Overview:

This is a highly tuned stax/control deck that aims to establish asymmetric resource denial while accumulating card advantage through efficient draw engines and tutors. The deck utilizes powerful artifact acceleration and tax effects to slow opponents while maintaining its own tempo.

Primer:

The deck's primary strategy revolves around establishing early resource denial through cards like Winter Orb, Back to Basics, and Cursed Totem, while breaking parity through artifact mana and the commander's cost reduction ability. The early game focuses on deploying fast mana artifacts and establishing tax effects, while the mid-game transitions into maintaining control through counterspells and card advantage engines like Rhystic Study and Mystic Remora.

The deck wins through either establishing a hard lock with Knowledge Pool + Teferi, Time Raveler or Rest in Peace + Helm of Obedience combo. Alternative win conditions include commander damage backed by control elements or grinding out value through planeswalkers like Jace, the Mind Sculptor. The deck excels at creating situations where opponents can't effectively deploy their strategies while maintaining card advantage and board control.

Weaknesses:

• Vulnerable to early artifact removal before establishing its lock pieces
• Can struggle against aggressive strategies if it doesn't find its early interaction
• Heavily reliant on artifacts for acceleration, making it susceptible to mass artifact removal
• Can face challenges in multiplayer scenarios where multiple opponents can overwhelm its permission suite

Most Important Cards:

1. Winter Orb
2. Mana Drain
3. Force of Will
4. Rest in Peace
5. Helm of Obedience
6. Knowledge Pool
7. Teferi, Time Raveler
8. Rhystic Study
9. Smothering Tithe
10. Back to Basics

Attribute Ratings:

• Speed: 8/10
• Resilience: 8/10
• Consistency: 9/10
• Interaction: 9/10

Rating Justification:

This deck consistently threatens to establish control of the game by turn 3-4 through its combination of stax pieces, countermagic, and efficient artifact acceleration. While it's not as explosively fast as typical cEDH decks, it's significantly more powerful than casual builds due to its optimization and ability to consistently deny resources while maintaining advantage. The presence of multiple tutors, premium interaction, and reliable win conditions places it firmly in the high-power category.

Final power level rating: 8.0 - 8.5

The deck features many hallmarks of competitive EDH including fast mana, efficient tutors, and strong interaction packages, but its slightly slower win conditions and reliance on establishing control rather than immediate combo wins places it just below top-tier cEDH decks. It's perfectly positioned to compete at high-power tables while having the tools to occasionally punch up into cEDH pods.