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Format: Pioneer
User Submitted Deck
Deck Date: Jul 18, 2020

Companion (1)
1	Yorion, Sky Nomad	$ 0.50
Creatures (5)
3	Skyclave Apparition	$ 1.44
1	Hostage Taker	$ 0.24
1	Yorion, Sky Nomad	$ 0.50
Planeswalkers (1)
1	Karn, the Great Creator	$ 7.68
Spells (10)
1	Collective Brutality	$ 1.20
1	Flicker of Fate	$ 0.25
1	Anger of the Gods	$ 0.60
1	Crush the Weak	$ 0.15
1	Harmless Offering	$ 0.99
1	Necromentia	$ 0.87
1	Languish	$ 0.33
1	Supreme Verdict	$ 2.00
1	Shadows' Verdict	$ 0.25
1	Leave // Chance	$ 0.38
Artifacts (4)
1	Grafdigger's Cage	$ 2.27
3	Wishclaw Talisman	$ 15.03
Enchantments (24)
4	Chained to the Rocks	$ 2.64
1	Baffling End	$ 0.24
3	Lithoform Blight	$ 0.54
2	Trial of Ambition	$ 0.40
1	Nine Lives	$ 0.50
1	Oath of Kaya	$ 0.38
1	Solemnity	$ 7.83
1	Cast Out	$ 0.23
3	Demonic Pact	$ 5.88
4	Fires of Invention	$ 1.32
1	Gideon's Intervention	$ 0.35
1	Skybind	$ 0.43
1	Sphere of Safety	$ 3.36
Lands (36)
4	Blood Crypt	$ 60.12
1	Castle Ardenvale	$ 0.25
3	Drowned Catacomb	$ 4.77
4	Fabled Passage	$ 24.84
4	Godless Shrine	$ 44.20
1	Island	$ 0.00
4	Isolated Chapel	$ 5.40
1	Mountain	$ 0.00
2	Plains	$ 0.00
4	Raugrin Triome	$ 59.96
1	Sacred Foundry	$ 18.93
4	Savai Triome	$ 71.52
1	Shambling Vent	$ 0.46
2	Swamp	$ 0.00
Sideboard (15) including Companion
1	Tormod's Crypt	$ 0.33
1	Grafdigger's Cage	$ 2.27
1	Pithing Needle	$ 0.85
1	Damping Sphere	$ 1.75
1	Rest in Peace	$ 0.46
1	Sorcerous Spyglass	$ 0.14
1	Wishclaw Talisman	$ 5.01
1	Ashiok, Dream Render	$ 2.99
1	Reidane, God of the Worthy	$ 0.65
1	Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet	$ 8.00
1	Slaughter Games	$ 0.35
1	Storm's Wrath	$ 0.39
1	Supreme Verdict	$ 2.00
1	The Immortal Sun	$ 10.50
95 Cards Total

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Companion (1)
1	Yorion, Sky Nomad	0.02 tix
Creatures (5)
3	Skyclave Apparition	16.89 tix
1	Hostage Taker	0.02 tix
1	Yorion, Sky Nomad	0.02 tix
Planeswalkers (1)
1	Karn, the Great Creator	3.74 tix
Spells (10)
1	Collective Brutality	0.30 tix
1	Flicker of Fate	0.02 tix
1	Anger of the Gods	0.10 tix
1	Crush the Weak	0.03 tix
1	Harmless Offering	0.02 tix
1	Necromentia	0.91 tix
1	Languish	0.02 tix
1	Supreme Verdict	0.33 tix
1	Shadows' Verdict	0.02 tix
1	Leave // Chance	0.02 tix
Artifacts (4)
1	Grafdigger's Cage	0.13 tix
3	Wishclaw Talisman	0.06 tix
Enchantments (24)
4	Chained to the Rocks	0.08 tix
1	Baffling End	0.03 tix
3	Lithoform Blight	0.09 tix
2	Trial of Ambition	0.06 tix
1	Nine Lives	0.02 tix
1	Oath of Kaya	0.02 tix
1	Solemnity	0.02 tix
1	Cast Out	0.03 tix
3	Demonic Pact	0.18 tix
4	Fires of Invention	0.08 tix
1	Gideon's Intervention	0.02 tix
1	Skybind	0.02 tix
1	Sphere of Safety	0.03 tix
Lands (36)
4	Blood Crypt	0.56 tix
1	Castle Ardenvale	0.02 tix
3	Drowned Catacomb	0.06 tix
4	Fabled Passage	0.36 tix
4	Godless Shrine	0.36 tix
1	Island	0.00 tix
4	Isolated Chapel	0.08 tix
1	Mountain	0.00 tix
2	Plains	0.00 tix
4	Raugrin Triome	4.20 tix
1	Sacred Foundry	0.56 tix
4	Savai Triome	3.80 tix
1	Shambling Vent	0.02 tix
2	Swamp	0.00 tix
Sideboard (15) including Companion
1	Tormod's Crypt	0.03 tix
1	Grafdigger's Cage	0.13 tix
1	Pithing Needle	0.03 tix
1	Damping Sphere	1.73 tix
1	Rest in Peace	0.39 tix
1	Sorcerous Spyglass	0.02 tix
1	Wishclaw Talisman	0.02 tix
1	Ashiok, Dream Render	0.03 tix
1	Reidane, God of the Worthy	0.06 tix
1	Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet	0.20 tix
1	Slaughter Games	0.02 tix
1	Storm's Wrath	0.02 tix
1	Supreme Verdict	0.33 tix
1	The Immortal Sun	0.02 tix
95 Cards Total

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Companion (1)
1	Yorion, Sky Nomad	1 Rare
Creatures (5)
3	Skyclave Apparition	3 Rare
1	Hostage Taker	1 Rare
1	Yorion, Sky Nomad	1 Rare
Planeswalkers (1)
1	Karn, the Great Creator	1 Rare
Spells (10)
1	Collective Brutality	1 Rare
1	Flicker of Fate	1 Comm.
1	Anger of the Gods	1 Rare
1	Crush the Weak	1 Unc.
1	Harmless Offering	1 Rare
1	Necromentia	1 Rare
1	Languish	1 Rare
1	Supreme Verdict	1 Rare
1	Shadows' Verdict	1 Rare
1	Leave // Chance	1 Rare
Artifacts (4)
1	Grafdigger's Cage	1 Rare
3	Wishclaw Talisman	3 Rare
Enchantments (24)
4	Chained to the Rocks	4 Rare
1	Baffling End	1 Unc.
3	Lithoform Blight	3 Unc.
2	Trial of Ambition	2 Unc.
1	Nine Lives	1 Rare
1	Oath of Kaya	1 Rare
1	Solemnity	1 Rare
1	Cast Out	1 Unc.
3	Demonic Pact	3 Mythic
4	Fires of Invention	4 Rare
1	Gideon's Intervention	1 Rare
1	Skybind	1 Rare
1	Sphere of Safety	1 Unc.
Lands (36)
4	Blood Crypt	4 Rare
1	Castle Ardenvale	1 Rare
3	Drowned Catacomb	3 Rare
4	Fabled Passage	4 Rare
4	Godless Shrine	4 Rare
1	Island
4	Isolated Chapel	4 Rare
1	Mountain
2	Plains
4	Raugrin Triome	4 Rare
1	Sacred Foundry	1 Rare
4	Savai Triome	4 Rare
1	Shambling Vent	1 Rare
2	Swamp
Sideboard (15) including Companion
1	Tormod's Crypt	1 Unc.
1	Grafdigger's Cage	1 Rare
1	Pithing Needle	1 Rare
1	Damping Sphere	1 Unc.
1	Rest in Peace	1 Rare
1	Sorcerous Spyglass	1 Unc.
1	Wishclaw Talisman	1 Rare
1	Ashiok, Dream Render	1 Unc.
1	Reidane, God of the Worthy	1 Rare
1	Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet	1 Mythic
1	Slaughter Games	1 Rare
1	Storm's Wrath	1 Rare
1	Supreme Verdict	1 Rare
1	The Immortal Sun	1 Mythic
95 Cards Total

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$ 385

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Deck Primer / Description

There are so many combos/synergies, it's too hard to describe without a chart:
http://kelvinliu.org/games/clawpactv1.png

Of the combos described above, the most important are Wishclaw Talisman one-card combo (see below), Yorion, Sky Nomad and Skybind infinitely blinking each other (repeatedly triggering all our ETBs and also exiling X permanents equal to how many enchantments we control), and donating Demonic Pact. Additional details about the combos:

Wishclaw Talisman is a one-card combo:

Tutor Skybind, which blinks Claw back to us. Now we can tutor an enchantment every turn and play it, triggering Skybind, which blinks Claw again. (If we already have another enchantment in hand, we can tutor anything and play the enchantment to blink Claw.)
After setting up Claw + Skybind: *** Double tutor flash trick: Double tutor flash trick: Claw can actually tutor two cards each round. When Claw returns end step, we can tutor another card and play an instant speed enchantment to blink Claw again. *** Double tutor copy trick: (1) Tutor Mirrormade copying Claw. (2) Tutor and play another enchantment. (3) Blink Mirrormade with Skybind trigger. (4) Mirrormade returns copying an enchantment. (5) Blink original Claw with Skybind trigger.
For using Claw without downside (or even upside), we can tutor Displacement Wave (if X >= 2, we bounce Wishclaw too), Teferi, Time Raveler (bounce Claw), Hostage Taker (exile and replay Claw), Ashiok, Dream Render (opponent can't search). In a pinch, we can tutor for something with Claw and use Sorcerous Spyglass/Pithing Needle to deactivate Claw.
Fires of Invention greatly speeds up this combo. If we don't have Fires but already have 3feri, Hostage Taker, Displacement Wave, or Skybind, we can simply tutor Fires with Claw and then use the other card to get Claw back.
Sometimes we can just use Claw as regular old Demonic Tutor. Giving our opponent Wishclaw doesn't matter if we already won the game.

Nine Lives is a powerful prison piece on its own, and typically if we tutor it with Claw, it time walks our opponent 2+ turns (since there are no relevant answers to Lives). Additional combos:

Nine Lives + Solemnity: If we tutor Lives with Claw, our opponent might tutor something to try speed up their clock. Then we use Claw again to tutor Solemnity for the soft lock.
Nine Lives + Sphere of Safety: If our opponent can still attack, it's a 9 turn clock.
Nine Lives + Harmless Offering: Let Nine Lives accumulate up to 8 counters, then donate. Then we can simply deal a few damage to win the game *** Nine Lives + Harmless Offering + Displacement Wave: The spicier way to win *** Nine Lives + Harmless Offering + Teferi, Time Raveler: The spiciest option. With Nine Lives's sacrifice trigger on the stack, donate it with instant speed Harmless (using 3feri's +1). Opponent loses the game instead.