Pinball Wizard

Commander / EDH* Budget Casual Creatureless Multiplayer Tokens

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Lands (36)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Bant Panorama
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Esper Panorama
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 2x Forest
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 1x Grixis Panorama
• 2x Island
• 1x Jund Panorama
• 1x Jungle Shrine
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Mystic Monastery
• 1x Naya Panorama
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 2x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1x Savage Lands
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Utility (4)

• 1x River's Rebuke
• 1x Walk the Aeons
• 1x Behold the Beyond
• 1x Fevered Suspicion

Signets (11)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Gruul Signet
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Selesnya Signet
• 1x Simic Signet

Tokens (9)

• 1x Commence the Endgame
• 1x Gideon's Phalanx
• 1x Mascot Exhibition
• 1x Planewide Celebration
• 1x Horncaller's Chant
• 1x Crush of Wurms
• 1x Feral Incarnation
• 1x Profane Transfusion
• 1x Storm Herd

Cheat cost (4)

• 1x Mind's Desire
• 1x Spelltwine
• 1x Emergent Ultimatum
• 1x Aminatou's Augury

Discard (4)

• 1x Haunting Hymn
• 1x Identity Crisis
• 1x Cabal Conditioning
• 1x Wit's End

Theft (4)

• 1x Command the Dreadhorde
• 1x Boneyard Parley
• 1x Fated Return
• 1x Ghastly Conscription

Copy (3)

• 1x Saheeli's Artistry
• 1x Stolen Identity
• 1x Supplant Form

Commander (1)

Board wipe (9)

• 1x Hour of Revelation
• 1x Planar Cleansing
• 1x Duneblast
• 1x Necromantic Selection
• 1x Necrotic Hex
• 1x Volcanic Vision
• 1x Ondu Inversion  ^Flip
• 1x Play of the Game
• 1x In Garruk's Wake

Burn (4)

• 1x Blast of Genius
• 1x Sorin's Vengeance
• 1x Searing Wind
• 1x Soulfire Eruption

Destruction (4)

• 1x Casualties of War
• 1x Hex
• 1x Violent Ultimatum
• 1x Skull Storm

Ramp (4)

• 1x Verdant Confluence
• 1x Wild Endeavor
• 1x Brass's Bounty
• 1x Reckless Endeavor

Draw (3)

• 1x Interpret the Signs
• 1x Inspired Ultimatum
• 1x Overflowing Insight

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Pinball Wizard

a collection of curious and chaotic sorceries

discontinued

This deck fetches lands and plays signets until round four or five, at which time you should play Golos, Tireless Pilgrim. Then you get the choice of playing big stuff from hand, or activating Golos' chaotic top decking adventures - aka. the three-round pinball game of doom. If you aren't in a dire situation and need to play a board wipe, I suggest you choose the latter.

The deck is filled to the rim with large (CMC > 5) instants and sorceries that should be able to alter the game state in interesting ways. The largest categories are token producers, and board wipes. Tokens are needed for combat damage, as combat damage is the primary wincon, and board wipes are used for the occasional board cleaning. To be able to activate Golos or cast cards with exotic card costs, the land base is very versatile. The deck also includes the full set of signets.

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After playtesting, it seems that its quite easy to get each colored mana for Golos' ability, so I tend to fetch Reliquary Tower with him. It really comes in handy in combination with the draw spells. The second best land to fetch would be Command Tower. One should also remember to not play lands right before activating Golos' ability, as you can play a land from the exiled cards instead.

It seems that just a few cards are generally good enough to play instead of activating Golos, these include:

• Board wipes when the board is out of control;

• Storm Herd, which honestly feels like the best card in the deck;

• Emergent Ultimatum, which lets you cast two large spells of choice, given your opponents can't allow Storm Herd to be cast;

• Aminatou's Augury, which is probably as good as Golos' ability because you can choose from more spells;

• Cabal Conditioning, because 5 card discard for all opponents (with Golos on the board) seems quite beneficial;

• Reckless Endeavor, if you have another good card on hand and is hoping to cast both;

• and Behold the Beyond, to stack your hand. I think Storm Herd should be one of the three in most scenarios.

With Emergent Ultimatum I'm theorizing that most players will not allow Storm Herd to be cast. Unless of course they have a board wipe, which is unfortunate. If they will not allow you to get the pegasus army, this leaves you with two cards to cast. Some interesting combinations are:

• Command the Dreadhorde and Profane Transfusion, to first pay life, then swap life with an opponent;

• A board wipe and Skull Storm, to have opponents lose half their life for each time Golos was cast;

• A board wipe and Cabal Conditioning, to deplete your opponents of most resources;

• A board wipe and Crush of Wurms, to gain board advantage;

• Crush of Wurms and Walk the Aeons, for 18 damage on the board - given there are no blockers;

• Sorin's Vengeance and Searing Wind, to deal 20 damage;

• Anything combined with Brass's Bounty or Reckless Endeavor, if you'd rather cast something from your hand;

• Anything combined with Spelltwine, if you'd rather cast something from your graveyard;

• Choosing a combination of Aminatou's Augury, Walk the Aeons, or Mind's Desire might be good. But at this point I feel like it's a risky play, and I'd much rather not gamble.. It might be fun though :P

With Behold the Beyond, I think the primary goal should be to cast Storm Herd. I think some good combination to stack are:

• Reckless Endeavor, Storm Herd, and a land, to be able to wipe the board and get the pegasus army during the same turn;

• Reckless Endeavor, Storm Herd, and a one sided board wipe, if you opponents build their board quick;

• Reckless Endeavor, Storm Herd, and Walk the Aeons, if you are confident in killing two opponents with the pegasus army;

• Cabal Conditioning, Reckless Endeavor, and Storm Herd, if you want to clear hands before getting the pegasus army;

• Reckless Endeavor, Storm Herd, and Spelltwine, to counteract a single board wipe;

• Storm Herd, Walk the Aeons, and Spelltwine, for either two combats or counteracting one board wipe;

• Reckless Endeavor, Storm Herd, and a draw card / Emergent Ultimatum, if you want to have a plan B.

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The budet is ~100$ total, max 2$ per card (with exceptions). I use Cardkingdom prices

Suggestions are welcome :)

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NB: Yes, Golos is not legal - but this is a jank deck! Consult with your playgroup before playing this

Update 13/09/21

RIP Golos, Tireless Pilgrim. I might try Jodah, Archmage Eternal or Codie, Vociferous Codex

Update 24/08/21

This seems a bit better. It does at least provide more total creature power.

OUT: Elemental Masterpiece

IN: Feral Incarnation

Update 21/08/21

This removal spell seems better, doesn't it?

OUT: Rain of Thorns

IN: Violent Ultimatum

Update 17/08/21

I'm not sure the cards in the card-bounce category are any good. Additionally I don't like that Spinal Embrace only deals with one target, and I'm not sure Worst Fears is fun to play. You know, like what are the logistics? Should I switch seats? And what if I'm clueless about the cards on hand? I wouldn't really want to spend unnecessary time catching up with the target players game state..

To swap in for these, I found a better bounce spell, some cool destruction / removal spells, another ramp, and a potentially interesting utility spell.

OUT: Chronostutter, Set Adrift, Swirling Torrent, Spinal Embrace and Worst Fears

IN: River's Rebuke, Rain of Thorns, Necrotic Hex, Verdant Confluence, and Behold the Beyond

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Date added	3 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 47 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	6.16
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Citizen 2/2 WUBRG, Copy Clone, Elemental 4/4 UR, Inkling 2/1 WB, Knight 2/2 W w/ Vigilance, Manifest 2/2 C, Pegasus 1/1 W, Horror */* C, Rhino 4/4 G, Spirit 3/2 RW, Treasure, Wurm 6/6 G, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie Army 0/0 B
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