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Time waits for no man.
But inMagic: The Gathering, it comes back for another lap for one woman.
But in thirty years of cards, there are plenty of interesting effects that can happen during the upkeep.
Enough to make Obeka worthy of her title of Brute Chronologist.
You might even want to consider adding Solemn Simulacrum back in for his land search.
Eight upkeeps normally means eight turns, but here you’re likely to get there in two.
Obeka, Splitter of Seconds by Ryan Pancoast
Plus, having it in play before you get Obeka out means it will already have a head start.
you could use proliferate to speed up Replicating Ring even more.
Myriad Landscape offers a similar set of benefits, but takes up a land drop.
Phyrexian Altar and its cousin, Ashnod’s Altar, allow you to sacrifice any creature for mana.
These altars and one of those token generators turn your upkeeps into batteries!
Just remember that your mana pool drains between steps.
Obeka, Splitter of Seconds by Ryan Pancoast
This was called mana burn, and was later removed, leaving no downsides to this card.
But there are also some options that Obeka makes much more useful.
Second,it allows you to target another player.
Sundial of the Infinite, by Vincent Proce
The Ninth Doctor works similarly, granting youan extra upkeep whenever he untaps during your untap step.
Sphinx of the Second Sun is the ideal lieutenant for Obeka.
Furthermore, it can trigger The Ninth Doctor for yet another round of upkeep triggers.
You go from second main phase, to second beginning phase, directly to your end step.
Deck Tech
As mentioned earlier, Obeka’s ability scales to her combat damage.
Additional combat phases will lead to additional upkeeps, and red offers several ways to get extra combat.
Cloning Obeka is also an effective strategy, which blue offers access to.
One of the best options, however, is Shaun, Father of Synths.
With multiple upkeeps you’ll be able to adjust that number pretty fast, scoring some easy wins.
The Module Machine, by Aaron Miller
This effectively doubles the number of upkeeps you’re free to ean each time she deals combat damage!
With Obeka, you’re able to potentially scrub the entire Undercity in a single turn.
This unlocks a handfull of powered-up abilities on cards like like Ravenloft Adventurer.
Some of the best suspend cards are the ones that repeat themselves.
With Obeka in play, this could be cast from exile multiple times per turn.
The refrain cycle similarly repeats itself, allowing you to get a variety of effects each turn.
Shrine On You Chronologist
Shrines are a bang out of enchantment first introduced in Champions of Kamigawa.
These are far weaker in this deck, but they make the upkeep triggers really strong!
The former Planeswalker Vraska is now a playable commander in Magic: The Gathering’s Outlaws of Thunder Junction.
