This deck was a brew that I built and worked on early on in our testing process and later championed alongside Javier, who as always worked closely with me to bring the deck to the tournament winning level, with key contributions from Christoffer Larsen
The deck adds a number of powerful spells and abilities including a huge amount of ramp (both creature and mana rocks), as well as a handful of card draw, removal, and reanimate/protection effects to keep your hand stocks and the pressure on
A strong core theme with great value reprints but a number of questionable inclusions for the deck
They mostly succeeded, even if the hype of the main set resulted in unjustified price-gouging for the decks
It was a deck full of some stark contrasts
Defender decks can also reach for cards like Doorkeeper, Coral Colony, and Vent Sentinel to win without attacking