This deck is just my take on a more consistent Nictotraxian Market.
Gameplay
Turn 1-2:
Journey Guide,
Seek Power, or Crests. You can also play
Treasure Trove off of
Xo of the Endless Hoard
Turn 3:
Auralian Merchant preferably for ramp, otherwise any other merchant for
Nictotraxian
Turn 4: Another merchant for
Twinning Ritual, and play it on
Nictotraxian as soon as possible.
Turn 5+: Focus on getting a
Crown of Possibilities into play, either by playing it directly or tutoring for it with
Display of Knowledge. Then, use your merchants to swap one
Nictotraxian into the market so can start swapping them 1-for-1. You can also swap
Jotun Hurler if you need snowballs, or
Xo of the Endless Hoard if you have nothing better to do. You generally use them both to feed the market when you can though, because you really only want to be playing merchants as your units until end-game. Also, in the early game, use your merchants to take any decent trade you can when blocking in combat. Once you get to turn 6 and beyond you will start pulling ahead in terms of value, so losing early value doesn't matter much in the end.
Powerbase
Generally you want to use
Seek Power and/or
Common Cause to get a single Shadow influence unless you absolutely need them for one of your main colors. The Justice sigil is in there to help provide the lowest priority influence that we are interested in for when you actually want to play
Nictotraxian, which does sometimes happen.
Market
Torrential Downpour - This card is hands down better than
Hailstorm with even a single
Howling Peak Smuggler in play. I actually wanted to main deck it, but it is still semi-situational so I have it in the market for now.
Twinning Ritual - Use this on
Nictotraxian
Crystalline Chalice - This card is great to grab for those games where you just can't seem to get the engine going
Memento Mori - This just helps ensure that you are able to play
Nictotraxian if you need to.
Nictotraxian - The main source of all the fun in the deck.