# Reflection Template For Ral Zarek No Hands

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: Identify the turn where the game swung, then record whether the swing came from discard pressure, empty-hand damage, board control, mana denial, a protected closer, or an unanswered opposing permanent.

- Mulligans: Check whether the opening hand had Swamp access, an early discard action such as Vicious Rumors, Burglar Rat, Elderfang Disciple, or Liliana's Specter, and either a payoff such as Waste Not, Liliana's Caress, Megrim, The Rack, Shrieking Affliction, Bloodchief Ascension, or Quest for the Nihil Stone, or a stabilizer such as Liliana of the Veil or Pox.

- Mana: Record every game where Cabal Stronghold, Castle Locthwain, or too many expensive cards stranded action. Separate color failure from curve failure, and note whether Castle Locthwain life loss mattered in the race.

- Velocity: Ask whether Geth's Grimoire, Waste Not, Words of Waste, Castle Locthwain, Liliana Vess, or Liliana, Dreadhorde General generated enough cards to justify the mana and tempo spent. If the deck emptied its own hand too quickly, mark whether Library of Leng changed or should have changed the line.

- Engine timing: Check whether discard was cast before a payoff when waiting one turn for Liliana's Caress, Megrim, Waste Not, Raiders' Wake, Geth's Grimoire, The Rack, Shrieking Affliction, Quest for the Nihil Stone, or Bloodchief Ascension would have produced more pressure.

- Removal and stabilization: Record whether Liliana of the Veil, Pox, Withering Curse, Arbiter of Woe, Liliana, Dreadhorde General, Dread Presence, or Doomsday Confluence was available when a creature clock became dangerous. Card text check required for exact mode evaluation on Withering Curse, Arbiter of Woe, Dread Presence, and Doomsday Confluence.

- Sideboard: Confirm no sideboard decision was requested or invented. This registered deck has 0 sideboard cards, so any post-game adaptation must be strategic piloting only.

- Closing: Ask whether the deck actually closed after emptying the opponent's hand. Track which of The Rack, Shrieking Affliction, Quest for the Nihil Stone, Bloodchief Ascension, Liliana's Caress, Megrim, Raiders' Wake, Tinybones, Trinket Thief, Bloodthirsty Conqueror, Sheoldred, Whispering One, Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal // Temple of the Dead, or Entropic Battlecruiser converted control into a win.

- Role: Record whether the pilot correctly shifted between discard-engine midrange, board-control survival, and closer deployment. Mark mistakes where the deck tried to race while behind on board or over-controlled while the opponent was already empty-handed.

- Mistakes: Flag any pass with mana open when legal discard, draw, removal, equip, or planeswalker actions were available and strategically relevant. Also flag any expensive closer cast before known or visible interaction was pressured.

- Stranded cards: Track cards stuck in hand for three or more turns, especially Sheoldred, Whispering One, Bloodthirsty Conqueror, Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal // Temple of the Dead, Entropic Battlecruiser, Arbiter of Woe, Liliana Vess, Liliana, Dreadhorde General, Doomsday Confluence, and Pox.

- Overperformers and underperformers: Name the exact card and game state. Good notes explain whether the card won because of its own role, because discard already cleared the way, or because the opponent's draw failed to punish it.

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