MTG Salvation

So i want to build Esika, God of the Tree ....more accurately I want to build The Prismatic Bridge .
so once the Bridge is in play I'm going to hit a creature or walker every turn until i run out, no chance of whiffing like Golos. My thought is that this allows me to play way too many rocks, like all of the signets and talismans, all of them, and a high number of like Cultivate and other ramp cards, no mana dorks.



so if you were going to build this deck with 10-15 haymakers, all in the vein of 'answer each and every one of these by themselves or you die' what would make your short list? I don't want combos or situational cards or anything like that, I want the cards that if they hit and are all alone and they are not answered, they are a huge problem. I'd also like to play stuff that doesn't get played too much because casting cost. Things like

Novablast Wurm

Godsire

Sunblast Angel

Garruk, Apex Predator

Eldrazi titans

Ugin the Spirit Dragon


every version of Nicol Bolas



what else would you include? your list of 'i am absolutely the archenemy

Godo, bandit warlord to tutor Helm of the host.
Then you have infinite godo tokens and combats.


Oh, you said no combos. Mb

Take a look at Mayael the Anima decklists for inspiration.

But interestingly you could build the deck with no little creatures and just use non-creature spells for all your low-cost spells.

Tidespout tyrant is one of those high-value high cost cards

The goal is that you want to run as few creatures and planeswalkers as possible to get the full benefit of Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge akin to Hermit Druid in Dredge decks. The version I built relies on controlling the board with Child of Alara and Reaper King while using Saheeli, Sublime Artificer's static ability to make Scarecrows every time I cast a noncreature spell with Maskwood Nexus and/or Arcane Adaptation naming Scarecrow for Vindicate triggers. You also want some pillowfort with Spirit of Resistance, Norn's Annex, Energy Field, etc.

I did try to experiment with just Esika, God of the Tree to utilize turning my Legendary Creatures into mana dorks though that would require me to run Sakashima of a Thousand Faces just to pay the 5 Kicker for Rite of Replication to make five copies of Sakashima that can now tap for one mana of any color with Esika, God of the Tree. Leyline of Singularity was also an option with non-Legendary Creatures but was too risky with not hitting the right creatures and planeswalkers with The Prismatic Bridge. If Indestructible is a problem just run Shadowspear, Bonds of Mortality, and Hour of Devastation.

Hope that helps and good luck!

For what you want you could look into Animar, Soul of Elements and Mayael the Anima decks but add B for what your aiming for like a couple said

Most of my games with Esika have always boiled down to me not having a sac outlet in time to sacrifice or destroy Child of Alara who shows up 80% of the time with The Prismatic Bridge. Was almost tempted to swap Godo, Bandit Warlord for Nekusar, the Mindrazer with all the infinite draws I've been seeing at game tables as of late though I don't want to risk not getting Shadowspear or Nim Deathmantle when I need it though. Still need to run techs against Tergrid, God of Fright such as Library of Leng, Homeward Path, Brand, Gruul Charm, and Brooding Saurian.

Brooding Saurian would be a tough fit since Esika wants to run as few creatures as possible to get the most out of the creatures she gets with The Prismatic Bridge. Both Brand and Gruul Charm are excellent techs against Tergrid though I'm not sure how she interacts with Library of Leng though. Other than that, Esika is quite fun to play while also having ways of dealing with indestructible with Bonds of Mortality, Shadowspear, and Hour of Devastation for when you want to utilize Child of Alara and Reaper King.