Narrative anchors
Dancing Sword is your Jarlaxle nod: the enhancement that survives the host. Blackblade Reforged is Entreri: land-scaled execution. Loot is scouting doctrine: Drizzt goes first. Pollen-Shield Hare is the holy connector: the Grail bunny bridge.
The deck tells a story, but the story is also a targeting system. Under pressure, narrative reduces cognitive branching and improves play quality.
Parsed v1 snapshot
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Total cards listed (N) | |
| Oketra’s Last Mercy copies (K) | |
| Role entropy (bits) | |
| Behavior entropy (bits) | |
| Mode entropy (bits) |
Entropy quantifies “tight coupling + controlled randomness.”
The Bear clause
Kudo, King Among Bears is the “wipe recovery” signature. It scales with opponents and rebalances the field. When the Bear lands, the table learns the law:
DAER: Challenge Accepted.
Next: Mercy Math turns the freeze into a scheduled resource model.