Every workday while the set is new, Insight is taking a quick look at another deck featuring cards from Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty. We just got a bunch of futuristic Vehicles. But the best one to use the attendant synergies on is Parhelion II. How about an airstrike for 13 on turn three? Yes, we can!
Here is plan A: Cast and discard . Then on turn three, summon , and use it to reanimate/hasten/crew the Vehicle right away. Fly in for 5+4+4=13 damage and enjoy the look of horror on your opponent's face, as they still face two 4/4 vigilant fliers, even after Parhelion returns to your hand.
If necessary, you can discard the eight-drop again and again. Chart and take care of that. The new does the trick as well, and he also earns his spot in the deck by virtue of his second ability. Because there is a plan B too, and that one requires you to animate Parhelion another way.
Though the big skyship does not need a big crew. Tezzeret can turn it into a creature regardless, as can , but so can . Its main constraint is its mana cost, so here's another way to circumvent that: gets Parhelion into play for a mere four mana. Unlike the primary plan, this neither requires you to draw Parhelion nor does it care about any graveyard hate.
Anchor what? The original list, reproduced below, stocks a total of fourteen cards able to crew/animate Parhelion but only nine cheap permanents to sacrifice to Anchor. is neat, because your opponent's two-drop likely won't matter anymore anyway once Parhelion shows up. Nonetheless I'm tempted at least to add a couple of . Or maybe to aid plan A and plan B at the same time?
In fact, the turn three move with Greasefang is so powerful, may just be superior to Thirst for Knowledge, even here, despite the artifact theme and the color issues. After all, Pioneer knows neither nor , so a three-mana 4/3 can well live for a turn, especially if it is indeed turn three.
Regardless of possible changes, the deck is a beauty to behold. Another testament to the increasingly common realization that Pioneer is one of the coolest formats around.
| Parhelion Reanimator by Conor_man11, Pioneer |
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