We then get to the creatures in the deck which comprise an entire half of the deck. Starting at the bottom we have the one drop creature with four
Birds of Paradise and three
Noble Hierarch which serve as the primary acceleration of deck to power out you Pods as quickly as possible. Then moving to the two drops there is three
Wall of Roots which complete the mana dork suite and have a favorable interaction with Convoke from
Chord of Calling to provide two mana towards the casting cost. There is also two
Voice of Resurgence which will leave behind its token when podded, two
Scavenging Ooze for incidental lifegain and graveyard control, one
Spellskite which can be used either to protect key creatures or disrupt opponents such as
Splinter Twin, and one
Qasali Pridemage that can destroy a pesky enchantment or artifact especially after sideboard. From the three drops there are two
Kitchen Finks which helps to regain life lost from spending Phyrexian mana as well as basically two creatures each for
Birthing Pod because of Persist, one
Eternal Witness which can rebuy anything lost to the graveyard back to your hand, and one
Deceiver Exarch which is a key piece in comboing off for the kill using its ability to untap your Pod or combined with
Kiki create infinite creatures. At the next level the four drop are comprised of four
Restoration Angel which is another integral cog in the combo by blinking a Pod or Exarch to continue chaining or as a Kiki target to create an infinite army of flying angels. There is also utility from one
Murderous Redcap which can be used to kill off low toughness creatures or go to the dome to finish the last points of life, one
Glen Elendra Archmage which is the decks only permission, and one
Linvala, Keeper of Silence which shuts down many creature abilities to either stiffle the opponents chance to win or at least severily delay it. Finally we have the five drops where we find the namesake of the deck with two
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker the way this deck combo kills for an instant win and also one
Zealous Conscript which can be used in the chain to continue by untapping a Pod to be used again.
This deck is truly a work of art and only continues to improve with each new creature that is printed being another possible option to add to your pod chain. You should definitely expect this deck to be around for a long time in Modern and must either prepare to face it or learn to master it.
