[Deck] Bitter Eggs

[rufus]

Bitter Ordeal seems eminently potent and breakable, but I haven't seen any deck suggestions for it. So, here's an attempt to fit it into the Sunrise Eggs shell.

Archelogical Digg
City of Traitors
Crystal Vein
Lotus Petal
Lion's Eye Diamond

Skycloud Egg
Darkwater Egg
Chromatic Star
Chromatic Sphere
Conjurer's Bauble

Second Sunrise
Mystic Tutor

1x Trickbind
1x Pact of Negation
1x Angels' Grace
1x Stroke of Genious
1x Bitter Ordeal
1x Tendrils of Agony
1x Brain Freeze
1x Decree of Justice
1x Chain of Vapor
1x Abeyance
1x Diminishing Returns
1x Zuran Orb

[Phantom Ogre]

Why would you want to run Bitter Ordeal in Second Sunrise/Eggs?

The entire deck is built on the concept of synergy, with every card in the deck working in tandem. A common mistake people make with Second Sunrise/Eggs is the addition of superfluous win condition like Brain Freeze and Bitter Ordeal, when Cephalid Coliseum already serves that same purpose and has the added advantage of furthering the combo prior to entering the infinite loop, making it never dead. Things like Brain Freeze and Bitter Ordeal are little more than cute tricks in this deck. They seem like logical inclusions because they have synergy with aspects of the deck and/or allow for a kill without going into the infinite loop, but honestly, by the time these cards are lethal, you should already be in an incredibly strong position to fight through nearly any amount of hate and enter the loop unhindered. The cards aren't necessarily bad and definitely benefit from the deck, but the problem lies in the fact that the deck doesn't really benefit from them. New inclusions need to not only benefit the inclusions, but also the deck they're being included in.

[rufus]

Why would you want to run Bitter Ordeal in Second Sunrise/Eggs?
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I understand what you're saying. Bitter ordeal does have the potential to quickly shut down combo decks that rely on a small number of key cards like Solidarity, but it's probably more of a sideboard option there.