There are only three creatures you ever need face. If you have enough lifelink to match the power on the other side, you can't lose. However, this interferes with Job 1: Objectives. What else can we do about the Lanes? We can jam them up with weak or disabled creatures, with Hixus or Turn to Frog + Ravenform + The Trickster-God's Heist.. Sleep with the Fishes, Sigarda's Imprisonment, Pacifism, Suppression Bonds, Claustrophobia, Baffling End..

Lifelink. Won't be staying The only option for Standard in Black everis Blood-Cursed Knight. The future is probably therefore White+X or Green+X [[Portal:Planeswalkers|<font color="#00bb77">Planeswalkers]]<font color="#00eedd">, and making do with Tragic Arroganceor Green life gain. Or just hoping that opponents aren't playing creatureless damage in Bronze, and accepting the losses if they come. Or moving up to higher Tiers when juggling white and black PWs against known Bronze direct damage opponents is not enough. Crutches like Shadowspear and Poet's Quill inevitably move out of Standard and waste Mastery points.

: 4/54 8 Blue: Turn to Frog: 8/16 Harbinger of the Tides. Bounce, mostly inferior to kill, even with the additional cost. "Greg", the computer opponent, understands cost and will switch to another card efficiently.: 2/18 Artificer's Epiphany: 16/34 Thopter Spy Network

:4/4 Animist's Awakening: Conclave Naturalist: 4/8 Gather the Pack: Herald of the Pantheon8/16 Sylvan Messenger: Mantle of Webs2/18 Nissa's Pilgrimage: Sylvan Messenger8/26 Khalni Garden: 8/34 Herald of the Pantheon: 16/50 The Great Aurora. See Languish

: The Great Aurora. See Languish: Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen. Too expensive for Nissa's A3 to pay for.

None of Of these follow , only Kaya follows the rule of White Always , which is the only Bronze-stable future.

* [[Chandra , Ignited |<font color="#00bb77">Chandra, Ignited]]<font color="#00eedd"> : Pyromancer's Gauntlet (clears path for PMA) 140* [[Liliana, Master of Death|<font color="#00bb77">Liliana , Master of Death]]<font color="#00eedd"> 8 : The Chain Veil PMA 170* [[Ajani, Invigorate Leadership|<font color="#00bb77">Ajani, Invigorate Leadership]]<font color="#00eedd"> Jazal Goldmane PMA* [[Nissa, Vital Energy|<font color="#00bb77">Nissa, Vital Energy]]<font color="#00eedd"> Elvish Mystic PMA* [[Teferi, Chronoclast|<font color="#00bb77">Teferi, Chronoclast]]<font color="#00eedd"> Counterlash PMA 

:"Adamant - Red and White: At the end of your turn, Learn - Lorehold. : Explore the Vastlands, Illuminate History, Introduction to Annihilation, Spirit Summoning.:Adamant - Blue and Red: At the end of your turn,  Learn - Prismari. : Mercurial Transformation, Elemental Summoning, Mascot Exhibition, Environmental Sciences.:Adamant - Blue and Green: At the end of your turn, Learn  - Quandrix. : Mascot Exhibition, Explore the Vastlands, Environmental Sciences, Containment Breach. :Adamant - Black and White: At the end of your turn, Learn  - Silverquill. : Introduction to Prophecy, Mascot Exhibition, Confront the Past, Inkling Summoning.:Adamant - Black and Green: At the end of your turn, Learn  - Witherbloom. : Containment Breach, Pest Summoning, Introduction to Prophecy, Introduction to Annihilation.:When you activate a loyalty ability: Re-enable your Vanguard Vanguard  Vanguard abilities."]. Then, Copy  the first spell card in your hand. That card gains full mana.

The enigma is multi faceted, but chief among those questions is, why would the last sentence necessarily be any different than starting a new board? Or at least, any different than Roll a D20? Obviously there is a chance of a match, but what we saw on Nalthazar's video was nearly impossible. He had to have made five at least three matches in one cascade, and more than that: one of each colorof three colors. Any of the five colors, but three different ones.