{"id":2748,"date":"2026-07-04T10:15:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T08:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/?p=2748"},"modified":"2026-07-04T10:36:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T08:36:21","slug":"frantic-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/frantic-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"Frantic Returns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Featured art: Diminishing Returns by L.A. Williams. This time we have an original deck primer by I\u00f1aki Puigdollers, I hope you enjoy it! \/ Martin<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Introduction<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frantic Returns is an engine combo deck that abuses the storm mechanic. It combines the established <a href=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/frantic-storm\/\">Frantic Storm shell<\/a> with one of the most explosive engines available in Premodern: Lion&#8217;s Eye Diamond + Diminishing Returns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-large\/3255.jpg\" width=\"200\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-large\/3104.jpg\" width=\"200\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At its core, the deck operates similarly to traditional Frantic Storm. The cost reducers\u00a0 Sapphire Medallion and Helm of Awakening, a.k.a \u201crocks\u201d, turn Cloud of Faeries, Snap and Frantic Search into mana-generating spells. These spells are then chained together with Meditate and Merchant Scroll until enough resources have been accumulated to finish the game with Brain Freeze.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What separates Frantic Returns from traditional Frantic Storm is its ability to completely reset and reload during a combo turn. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A single Diminishing Returns frequently represents:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A fresh hand of seven cards.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additional mana when combined with Lion&#8217;s Eye Diamond.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additional storm count.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A reset button that can turn losses into wins out of the blue (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pun intended<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many games are won by resolving a single Returns (even though it\u2019s not strictly needed) but you can, occasionally, play a second Returns in the same turn. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The deck therefore attacks from two different angles:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The Frantic Engine:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> resolve cost reducers and use untappers to generate mana while chaining Meditates and cantrips until Brain Freeze becomes lethal.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>The Returns Engine:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> cast Diminishing Returns, generate mana with Lion&#8217;s Eye Diamond, draw a new hand and continue comboing with the Frantic engine.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understanding when to rely on each engine is one of the most important skills required to pilot the deck effectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>The deck<\/h2>\n<p>Here is the version I run currently. I&#8217;ll get back to specific card choices later.<\/p>\n<div id=\"snapshot-842\" class=\"snap-shot-container\"><div class=\"deck-wrapper\"><div class=\"deck-header\"><div class=\"deck-title\">Frantic Returns<\/div><div class=\"deck-actions\"><span id=\"btn-spoiler-842\"  class=\"btn btn-default tooltipper on\" onclick=\"toggleView('spoiler', 842)\"><i class=\"fas fa-th\"><\/i><span class=\"tooltiptext\">Spoiler view<\/span><\/span><span id=\"btn-embedded-842\" class=\"btn btn-default tooltipper\" onclick=\"toggleView('embedded', 842)\"><i class=\"fas fa-list-ul\"><\/i><span class=\"tooltiptext\">List with preview card<\/span><\/span><span class=\"btn btn-default tooltipper on\" onclick=\"toggleSideboard(842); this.classList.toggle('on');\"><i class=\"fab fa-stripe-s\"><\/i><span class=\"tooltiptext\">Show\/hide sideboard<\/span><\/span><span class=\"btn btn-default tooltipper\" onclick=\"snapShot(842)\"><i class=\"fas fa-camera\"><\/i><span class=\"tooltiptext\">Download photo of deck<\/span><\/span><span class=\"btn btn-default tooltipper\" onclick=\"textDownload(842, 'Frantic Returns')\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-alt\"><\/i><span class=\"tooltiptext\">Download text file of deck<\/span><\/span><\/div><div class=\"deck-actions mobile\"><span class=\"btn btn-default on\" onclick=\"toggleSideboard(842); this.classList.toggle('on');\"\"><i class=\"fab fa-stripe-s\"><\/i><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-wrapper\"><div class=\"deck-content embedded hidden\" id=\"embedded-content-842\"><div class=\"deck-wrapper-container\"><div class=\"deck-content-main\"><h4>MAIN DECK | 60 cards<\/h4><div class=\"deck-part-content\"><div class=\"title\">Others: 12<\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"3255\" data-deckid=\"842\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(3255); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Lion's Eye Diamond<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"3593\" data-deckid=\"842\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(3593); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Helm of Awakening<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"4626\" data-deckid=\"842\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(4626); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Sapphire Medallion<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"deck-part-content\"><div class=\"title\">Instants and Sorceries: 28<\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"22988\" data-deckid=\"842\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(22988); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Opt<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"2951\" data-deckid=\"842\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2951); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Merchant Scroll<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"12375\" data-deckid=\"842\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(12375); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Frantic Search<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"4713\" data-deckid=\"842\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(4713); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Meditate<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"25557\" data-deckid=\"842\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(25557); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">2<\/span> Sleight of Hand<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"47599\" data-deckid=\"842\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(47599); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">3<\/span> Brain Freeze<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"12374\" data-deckid=\"842\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(12374); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">3<\/span> Snap<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"3104\" data-deckid=\"842\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(3104); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">3<\/span> Diminishing Returns<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"31779\" data-deckid=\"842\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(31779); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">1<\/span> Words of Wisdom<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"deck-part-content\"><div class=\"title\">Creatures: 3<\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"11588\" data-deckid=\"842\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(11588); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">3<\/span> Cloud of Faeries<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"deck-part-content\"><div class=\"title\">Lands: 17<\/div><div class=\"card\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"2767\" data-deckid=\"842\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2767); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">17<\/span> Island<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"deck-content-sideboard \" id=\"embedded-sideboard-842\"><h4>SIDEBOARD | 15 cards<\/h4><div class=\"card sideboard\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"2793\" data-deckid=\"842\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2793); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">2<\/span> Tormod's Crypt<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card sideboard\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"3576\" data-deckid=\"842\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(3576); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">2<\/span> Teferi's Isle<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card sideboard\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"2508\" data-deckid=\"842\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(2508); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">3<\/span> Hydroblast<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card sideboard\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"12447\" data-deckid=\"842\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(12447); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">2<\/span> Chain of Vapor<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card sideboard\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"21285\" data-deckid=\"842\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(21285); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">4<\/span> Accumulated Knowledge<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card sideboard\"><a class=\"card-preview-link\" data-multiverseid=\"3097\" data-deckid=\"842\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(3097); showCardTip();\"><span class=\"card-qty\">2<\/span> Arcane Denial<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"card-preview\"><div class=\"card-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/card-back.jpg\" id=\"card-previewer-842\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"hidden\" id=\"text-content-download-842\">Deck downloaded from - http:\/\/premodernmagic.com\n------------------------------------------------\nFrantic Returns\n------------------------------------------------\nMAIN DECK (60)\n\nOthers: 12\n4 Lion's Eye Diamond\n4 Helm of Awakening\n4 Sapphire Medallion\n\nInstants and Sorceries: 28\n4 Opt\n4 Merchant Scroll\n4 Frantic Search\n4 Meditate\n2 Sleight of Hand\n3 Brain Freeze\n3 Snap\n3 Diminishing Returns\n1 Words of Wisdom\n\nCreatures: 3\n3 Cloud of Faeries\n\nLands: 17\n17 Island\n\n\nSIDEBOARD (15)\n2 Tormod's Crypt\n2 Teferi's Isle\n3 Hydroblast\n2 Chain of Vapor\n4 Accumulated Knowledge\n2 Arcane Denial\n------------------------------------------------\nDeck downloaded from - http:\/\/premodernmagic.com\n<\/div><div class=\"deck-content spoiler\" id=\"spoiler-content-842\"><div class=\"deck-section-wrapper\"><div class=\"spoiler-main-wrapper\"><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"3255\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(3255); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/3255.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"22988\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(22988); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/22988.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"2951\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2951); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/2951.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"3593\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(3593); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/3593.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"4626\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(4626); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/4626.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"12375\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(12375); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/12375.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"3255\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(3255); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/3255.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"22988\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(22988); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/22988.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"2951\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2951); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/2951.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"3593\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(3593); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/3593.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"4626\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(4626); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/4626.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"12375\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(12375); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/12375.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"3255\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(3255); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/3255.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"22988\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(22988); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/22988.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"2951\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2951); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/2951.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"3593\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(3593); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/3593.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"4626\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(4626); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/4626.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"12375\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(12375); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/12375.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"3255\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(3255); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/3255.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"22988\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(22988); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/22988.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"2951\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2951); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/2951.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"3593\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(3593); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/3593.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"4626\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(4626); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/4626.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"12375\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(12375); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/12375.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"4713\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(4713); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/4713.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"4713\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(4713); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/4713.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"25557\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(25557); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/25557.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"11588\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(11588); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/11588.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"11588\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(11588); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/11588.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"47599\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(47599); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/47599.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"4713\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(4713); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/4713.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"4713\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(4713); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/4713.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"25557\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(25557); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/25557.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"11588\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(11588); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/11588.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"47599\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(47599); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/47599.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"47599\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(47599); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/47599.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"12374\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(12374); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/12374.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"3104\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(3104); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/3104.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"2767\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2767); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/2767.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"2767\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2767); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/2767.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"2767\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2767); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/2767.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"2767\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2767); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/2767.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"12374\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(12374); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/12374.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"3104\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(3104); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/3104.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"2767\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2767); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/2767.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"2767\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2767); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/2767.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"2767\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2767); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/2767.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"2767\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2767); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/2767.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"12374\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(12374); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/12374.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"31779\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(31779); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/31779.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"2767\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2767); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/2767.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"2767\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2767); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/2767.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"2767\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2767); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/2767.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"2767\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2767); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/2767.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"3104\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(3104); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/3104.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"2767\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2767); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/2767.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"2767\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2767); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/2767.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"2767\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2767); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/2767.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"2767\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2767); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/2767.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"2767\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2767); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/2767.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"deck-section-wrapper \" id=\"spoiler-sideboard-842\"><h4 class=\"spoiler-sideboard\">SIDEBOARD<\/h4><div 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class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/3576.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"3576\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(3576); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/3576.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"2508\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2508); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/2508.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"2508\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2508); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/2508.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"2508\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(2508); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/2508.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"12447\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(12447); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/12447.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"12447\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(12447); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/12447.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"21285\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(21285); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/21285.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"21285\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(21285); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/21285.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"21285\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(21285); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/21285.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"21285\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(21285); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/21285.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"3097\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(3097); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/3097.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-wrapper sideboard\"><a card-tip=\"\" class=\"cardtip\" multiverseid=\"3097\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(3097); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\"><div class=\"card-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-medium\/3097.jpg\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"watermark\" style=\"display:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/logo.svg\"><p>http:\/\/premodernmagic.com<\/p><\/div><\/div><a id=\"snapshot-downloader\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" id=\"snapshot-image\"><\/a>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why play Frantic Returns?<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strengths<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the fastest combo decks in Premodern.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Multiple independent combo engines with strong synergy between them.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Excellent card selection.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strong against slower control and midrange strategies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Higher win rate than traditional Frantic Storm decks vs difficult match ups such as Sligh and Moneyball Black.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Immune to graveyard hate.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Highly rewarding to master.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Capable of recovering from seemingly unwinnable positions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lower fizzle rate.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How much lower is the fizzle rate?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have run a very basic simulation comparing a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/moxfield.com\/decks\/mNSGxWMd80yXiwiqtxkrZg\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">traditional Frantic Storm<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> deck and my Frantic Returns deck. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The premises of the model are the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No opponent interaction (counterspells, discard, pressure, or hate cards).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Basic mulligan decisions based on mana sources, cost reducers, and action spells.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Identical pilot heuristics for both decks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brain Freeze kills are evaluated using the same storm-count thresholds for both lists.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diminishing Returns is modeled as a recovery engine that can generate a fresh seven-card hand at the cost of exiling ten cards from the library.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under this model, Frantic Returns produced a <\/span><b>16.7% lower combo-turn fizzle rate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> compared to traditional Frantic Storm. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While this is not exact science, it tracks with my personal experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weaknesses<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Non-deterministic combo deck.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Requires set up that can be answered with format staples (like Pyroblast or Naturalize)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can still fizzle occasionally.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diminishing Returns introduces variance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gaea&#8217;s Blessing can be difficult to beat.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Requires significant practice and repetition.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How the deck wins<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You need to resolve one rock (I\u2019ll use the term indistinctively when referring to either Sapphire Medallion or Helm of Awakening) or ideally two to get your spells reduced to cost one mana or two at maximum. Thereafter you generate critical storm count by casting draw spells and spells that will untap your lands to generate additional mana (or Lion\u2019s Eye Diamond, more on this later) and finalize with one or more Brain Freeze. Usually, two Brain Freeze are more than enough. Whenever possible, it is recommended to finish your combo turn with the singleton <a class=\"cardtip\" onclick=\"updateCardTip(31779, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseenter=\"updateCardTip(31779, ''); showCardTip()\" onmouseleave=\"hideCardTip()\">Words of Wisdom<\/a> to effectively kill your opponent in that turn (i.e., your opponent loses when they are going to draw a card and their library is empty).<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brain Freeze math<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The table and formula below are extracted from the awesome <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/moxfield.com\/decks\/mNSGxWMd80yXiwiqtxkrZg\/primer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frantic Storm Primer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> created by the Moxfield\/Discord user pegpeg66. I encourage you to read it as a complement to this article to gain a broader perspective on the Frantic Storm archetype overall.<\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Spells before first Brain Freeze<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>First Brain Freeze<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Second Brain Freeze<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Total cards milled<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">18<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">21<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>39<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">21<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">24<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>45<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">24<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">27<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>51<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">27<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">30<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>57<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">30<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">33<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>63<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">33<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">36<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>69<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">11<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">36<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">39<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>75<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">39<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">42<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>81<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">13<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">42<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">45<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>87<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">14<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">45<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">48<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>93<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">15<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">48<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">51<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>99<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">16<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">51<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">54<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>105<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">17<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">54<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">57<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>111<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A turn-three opponent usually has around 50-51 cards remaining in their library. This means that seven spells followed by two Brain Freeze is typically lethal. <\/span><b>Pro tip:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Always count your opponent&#8217;s actual library size rather than relying on theoretical numbers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An important reminder is that your opponent&#8217;s spells also increase storm count. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This frequently matters against heavily interactive decks that operate at instant speed, like permission heavy decks (e.g. decks playing countermagic), such as Dreadnought, Psychatog or Landstill. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sometimes your opponent&#8217;s interaction is what pushes Brain Freeze into lethal territory.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Lion&#8217;s Eye Diamond + Diminishing Returns engine<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This broken interaction is the primary reason to play the deck. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most common sequence looks like this:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is recommended to fire off your Returns with at least one Rock on the table, ideally two. For this sequence I will assume you have at least one.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Cast as many mana generating cards you have in your hand (Frantic Search, Cloud of Faeries and Snap).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Cast Diminishing Returns.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Hold priority.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sacrifice Lion&#8217;s Eye Diamond.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Add three blue mana.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Resolve Diminishing Returns.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Draw seven new cards.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Continue comboing.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In practice, Lion&#8217;s Eye Diamond functions much closer to Black Lotus than to a traditional mana source. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You normally do this after having depleted the rest of your hand, so the discard part is rarely a liability.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why three Brain Freeze is enough<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the most common questions about the list is why it plays three Brain Freeze instead of four. Isn\u2019t it risky to exile all your win conditions after resolving a Diminishing Returns? <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The answer is no, with three Brain Freeze we are statistically safe. Here is why: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After resolving Diminishing Returns there are typically around 45 cards left in the library. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With three Brain Freeze remaining in those 45 cards, the odds of exiling all three copies to Diminishing Returns is approximately 2.8 %. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A fourth Brain Freeze reduces that probability even further, but at the cost of replacing a card that actively helps the deck combo. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Comparatively, if we were playing only two Brain Freeze the odds of exiling all of them would be 18.0 %, which means that one in every five times you cast Diminishing Returns you\u2019d be left with no win conditions left in your deck, on average. This is too big of a risk which makes three the sweet spot in my opinion.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When not to cast Diminishing Returns<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most common mistake one can make is casting Diminishing Returns too early or plainly when uncalled for. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before casting it, ask yourself:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Am I generating enough mana to continue afterwards? This is pretty much dependent on the number of rocks you have on board before firing it off.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is my current hand actually worse than seven random cards? Can Frantic Search or Meditate solve the problem instead? It is often recommended to correctly use your resources before casting Returns.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What happens if Returns exiles critical pieces? This is an important question in match-ups like Sligh where Words of Wisdom plays a very important role.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diminishing Returns is often strongest as a combo extension rather than a combo starter. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many successful combo turns involve:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Playing rocks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Building mana\/chaining untappers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Casting Meditate.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using available resources.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Casting Diminishing Returns only once resources begin running low.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/combo-flowchart.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2779\" src=\"http:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/combo-flowchart.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/combo-flowchart.png 512w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/combo-flowchart-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Returns is generally not a panic button (although sometimes it will be!), but <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the glue that holds the deck together and minimizes fizzle rate to a level close to 0%<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mulligan guide<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mulligans are one of the most difficult aspects of the deck and generally in Magic I would say. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many hands that appear powerful are often traps. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Likewise, many hands that appear mediocre are often excellent keeps. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note that mulliganing can vary heavily post sideboard games when you know what your opponent is up to. For this exercise we will focus on mulliganing in game 1 without any additional information of your opponent\u2019s deck.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Automatic keeps<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ideal hand consists of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2 lands + 2 rocks + 1 Meditate or Diminishing Returns + 1 mana generation effect + 1 cantrip.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My general advice is to keep:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2 lands + rock + action.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1 land + rock + 2 cantrips.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3 lands + rock + Cloud of Faeries or Frantic Search + Meditate<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rock + Meditate + mana.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These hands almost always develop into a functional combo turn.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Automatic mulligans<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Generally, you should mulligan:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One-land hands without at least two cantrips.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hands containing Lion&#8217;s Eye Diamond but no clear plan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hands with multiple Frantic Search\/Meditates\/Diminishing Returns and no setup.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understanding Lion&#8217;s Eye Diamond hands<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the biggest mistakes in evaluating hands is overvaluing <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lion&#8217;s Eye Diamond, as it does not automatically make the hand a keeper. Specifically, a<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> hand containing a Diamond and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diminishing Returns <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is not necessarily stronger than a traditional Frantic Storm hand. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The question when evaluating a hand with Diminishing Returns is always: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;How am I generating enough mana to make Returns good?&#8221; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the answer is unclear, the hand may be weaker than it looks.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Card choices<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The main deck<\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rocks: Sapphire Medallion and Helm of Awakening<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are the enablers of the deck and you need them to execute your plan, whichever it is! <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While they serve the same purpose when going off, note that there is a fundamental difference. Helm of Awakening is not only a symmetrical effect (be mindful of reducing your opponent\u2019s card costs) but it also reduces any spell cost, including future rocks! This is very important because it allows you some crazy sequencing like the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Turn 1 Land<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Turn 2 Land + Helm of Awakening<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Turn 3 Rock + Cloud of Faeries + Meditate<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The line above is great because the odds of hitting your third land and potentially more action to get going are very high. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All in all Helm has great advantages but comes with associated risks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-large\/4626.jpg\" width=\"200\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-large\/3593.jpg\" width=\"200\"><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mana generators: Frantic Search, Cloud of Faeries, Snap, Lion&#8217;s Eye Diamond<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are the cards that will allow you to play an immense amount of cards in a single turn. We can split them in two categories: (land) untappers and fast mana.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The untappers (Frantic Search, Cloud of Faeries and Snap) will only generate mana if you have at least one rock on the board. The best untappers are Frantic Search and Cloud of Faeries, simply because they have no further requirements (than having a rock) to extract value out of them. Frantic Search is definitely the better of them because in the process it allows you to filter unnecessary cards generating card advantage in the process (if you discard two lands when you have already made a land drop, or discard redundant rocks, and in exchange you get two blue cards spells card advantage). However, you will not be able to play Frantic Search with only one mana available and just one rock on board, in this situation Cloud of Faeries has an edge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-large\/12375.jpg\" width=\"200\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-large\/11588.jpg\" width=\"200\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-large\/12374.jpg\" width=\"200\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While Snap requires\u00a0 more setup &#8211; you typically want to Snap back your Cloud of Faeries only to recast it\u00a0 right away, generating additional mana and storm &#8211; it is also the most flexible of them all. Snap can also be played on your opponent\u2019s creatures to\u00a0 play around their own removal. If you play Snap on your Cloud of Faeries and your opponent plays a removal piece on your Cloud of Faeries in response, your Snap will not resolve and you will not be able to untap your lands. By playing Snap on your opponent\u2019s creature you will at least get a 2&#215;1 if your opponent\u00a0 plays their removal (on their creature) in response.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lion\u2019s Eye Diamond is the only card we have in the fast mana category. We have already mentioned how well it interacts with Diminishing Returns, but that is not the only interaction. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another way to turn Lion\u2019s Eye Diamond into a Black Lotus is by cracking it after you play a Meditate or a Merchant Scroll (holding priority). From my experience though, cracking it with just a Meditate on the stack leads to fizzle more often than not. However, you can do things such as:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Play a Lion\u2019s Eye Diamond.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Play a Merchant Scroll.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Holding priority, play a Meditate.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Holding priority, crack Lion\u2019s Eye Diamond for UUU.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let the Meditate resolve.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, after knowing which four cards your Meditate brought you, you can decide whether the best thing to fetch with Merchant Scroll is another Meditate, a Frantic Search or maybe a Brain Freeze.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is also a small additional perk attached to Lion\u2019s Eye Diamond: it does not need to be tapped to generate mana. You simply have to sacrifice it, which makes it the perfect target to tap for a Tangle Wire.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meditate<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is your main source of card advantage. You will win a surprising amount of games by simply chaining Meditates. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meditate can also be played as a value tool to set up your combo turn. If your opponent is not applying much pressure, you can play a Meditate to draw four cards by yielding one turn and try to kill on the way back. This is normally done at your opponent\u2019s end step but it can also be done in your main phase if you are low enough on cards (you don\u2019t want to discard down to hand size and lose valuable resources) and maybe you are missing a land drop. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most successful combo turns involve at least one Meditate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-large\/4713.jpg\" width=\"200\"><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Merchant Scroll<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is our only tutor and the glue holding the deck together. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Common targets are Frantic Search, Meditate, Brain Freeze and Words of Wisdom (if you are going for the insta-kill). But it can also be very good at finding interaction pieces, especially in post sideboard games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-large\/2951.jpg\" width=\"200\"><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cantrips: Opt and Sleight of Hand<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cantrips play three important roles in the deck:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>They prevent you from time-walking yourself on turn 1.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Frantic Storm plays very few one-mana spells, partly to leverage rocks as much as possible. However this means you will just usually just play land and pass on turn 1. By playing one-mana cantrips you can instead use your first turn to start sculpting your hand.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>They minimize fizzle rate.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Thanks to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tcdecks.net\/applied-magic-xerox-in-premodern\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Xerox Principle<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, you can effectively exchange one land in your deck for two low cost (preferably one-mana) cantrips. This reduces your land count but decreases the fizzle rate later on since you will be drawing cantrips instead of excessive lands more often when going off. The downside is that every cantrip consumes a valuable resource, one mana, so you need to plan ahead and be careful how you sequence them.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>They increase the number of keepable hands.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A hand with four lands and three spells is more often than not an insta-mulligan. However, if that hand has two lands and two cantrips plus three other spells your hand looks more like a keeper. Minimizing mulligans is important in a deck whose way of winning is by amassing a critical count of spells.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-large\/22988.jpg\" width=\"200\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-large\/25557.jpg\" width=\"200\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notably, Opt is the preferred cantrip here because, despite showing the fewer cards upfront, even though it goes as deep as Sleight of Hand, the\u00a0 its instant speed grants a lot of flexibility when you need to respond &#8211; or even go off &#8211; after your opponent moves.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brain Freeze<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the primary win condition and t<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he deck is built around maximizing its effectiveness. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In some corner cases, Brain Freeze can have additional utility. For instance if you are tight and need to refuel while holding an Accumulated Knowledge in hand you can Freeze yourself for a certain amount to try to hit some extra copies of Accumulated Knowledge and draw extra resources. This is risky, however, because milling out important cards would require to play Diminishing Returns to have them back and maybe you don\u2019t have them in the deck.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-large\/47599.jpg\" width=\"200\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brain Freeze can also hinder the game plan of some match-ups like Angry Hermit. You can Brain Freeze after they have played Krosan Reclamation to deplete their library and win because they would draw from an empty library. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another nice interaction is messing up Portent piles from your opponent. If your opponent has decided not to shuffle their Portent pile, it looks like a good opportunity to mill the top of their deck out, stifling their immediate plans. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lastly, even though it\u2019s not a very common card in today\u2019s metagame, Brain Freeze can act as a hard counter to cards that put cards on top of the library, e.g., Enlightened Tutor.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Words of Wisdom<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The main role of the card is to be able to kill instantly after milling out your opponent. However, it is not rare that you just play it during the set up stage to dig a bit deeper looking for the missing pieces to go off. n this scenario, however, ,\u00a0 giving your opponent an extra card can actually be a relevant downside.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-large\/31779.jpg\" width=\"200\"><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diminishing Returns<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our &#8220;Time Spiral at home&#8221; and the card that gives the deck its identity in front of the more traditional Frantic Storm lists. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At this point, I have already talked a lot about the card and its play patterns over the article and there is not much I need to add.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sideboard<\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Accumulated Knowledge<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Traditionally played in the main deck of Frantic Storm, but here it&#8217;s the centerpiece of the transformational plan of the deck. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is used to substitute the Diminishing Returns package in sideboard games versus highly interactive decks. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They allow you to play your combo turn protected without going all-in with Lion&#8217;s Eye Diamond. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are facing an Accumulated Knowledge mirror, try not to be the first one playing it. The later you play them the more cards you will draw, and the fewer cards your opponent will draw.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-large\/21285.jpg\" width=\"200\"><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arcane Denial<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is quite likely the best permission spell for this deck for the following reasons:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It gets its cost reduced by the rocks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can counter your own cards for an \u201cAncestral Recall\u201d effect. A common scenario is the following: you play a spell, your opponent attempts to counter it, you respond by Arcane Denial your own spell (which was going to be countered anyways) and draw three extra cards in the next upkeep step.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a hard counter. Some of the big targets for Arcane Denial are Armageddon, Orim\u2019s Chant, Abeyance, Disenchant effects and other permission spells.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-large\/3097.jpg\" width=\"200\"><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chain of Vapor<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A great universal bouncer. Very good vs dark ritual-powered openings (take that Hippy back!). <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be mindful that your opponent can return the favor, e.g., bounce back\u00a0 a Rock on the board, potentially messing up your hard-earned combo mana. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have been considering a 1\/1 split of\u00a0 Chain of Vapor and Rushing River mainly because of the potential symmetrical effect of Chain of Vapor, but the fact that it can be played as early as turn 1, or by just 1 mana without further set up, makes Chain of Vapor incredibly powerful and flexible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-large\/12447.jpg\" width=\"200\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not to forget that, in the context of storm, Chain of Vapor has a secret mode! You can bounce your free permanents and replay them to increase your storm count. For instance, if you have one Lion&#8217;s Eye Diamond and two Cloud of Faeries on the board, you can cast Chain on your Diamond, sacrifice a land and bounce one Cloud of Faeries and repeat the process to bounce back the second Faeries, and replay all of them. In this scenario, your Chain generates four storm and nets one mana. Bonus points if you replicate your Chain of Vapor one last time to bounce back a piece of hate your opponent has in play!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All in all, I think Chain of Vapor is one of the most powerful blue cards in the whole format.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teferi\u2019s Isle<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You might be used to seeing these lands in the main deck of more traditional Frantic Storm decks. However, in my experience this is a high variance card. It can win you many games but it can also make you lose some of them by itself. The come into play tapped effect is just too costly if you count on it as part of your foundational manabase. However, in post sideboard games it is always good to have extra land drops given the grinder nature they have and Isle is both a land drop and a pseudo-rock immune to artifact hate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-large\/3576.jpg\" width=\"200\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A nice little trick you can make if you have the two Isle in hand is to play them in two consecutive turns. Even though they are Legendary, because of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">phasing<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> you will be able to always have one on board! Be careful of Wastelands\u00a0 though, as this would be your only target. <\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tormod\u2019s Crypt<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A necessary evil in the deck and your primary tool to beat Gaea\u2019s Blessing. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go check the section below for the details.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-large\/2793.jpg\" width=\"200\"><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hydroblast<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a concession to red decks. They can go faster than you and you need a way to top the early aggression (looking at you Goblin Lackey). <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are also important tools to fight your opponent\u2019s Pyroblast and Pyrostatic Pillar. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In our case, Hydroblast is strictly better than Blue Elemental Blast because you can target any permanent with Hydroblast to generate an additional storm if ever needed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-large\/2508.jpg\" width=\"200\"><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to beat Gaea\u2019s Blessing<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No Brain Freeze storm primer would be fully finished without dedicating a section on how to beat Gaea\u2019s Blessing. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gaea&#8217;s Blessing is the single most important card to understand when piloting Frantic Returns, or any Brain Freeze deck for that matter. Any deck can play it, and many opponents will bring it in specifically to fight Brain Freeze. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whenever Gaea&#8217;s Blessing is put into a graveyard from a library, its triggered ability goes on the stack. If that trigger resolves, the graveyard is shuffled back into the library, undoing much of your work. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fortunately, we have the tools to fight it through.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/images\/cards\/card-large\/4517.jpg\" width=\"200\"><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you don&#8217;t know how many copies they have<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a general rule, you need one more Brain Freeze than the number of Gaea&#8217;s Blessing your opponent has. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The process works as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Cast Brain Freeze.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Allow the copies to begin resolving, milling three cards at a time.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Eventually a Gaea&#8217;s Blessing is milled.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Blessing trigger goes on the stack.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Do not allow the trigger to resolve.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Cast another Brain Freeze with the Gaea\u2019s Blessing trigger still on the stack.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Repeat the process for every additional Gaea&#8217;s Blessing that is milled.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each new Brain Freeze continues milling cards while all previously created Blessing triggers remain on the stack waiting to resolve. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If your opponent eventually has no cards left in their library, you have two options:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cast Words of Wisdom and force them to draw from an empty library.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Activate Tormod&#8217;s Crypt targeting them and exiling all the cards in their graveyard while all Blessing\u2019s triggers are still on the stack. This way, when they resolve there&#8217;d be nothing to shuffle back. Then, you can pass the turn and let them naturally draw from an empty library.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you know how many copies they have<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you know the exact number of Blessings, you know exactly how many Brain Freeze are required. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The procedure is the same:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Cast Brain Freeze.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Leave every Blessing trigger on the stack.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Continue casting additional Brain Freeze whenever another Blessing is milled.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The difference is that you know when you&#8217;ve reached the final Blessing. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once the last known Gaea&#8217;s Blessing trigger has been placed on the stack, you can safely:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Activate Tormod&#8217;s Crypt to exile the opponent&#8217;s graveyard.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Let all remaining Gaea\u2019s Blessing trigger resolve.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Allow the remaining Brain Freeze copies to finish resolving.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since the graveyard is already gone, every pending Blessing trigger will resolve without accomplishing anything. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The remaining Brain Freeze copies will then finish milling the opponent normally. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This means that, effectively, you need one less Brain Freeze to beat a known number of Gaea\u2019s Blessing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/blessing-flowchart.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2778\" src=\"http:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/blessing-flowchart.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/blessing-flowchart.png 512w, https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/blessing-flowchart-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sideboard philosophy<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sideboard is arguably the most unique aspect of the deck. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many combo decks simply bring in answers. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frantic Returns frequently transforms its engine completely. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Against highly interactive opponents we often remove the full package of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lion&#8217;s Eye Diamond and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diminishing Returns <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and become a more traditional Frantic Storm deck featuring <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Accumulated Knowledge, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teferi&#8217;s Isle and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arcane Denial. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This reduces explosiveness while setting you up for an uphill grindy battle.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sideboarded games are typically more interactive and tend to go longer. You should expect that your opponent will bring more disruption pieces. As such, going all-in with Lion&#8217;s Eye Diamond can be a very risky idea. In these match ups it\u2019s safer to take a grinder approach and protect your combo with your own pieces of interaction. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learning when to abandon the Diminishing Returns plan is one of the most important skills in piloting the deck. Hopefully, I can help you have an idea with the next section.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sideboard guide<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The following table summarizes sideboarding for different matchup (the table is wide, so you may need to scroll). You can also download a complete sideboarding guide <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/playpremodern.com\/sideboard-guides\/frantic-led-storm-aka-frantic-returns-kn3y0r\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Card<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Elves<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Sligh<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Replenish<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Oath Ponza<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Moneyball<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Goblins<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Dreadnought<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Enchantress<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Landstill<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Psychatog<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>GaT\/5CW<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>GW Madness<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Rock\/BW<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Sapphire Medallion<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Helm of Awakening<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Lion&#8217;s Eye Diamond<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-4<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-4<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-4<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-4<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-4<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-4<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-4<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-4<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Frantic Search<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Cloud of Faeries<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Snap<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-3<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-3<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-3<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Opt<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Sleight of Hand<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Meditate<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Merchant Scroll<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Brain Freeze<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Words of Wisdom<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Diminishing Returns<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-3<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-3<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-3<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-3<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-3<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-3<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-3<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-3<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>SIDEBOARD<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Accumulated Knowledge<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+4<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+4<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+4<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+4<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+4<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+4<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+4<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+4<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+4<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+4<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Arcane Denial<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Chain of Vapor<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Teferi&#8217;s Isle<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Tormod&#8217;s Crypt<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Hydroblast<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+3<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+3<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+3<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notes<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Numbers indicate copies removed from the maindeck (-) or added from the sideboard (+).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Matchups with separate play\/draw plans use the on-the-draw configuration.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alternative on-the-play plans<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elves<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Out:<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2 Sleight of Hand<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1 Opt<br \/>\n1 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Words of Wisdom<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>In:<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2 Teferi&#8217;s Isle<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2 Arcane Denial<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Goblins<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Out:<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4 Lion&#8217;s Eye Diamond<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3 Diminishing Returns<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1 Snap<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1 Brain Freeze<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>In:<br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3 Hydroblast<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2 Chain of Vapor<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4 Accumulated Knowledge<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Matchups<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The table below shows a brief match-up summary. The rating goes from one<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> star being very unfavored, to five <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars being very favored.<\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Matchup<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Rating<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Our Role<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Landstill<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beatdown<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Rock \/ BW Control<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beatdown<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moneyball Black<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Control<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elves<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beatdown<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enchantress<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Control<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Replenish<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606\u2606<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flexible (depends on board state)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oath Ponza<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2605\u2605\u2606\u2606\u2606<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beatdown<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Goblins<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2605\u2605\u2606\u2606\u2606<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Control<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Psychatog<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2605\u2605\u2606\u2606\u2606<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beatdown<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sligh<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2605\u2606\u2606\u2606\u2606<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beatdown<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dreadnought<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2605\u2606\u2606\u2606\u2606<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Control<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elves<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is mostly a race. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Game one is generally very favorable because they possess little meaningful interaction. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Post-board, Chain of Vapor becomes valuable for buying critical turns or saving your rocks from being destroyed.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sligh<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sligh is one of the most difficult matchups. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Avoid giving the opponent another upkeep whenever possible (use Words of Wisdom to kill whenever possible). <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can race them fairly easily in game one. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sideboarded games are especially difficult as the Sligh player transforms into an aggro control deck bringing in 8+ pieces of interaction together with a very fast clock.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Replenish<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a close match-up. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Post-board games often revolve around your Tormod&#8217;s Crypt and their Meddling Mage and Abeyance\/Orim\u2019s Chant.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oath Ponza<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oath Ponza is not a great match up, but better than it seems at first glance. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mana denial and artifact removal are the primary concerns. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Try to use their Sphere of Resistance against them. Note that each one of your rocks, effectively, nullifies one of their Spheres. The game often revolves around a race of Spheres vs rocks.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moneyball Black<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Discard-heavy but generally favorable as opposed to what it is for more traditional Frantic Storm lists. This is one of the big wins of playing the Diminishing Returns package <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Post sideboard games you overwhelm them with action by bringing in Accumulated Knowledge and not siding out Diminishing Returns.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Goblins<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Goblin Lackey is, not surprisingly, the card that matters most. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sideboarded games are tricky for your opponent. They need to decide how deep into hate pieces they go. Goblins usually suffer from over sideboarding because they need a critical mass of Goblins to operate. Be mindful of their Naturalizes and Pyroblasts and you should be OK.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stiflenought<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is one of the hardest matchups. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Respect:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daze<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Foil<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stifle<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fast pressure<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The combination of free permission and a fast clock is really hard to deal with. Post sideboard games you are the control role, the longer the game goes the better for you. Try to keep Dreadnought out of the board and be careful of your draw effects when storm count is too high, the Dreadnought players quite often also play Brain Freeze in their sideboard and they can play it in response to your draw effect to kill you.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enchantress<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This matchup is generally favorable. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Always assume Gaea&#8217;s Blessing is present after sideboarding until proven otherwise. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You need to race them before they lock you out with Sterling Grove + Solitary Confinement.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Landstill<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Historically one of the reasons to play Frantic Storm. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You generally have more time than they would like to give you. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your plan is to keep building your hand, focusing on instant speed cards, and kill them in the late game. If they cycle a Decree of Justice you can use that window to bounce a couple of soldiers with Snap to generate mana (and storm) and chain some additional spells to finish them off with one or two Brain Freeze.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note that it is also viable to combo them in several chunks. You can leverage some counter war to mill them part of their library only to finish them off some turns later with another Brain Freeze.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Psychatog<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This deck is not what you want to face. Psychatog is an in-between Dreadnought and Landstill, namely your worst and best match-ups! They have very efficient interaction and a fast enough clock. If you can keep Tog out of the board you will be fine. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trying to combo off in several chunks here is very risky because if you cannot finish the work soon enough, the Tog will be able to leverage all the milled cards and kill you quite fast.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Rock and BW Control<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is, essentially, like Moneyball Black but in the absence of a clock. It should be a very favorable matchup.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Final thoughts<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frantic Returns occupies a unique place within Premodern. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Traditional Frantic Storm rewards careful resource management and incremental advantages. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frantic Returns keeps that foundation while adding some of the most explosive turns available in the format through Lion&#8217;s Eye Diamond and Diminishing Returns. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The deck is powerful, flexible and immensely rewarding to master. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will occasionally punish you with awkward Returns piles. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will occasionally reward you with turns that feel more like Vintage than Premodern. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ceiling of this deck is significantly higher than it first appears.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I am always happy to engage in a conversation about the deck, let me know your thoughts!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2013 I\u00f1aki<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Featured art: Diminishing Returns by L.A. Williams. 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