Video Deck Tech: Project Melira with Lukas Jaklovsky

By Brian David-Marshall

Brian David-Marshall is a New York–based game designer who has been involved with Magic since 1994, when he started organizing tournaments and ran a Manhattan game store. Since then, he has been a judge, a player, and one of the longest-tenured columnists on DailyMTG.com, as he enters his second decade writing for the site. He is also the Pro Tour Historian and one of the commentators for the Pro Tour.

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Lukas Jaklovsky shows off his combo deck anchored by Melira, Sylvok Outcast that allows a player to gain infinite life or deal infinite damage thanks to recurring Persist creatures.

Lukas Jaklovsky

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Creature (29)

3 Viscera Seer 1 Sun Titan 1 Acidic Slime 1 Reveillark 1 Obstinate Baloth 1 Murderous Redcap 1 Fulminator Mage 1 Ranger of Eos 1 Eternal Witness 4 Kitchen Finks 1 Tidehollow Sculler 1 Gaddock Teeg 4 Wall of Roots 3 Melira, Sylvok Outcast 4 Birds of Paradise 1 Noble Hierarch

Sorcery (2)

2 Thoughtseize

Instant (3)

3 Chord of Calling

Artifact (4)

4 Birthing Pod

Land (22)

1 Razorverge Thicket 1 Twilight Mire 1 Sunpetal Grove 2 Godless Shrine 2 Overgrown Tomb 1 Temple Garden 4 Verdant Catacombs 4 Misty Rainforest 2 Snow-Covered Swamp 4 Snow-Covered Forest

60 Cards

Sideboard (15)

2 Thoughtseize 1 Entomber Exarch 1 Tar Fiend 1 Orzhov Pontiff 4 Path to Exile 1 Shriekmaw 1 Harmonic Sliver 1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence 1 Spellskite 1 Nekrataal 1 Ethersworn Canonist

White (9)

1 Sun Titan 1 Reveillark 1 Ranger of Eos 4 Path to Exile 1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence 1 Ethersworn Canonist

Black (11)

3 Viscera Seer 4 Thoughtseize 1 Entomber Exarch 1 Tar Fiend 1 Shriekmaw 1 Nekrataal

Green (22)

1 Acidic Slime 1 Obstinate Baloth 1 Eternal Witness 4 Wall of Roots 3 Melira, Sylvok Outcast 4 Birds of Paradise 1 Noble Hierarch 3 Chord of Calling 4 Birthing Pod

Multi colored (10)

1 Murderous Redcap 1 Fulminator Mage 4 Kitchen Finks 1 Tidehollow Sculler 1 Gaddock Teeg 1 Orzhov Pontiff 1 Harmonic Sliver

Colorless (23)

1 Razorverge Thicket 1 Twilight Mire 1 Sunpetal Grove 2 Godless Shrine 2 Overgrown Tomb 1 Temple Garden 4 Verdant Catacombs 4 Misty Rainforest 2 Snow-Covered Swamp 4 Snow-Covered Forest 1 Spellskite

75 Cards

1 (16)

3 Viscera Seer 4 Birds of Paradise 1 Noble Hierarch 4 Thoughtseize 4 Path to Exile

2 (11)

1 Tidehollow Sculler 1 Gaddock Teeg 4 Wall of Roots 3 Melira, Sylvok Outcast 1 Spellskite 1 Ethersworn Canonist

3 (11)

1 Fulminator Mage 1 Eternal Witness 4 Kitchen Finks 3 Chord of Calling 1 Orzhov Pontiff 1 Harmonic Sliver

4 (10)

1 Obstinate Baloth 1 Murderous Redcap 1 Ranger of Eos 4 Birthing Pod 1 Entomber Exarch 1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence 1 Nekrataal

5 (3)

1 Acidic Slime 1 Reveillark 1 Shriekmaw

6 (2)

1 Sun Titan 1 Tar Fiend

53 Cards

Common (13)

3 Viscera Seer 4 Wall of Roots 2 Snow-Covered Swamp 4 Snow-Covered Forest

Uncommon (16)

1 Acidic Slime 1 Murderous Redcap 1 Eternal Witness 4 Kitchen Finks 1 Tidehollow Sculler 1 Entomber Exarch 4 Path to Exile 1 Shriekmaw 1 Harmonic Sliver 1 Nekrataal

Rare (30)

1 Razorverge Thicket 1 Sunpetal Grove 1 Reveillark 1 Obstinate Baloth 1 Fulminator Mage 1 Ranger of Eos 1 Gaddock Teeg 3 Melira, Sylvok Outcast 4 Birds of Paradise 1 Noble Hierarch 3 Chord of Calling 4 Birthing Pod 4 Thoughtseize 1 Tar Fiend 1 Orzhov Pontiff 1 Spellskite 1 Ethersworn Canonist

Mythic (16)

1 Twilight Mire 2 Godless Shrine 2 Overgrown Tomb 1 Temple Garden 4 Verdant Catacombs 4 Misty Rainforest 1 Sun Titan 1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence

75 Cards

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Video Deck Tech: Project Melira with Lukas Jaklovsky

Lukas Jaklovsky

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Sorcery (2)

Instant (3)

Artifact (4)

Land (22)

Sideboard (15)

White (9)

Black (11)

Green (22)

Multi colored (10)

Colorless (23)

1 (16)

2 (11)

3 (11)

4 (10)

5 (3)

6 (2)

Common (13)

Uncommon (16)

Rare (30)

Mythic (16)

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