Overview:

This 5-color Jodah, the Unifier deck focuses on legendary tribal synergy, leveraging Jodah's anthem effect and cascade-like ability to cheat out additional legendary permanents. The strategy revolves around explosive board development through legendaries that generate value, mana acceleration, and recursive threats. Jodah serves as both a critical anthem effect (scaling exponentially with legend density) and a value engine, enabling free casts of lower-CMC legends. Key secondary strategies include combat overrun via scaling buffs (Heroes' Podium, Odric), combo potential with Marchesa/Ratadrabik recursion, and stax elements like Toxrill.

Primer:

Core Strategy Execution:

1. Early Setup (T1-4): Prioritize mana fixing/ramp (Sol Ring, Cultivate, Chromatic Lantern) and low-CMC legends (Skrelv, Fblthp, Llanowar Elves). Use Sisay to tutor key pieces like Jegantha for mana or Ashaya for synergy.
2. Jodah Deployment (T4-5): Cast Jodah with protection (Greaves, Daze) to trigger cascades. Prioritize legends that enable further cascades (Gluntch, Inga and Esika) or immediate value (Toski, Varragoth).
3. Board Domination (T5+): Chain legend casts into free permanents via Jodah triggers. Deploy recursive engines (Marchesa + Ratadrabik) and finishers (Toxrill, Heroes' Podium). Use Sisay to assemble Odric keyword soup or fetch combo pieces.
4. Win Conditions:
   • Combat: Scale with Jodah's anthem + Heroes' Podium. Use Odric to grant universal keywords.
   • Combo: Marchesa + Ratadrabik + sac outlet (Brion) for infinite death/ETB triggers.
   • Control: Toxrill slug tokens + Grazilaxx draw engine.

Mulligan Priorities:

• 3+ lands with color fixing (Command Tower, Exotic Orchard).
• Early ramp (Sol Ring, Llanowar Elves) or Sisay.
• At least 1 low-CMC legend to enable early Jodah cascades.
• Avoid hands lacking colored sources or reliant solely on high-CMC bombs.

Key Tips:

• Sequence legends by CMC to maximize Jodah triggers (cast high-CMC first to cascade into lower).
• Use Ashaya to turn creatures into Forests for Nykthos-like synergies with mana dorks.
• Protect Jodah with Greaves/Stasis Coffin – losing him resets your cascade value engine.
• Leverage Widespread Thieving's Hideaway to cheat high-impact legends like Toxrill.

Weaknesses:

Critical

• Extreme vulnerability to commander removal – Jodah's 5 CMC and lack of inherent protection make recasting costly.
• Overreliance on board presence makes it fold to wraths (Blasphemous Act backfires here).

Moderate

• Graveyard hate (Rest in Peace) disrupts Marchesa/Ratadrabik recursion lines.
• Anti-tutor effects (Aven Mindcensor) hinder Sisay/Varragoth.

Minor

• Stax pieces like Torpor Orb negate ETB value from Fblthp/Gluntch.
• Slow mana base with 11+ tapped lands risks falling behind early.

Most Important Cards:

• Sisay, Weatherlight Captain (Tutor engine for legend toolbox)
• Heroes' Podium (Scaling anthem + card selection)
• Jegantha, the Wellspring (Critical 5-color mana fixer)
• Ashaya, Soul of the Wild (Mana acceleration synergy)
• Toxrill, the Corrosive (Board control & win condition)
• Marchesa, the Black Rose (Recursion combo enabler)
• Ratadrabik of Urborg (Infinite combo piece with Marchesa)
• Kodama's Reach (Mana fixing/ramp)
• Assassin's Trophy (Primary interaction)
• Blasphemous Act (Emergency reset button)

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 6/10
Can deploy threats as early as T4-5 with optimal ramp, but lacks fast combos or turbo mana. Wins typically occur T7-9 through combat or incremental value.

Resilience: 5/10
Moderate recursion (Marchesa/Ratadrabik) and protection (Greaves/Counterspell), but overreliance on Jodah and vulnerable board states.

Consistency: 7/10
Strong mana fixing, Sisay tutoring, and Jodah's cascade provide reliable access to key pieces despite high variance in legend quality.

Interaction: 5/10
Limited removal suite (Assassin's Trophy, Deadly Rollick) and few counterspells, but strategic use of goad (Red Death) and Toxrill for control.

Rating Justification:

This deck demonstrates focused casual power with strong synergy and tutoring, capable of T7-9 wins through combat or value engines. However, its reliance on vulnerable board states and moderate interaction keeps it below optimized tiers.

Power level: 5.0 - 5.5