Overview:

This Sidisi, Brood Tyrant deck leverages self-mill, graveyard recursion, and zombie token generation as its core strategy. Sidisi acts as both an engine (filling the graveyard and creating board presence) and a value generator, supported by synergistic creatures and payoffs like Syr Konrad, the Grim and Mirkwood Bats. The deck wins through incremental life drain, zombie swarms, and occasional explosive plays with reanimated threats like Golgari Grave-Troll or Dreadhound. Graveyard resilience and token sacrifice synergies provide multiple angles of pressure, though the strategy lacks fast combos or robust protection.

Primer:

Core Strategy Execution:

1. Early Setup (Turns 1-3): Deploy mana dorks (Llanowar Elves, Skull Prophet) or self-mill engines (Satyr Wayfinder, Deranged Assistant). Prioritize milling to trigger Sidisi’s zombie generation.
2. Midgame Value (Turns 4-6): Cast Sidisi to accelerate milling. Use sacrifice outlets (Carrion Feeder, Viscera Seer) to convert zombies into value via Zulaport Cutthroat or Nadier's Nightblade. Reanimate key threats like Splinterfright or Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord with Victimize or Dread Return.
3. Win Conditions (Turns 6+):
   • Life Drain: Leverage Syr Konrad, the Grim, Dreadhound, and Mirkwood Bats to ping opponents.
   • Combat Overload: Flood the board with zombies via Sidisi and Kessig Cagebreakers, using Wonder for evasion.
   • Jarad Finisher: Sacrifice a massive Golgari Grave-Troll or Splinterfright with Jarad to drain the table.

Mulligan Priorities:

• Keep hands with 2-3 lands (including color-fixing like Command Tower).
• Prioritize early self-mill (Stinkweed Imp, Millikin) or ramp (Birds of Paradise).
• Look for at least one payoff card (e.g., Syr Konrad, Mirkwood Bats) or recursion tool (Stitch Together).

Key Tips:

• Use Perpetual Timepiece to mitigate over-milling and protect key graveyard cards.
• Altar of Bhaal can repeatedly recur Sidisi or other key creatures if left unchecked.
• Necrotic Ooze can steal activated abilities from the graveyard (e.g., Skull Prophet’s mill or Cryptbreaker’s token generation).

Weaknesses:

Critical

• Graveyard exile (e.g., Bojuka Bog) cripples recursion and payoff engines.
• Lacks fast win conditions; struggles against decks with T5-6 combo kills.

Moderate

• Limited interaction for noncreature threats (e.g., enchantments/artifacts rely on Reclamation Sage).
• Vulnerable to board wipes without reliable mass recursion.

Minor

• Mediocre card draw outside graveyard synergies.
• Mana base has minimal fast lands, risking color screw.

Most Important Cards:

• Syr Konrad, the Grim (Primary life drain engine)
• Golgari Grave-Troll (Massive threat/recurrable beater)
• Sidisi, Brood Tyrant (Core engine)
• Mirkwood Bats (Token/death synergy)
• Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord (Finisher)
• Dreadhound (Passive life loss)
• Necrotic Ooze (Ability theft)
• Altar of Bhaal (Recurrence engine)
• Victimize (Efficient reanimation)
• Perpetual Timepiece (Graveyard management)

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 5/10

• Wins typically occur around T7-9 via incremental life drain or combat, lacking fast combo lines.

Resilience: 6/10

• Recursion tools (Timeless Witness, Dread Return) and zombie chump blockers mitigate disruption, but graveyard dependency remains a liability.

Consistency: 7/10

• Redundant self-mill engines and Sidisi’s triggers ensure steady graveyard setup, though tutors are sparse.

Interaction: 4/10

• Spot removal (Plaguecrafter, Overcharged Amalgam) and limited counterspells; struggles against noncreature strategies.

Rating Justification:

This deck operates at a mid-power casual level, leveraging synergistic graveyard play but lacking the speed (T7-9 kills) and protection to compete with high-power strategies. Its resilience is hampered by graveyard reliance, aligning it with Focused Casual tiers.

Power level: 5.0 - 5.5