# Reflection Template For Nykthos Ramp

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 decided by early acceleration, devotion burst, a single large payoff, land-based pressure, graveyard interaction, sideboard hate, or failure to convert mana into pressure.

- Mulligans: note whether kept hands had Forest plus Llanowar Elves or Elvish Mystic, a castable two- or three-mana follow-up, and a realistic payoff; flag hands kept only because Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx or Castle Garenbrig looked powerful without enough green development.

- Mana: track turns where Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx, Castle Garenbrig, Lair of the Hydra, Boseiju, Who Endures, Ba Sing Se, or too many non-Forest lands delayed the first relevant spell. Record whether mana creatures died and whether the hand still functioned afterward.

- Velocity: ask whether the deck spent turns building toward a decisive play or merely adding small resources while the opponent advanced. Flag games where Badgermole Cub, Meltstrider's Resolve, Spider Manifestation, or Scrapshooter were drawn but their exact text was not verified; Card text check required before using those games as synergy proof.

- Engines: record whether Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner, Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx, Old-Growth Troll, Cavalier of Thorns, and Ba Sing Se produced actual mana or card advantage, or whether they were win-more after the board was already stable.

- Removal: review each Voracious Hydra, Boseiju, Who Endures, Scavenging Ooze activation, Scrapshooter use, Cityscape Leveler trigger, and Ugin, the Spirit Dragon activation for target quality. Mark whether the answer changed lethal math, stopped an engine, protected a planeswalker, or was spent on a low-impact permanent.

- Sideboard: after sideboarded games, record which of Shifting Ceratops, Sorcerous Spyglass, The Stone Brain, Soul-Guide Lantern, Damping Sphere, and the sideboard Scavenging Ooze affected the game before the result was already determined.

- Closing: identify whether wins ended through oversized Voracious Hydra, Lair of the Hydra, Ugin, the Spirit Dragon, Cityscape Leveler, Cavalier of Thorns pressure, Polukranos Reborn pressure, Shifting Ceratops, or a confirmed Spider Manifestation/Meltstrider's Resolve line.

- Role: ask whether the pilot correctly became the control deck against fast creatures, the pressure deck against combo or big mana, and the layered-threat deck against control and midrange.

- Mistakes: flag missed land drops, unnecessary exposure to sweepers, overuse of Scavenging Ooze mana, premature Damping Sphere deployment, tap-out turns into visible interaction, and attacks that reduced devotion or blocker count without advancing the race.

- Stranded cards: count games where Cityscape Leveler, Ugin, the Spirit Dragon, Cavalier of Thorns, large Voracious Hydra, The Stone Brain, Damping Sphere, Soul-Guide Lantern, or Sorcerous Spyglass sat unused because the matchup, mana, or board state made them too slow or too narrow.

- Overperformers and underperformers: record cards that repeatedly changed the game state on curve, and separately record cards that looked powerful but did not affect lethal, card flow, mana, or opposing engines.

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