This is a super weird deck inspired by [W/U] Circle of Life by poutrel though it diverges drastically.
The idea of this deck is to reduce the cost of cycling to 0 with
Fluctuator
then start pitching your deck and digging through it.
Crucial pieces include:
Fluctuator
obviously.
Abandoned Sarcophagus
to allow more haphazard cycling of cards since once it hits the field you can play almost your entire deck from the grave.
Alhammarret's Archive
, once your set up, you can pitch your cards for free to draw 2 and still play the cards you pitched. Once this fires off, you can pretty much add your deck to your hand, that turn, which sets up the next few cards.
Laboratory Maniac
you only need one of him cause once you set up archive and fluctuator you can just draw until you see him, play him, then finish drawing your whole deck until you win.
The deck does have back ups though.
Hollow One
is a 4/4 that will almost always be cast for free in this deck and if sarcophagus is out, he can even pitch himself to pay for his cost.
Cunning Survivor
can win you games by swinging for hella unblockable damage, just wish he had cycle himself.
Vile Manifestation
arguably better than survivor, but IS blockable and doesn't have evasion. Though its solid value to play a stupid/stupid creature for 2 mana. Another big play is to drop
Splendid Reclamation
after pitching dozens of cycle lands.
Downside is that cycle lands all enter tapped so your mana is pretty slow. Running so many cycle lands greatly increases consistency though: you always get your land drops, have plenty of potentially free cycle fodder, and 4-color doesn't feel as clunky despite the cheap land base. The deck seems to consistently win one way or another by turn 7, which isn't that impressive, but consistent. Early game is pretty slow but once fluctuator hits the field at turn 3, which is extremely likely, you can do a lot of digging for what you need (be it creatures, removal, or counters).
I appreciate any input and advice, all is welcomed. Happy brewing!
