# Reflection Template For Izzet Spells

For each loss, name one primary cause and one secondary cause.
For each win, name the card, package, or tactical policy that most contributed to the win.
Classify each result as a card quantity problem, card selection problem, mana problem, tempo problem, matchup problem, sideboard problem, pilot sequencing problem, or closing-power problem.
Report mana performance, sideboard impact, stranded cards, overperforming cards, underperforming cards, and whether the Deck Strategy or Tactical Policy guidance was followed.

- Deciding factor: Record whether the game was won or lost by early pressure, a protected spell chain, a resolved engine, mana failure, removal overload, graveyard pressure, or failure to close after a bounce window. Name the exact cards that mattered, especially Stormchaser's Talent, Flow State, Illuminating Lash, Boomerang Basics, Summitfest Closing Ceremony, Ral, Crackling Wit, Tablet of Discovery, Inspiring Easel, Stock Up, and Spell Pierce.

- Mulligans: Record whether the opening hand had enough lands and colors to cast its first two relevant spells. Flag hands that kept Stormchaser's Talent without support, kept engines without pressure, kept pressure without red or blue access, or kept interaction-only hands that never turned the corner.

- Mana: Track whether Island, Mountain, Steam Vents, Sulfur Falls, Stormcarved Coast, Riverpyre Verge, and Multiversal Passage produced the needed colors on time. Note every game where Steam Vents life loss mattered, where Sulfur Falls or Stormcarved Coast sequencing constrained a turn, or where a two-land hand failed to cast multiple spells in one turn.

- Velocity: Track whether Flashback, Flow State, Illuminating Lash, Summitfest Closing Ceremony, Tablet of Discovery, Inspiring Easel, Stock Up, and Stormchaser's Talent kept the deck moving or stranded it with low-impact actions. Note whether spell chaining created damage, cards, tempo, or only spent mana.

- Engines: Record which engine actually won or stabilized the game: Stormchaser's Talent pressure, Tablet of Discovery value, Inspiring Easel value, Stock Up reload, or Ral, Crackling Wit. Flag turns where an engine was deployed instead of holding Spell Pierce, casting removal, or advancing lethal pressure.

- Removal and bounce: Track each Burst Lightning, Fire Magic, Abrade, Sear, Boomerang Basics, and Into the Flood Maw use by target, timing, and result. Mark whether the action removed a blocker, bought lethal tempo, answered an engine, or merely delayed a threat that was recast profitably.

- Sideboard: Record whether Ghost Vacuum, Abrade, Burst Lightning, Fire Magic, Sear, Into the Flood Maw, and the extra Spell Pierce matched revealed opponent threats. Flag over-sideboarded games where pressure density dropped and under-sideboarded games where a known axis went unanswered.

- Closing: Record the first turn where lethal or near-lethal pressure was available. Note whether the pilot converted Flow State, Illuminating Lash, Flashback, Summitfest Closing Ceremony, Boomerang Basics, Ral, Crackling Wit, or burn into a closing line, or passed into a recovery window.

- Role: Record whether the deck correctly chose aggro, tempo, or control posture after the first public information. Flag games where it played pure control against a scaling opponent, raced when blocking was required, or spent Spell Pierce on a low-impact spell while the real threat remained.

- Mistakes: Log all visible sequencing errors, including missed land development, using interaction before combat information, tapping out before a known critical turn, using Ghost Vacuum while dying on board, or failing to preserve mana for Spell Pierce.

- Stranded cards: Identify cards that stayed in hand for multiple turns because of color, mana value, target requirements, timing, or low impact. Prioritize repeated strand patterns involving Ral, Crackling Wit, Stock Up, Boomerang Basics, Spell Pierce, Fire Magic, Sear, Abrade, Into the Flood Maw, and Ghost Vacuum.

- Overperformers and underperformers: Record cards that repeatedly decided games and cards that repeatedly failed to affect the battlefield, stack, or clock. Separate card weakness from pilot misuse, matchup mismatch, and mana constraints.

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