Overview:

This Gonti, Night Minister deck focuses on evasive combat damage and value generation through unblockable creatures, supported by equipment and efficient removal. The strategy leverages low-cost evasive threats while maintaining card advantage through various draw effects.

Primer:

The deck's early game revolves around deploying efficient evasive creatures like Vampire Cutthroat, Tormented Soul, and Changeling Outcast, while setting up mana acceleration through artifacts like Sol Ring and Arcane Signet. The priority is establishing a board presence with unblockable creatures while holding interaction for threats.

Mid-game focuses on enhancing these creatures with powerful equipment like the Sword cycle (Sword of Fire and Ice, Sword of Light and Shadow) while maintaining pressure through card advantage engines like Dark Confidant and Black Market Connections. The commander, Gonti, Night Minister, serves as both a value engine and potential finisher. Late game involves leveraging accumulated resources to push through lethal damage while protecting key pieces with boots/greaves effects.

Weaknesses:

• Vulnerable to board wipes and mass removal due to creature-dependent strategy
• Heavily reliant on equipment to make small creatures relevant
• Limited ability to handle multiple opponents simultaneously
• Struggles against decks with heavy artifact removal

Most Important Cards:

• Sol Ring
• Sword of Fire and Ice
• Lightning Greaves
• Dauthi Voidwalker
• Toxic Deluge
• Dark Confidant
• Black Market Connections
• Crypt Ghast
• Grim Hireling
• Skullclamp

Attribute Ratings:

• Speed: 6/10
• Resilience: 5/10
• Consistency: 7/10
• Interaction: 6/10

Rating Justification:

The deck operates at a focused casual level, with efficient threats and interaction but lacking the explosive power of higher-tier decks. While it can establish early board presence, it typically needs several turns to assemble its threats and protection. The presence of quality interaction and card advantage puts it above pure casual builds, but the reliance on combat damage and equipment keeps it from reaching higher power levels.

Final power level rating: 5.5 - 6.0

This rating reflects the deck's ability to consistently execute its gameplan while maintaining interaction, but acknowledges its limitations in speed and resilience compared to higher-powered strategies. The deck sits comfortably in the "High-Power Casual" to "Focused" range, capable of competing at most casual tables while not overwhelming them.