Players will undoubtedly test this out in Blink decks soon, and it may well earn a permanent spot there, but for now its an honorable mention at best
"11/27/2023 | Cam | This design has nothing to do with the astrologian job." In retrospect, my feedback was a bit harshbuffing your creatures when you play cards is arguably more flavorful than buffing your creatures when you draw cardsbut my insistence convinced the team to find a small buff to reference the seal-collecting gameplay of astrologian
Cards such as Branded Fusion lock you into Fusion Summons for the turn, which in many decks would be crippling, but since Despia relies solely on Fusion Summons as well this means nothing to them
With just 1 other such extender (also including Giera Guile the Cubic King ), you can go through 2 Knightmare co-linked Link Summons, getting you even more draws to get to your ultimate Win Condition burn damage
It was the combination of being land-light both games and our opponent playing a Leyline of Sanctity that made it a blowout for our opponent
Machine Gods Effigy A clone that makes a creature into a noncreature artifact seems suspect at first, but the trick lies in avoiding creatures that have to attack