The Wandering Minstrel

How it plays & wins

This deck is a reanimator and cheat-into-play shell with a lot of free mana and interaction. It ramps with Moxen, Lotus Petal, Sol Ring and the hierarchs, digs with Demonic Tutor, Vampiric Tutor, Gitaxian Probe and Frantic Search, then fills the graveyard with Entomb, Bazaar of Baghdad and Cabal Therapy. Reanimate, Animate Dead, Necromancy and Unburial Rites bring back a big threat, while Show and Tell, Sneak Attack, Eureka and Natural Order cheat one in from hand or library. Force of Will, Fierce Guardianship, Pact of Negation, Silence and Grand Abolisher protect the play.

The win condition isn't a clean, single combo. It most likely wins by landing something like Atraxa, Grand Unifier, Protean Hulk or Omniscience early and finishing with value, Goblin Bombardment damage, or combat. I can't point to one guaranteed kill line from the list alone.

Analysis written with AI assistance based on this decklist.