspiration.

1. Gain 1 HP.
2. Exile Fox to return Cunning to your hand.
3. The next turn the Fox rises again and you can repeat.