Atraxa Superfriends

Commander / EDH*

shandy_sawyer

Counterspells (7)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Disdainful Stroke
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Remand
• 1x Voidslime

Draw (4)

• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Oath of Nissa
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Sphinx's Revelation

Graveyard (4)

• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Nihil Spellbomb
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Torrential Gearhulk

Land (40)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Celestial Colonnade
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Kor Haven
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mystic Gate
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rupture Spire
• 1x Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Shambling Vent
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Transguild Promenade
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Planeswalkers (21)

• 1x Ajani, Mentor of Heroes
• 1x Ajani Steadfast
• 1x Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
• 1x Dovin Baan
• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1x Gideon, Champion of Justice
• 1x Jace Beleren
• 1x Jace, Unraveler of Secrets
• 1x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  ^Flip
• 1x Kiora, Master of the Depths
• 1x Kiora, the Crashing Wave
• 1x Liliana of the Veil
• 1x Narset Transcendent
• 1x Nissa, Vital Force
• 1x Ob Nixilis Reignited
• 1x Sorin, Grim Nemesis
• 1x Tamiyo, Field Researcher
• 1x Teferi, Temporal Archmage
• 1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
• 1x Venser, the Sojourner
• 1x Vraska the Unseen

Ramp (6)

• 1x Astral Cornucopia
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum

Removal (11)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Day of Judgment
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Wrath of God

Tutor (3)

• 1x Archmage Ascension
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Utility (3)

• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x The Chain Veil

Commander (1)

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Other (24)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope
• 1x Azor's Elocutors
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Contagion Engine
• 1x Darksteel Reactor
• 1x Deepglow Skate
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Genesis Wave
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
• 1x Helix Pinnacle
• 1x Inexorable Tide
• 1x Isperia, Supreme Judge
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Leovold, Emissary of Trest
• 1x Marchesa's Decree
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Mind Unbound
• 1x Pernicious Deed
• 1x Rashmi, Eternities Crafter
• 1x Savor the Moment
• 1x Stifle
• 1x Worldly Tutor

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First draft of Atraxa Superfriends for 4+ player games. I have worked on this for a while, please feel free to leave comments with suggestions.

Deck Strategy

Superfriends theme with control sub-theme. Win with planeswalker attrition, ultimates, and emblems. Protecting that strategy via counter spells, board wipes, spot removal. Creatures in this deck are used more for 2 for 1 purpose for providing presence on the board while doing something import.

May consider more of a stax sub-theme in the future with cards like Ensnaring Bridge, Ghostly Prison, Humility, Propaganda, Torpor Orb, Winter Orb, Armageddon but that doesn't seem as fun for the play group.

Card Consideration

I have decided to reduce the number tough CMC cost cards such as Cryptic Command. I have considered putting creatures in the deck that help proliferate counters such as Deepglow Skate. However I currently see my current creatures as having more utility in a board state where I am behind rather than in a board state where I am ahead. Genesis Wave seems like a very likely candidate to go into the deck in the future.

I am playing Rings of Brighthearth mostly to copy the planewalker abilities. I have considered running the following cards for their infinite combos with card, but I am going to try without first. These would be:

• Basalt Monolith + Rings of Brighthearth - infinite mana for a huge Genesis Wave or Sphinx's Revelation
• Rings of Brighthearth + Sensei's Divining Top - draw your entire deck
• Codex Shredder + Rings of Brighthearth - get your entire graveyard back to your hand.

Ramp Package

Currently using a small mana rock ramp that works well with the commander, primarily Astral Cornucopia and Everflowing Chalice. The rest are standard of what you see in most EDH decks. I included Kodama's Reach though because of it's great value, but have also considered Life from the Loam.

Win Conditions

Most planeswalkers' ultimates are going to provide pretty great advantage:

• Gideon, Champion of Justice
• Jace, Unraveler of Secrets
• Kiora, Master of the Depths
• Kiora, the Crashing Wave
• Narset Transcendent
• Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
• Venser, the Sojourner
• Dovin Baan

Doubling Season and Ajani Steadfast help us get there quicker.

Infinite Combos

Teferi, Temporal Archmage + Chain Veil

Planeswalkers to Acquire

• Jace, the Mind Sculptor
• Karn Liberated
• Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
• Kaya, Ghost Assassin
• Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury

Excluded Planeswalkers

• Ajani Goldmane - no synergy with a mostly creature-less list
• Ajani, Caller of the Pride - no synergy with a mostly creature-less list
• Elspeth Tirel - no synergy with a mostly creature-less list
• Elspeth, Knight-Errant - minus 8 is relevant but for an ultimate that is fairly underwhelming
• Garruk Relentless - no synergy with a mostly creature-less list
• Garruk Wildspeaker - decent walker, he could be considered to swap in
• Garruk, Apex Predator - love this guy but his ultimate doesn't synergize well with the current list
• Garruk, Caller of Beasts - doesn't synergize well with the current list
• Gideon, Ally of Zendikar - great in standard, not great with this list
• Gideon, Battle-Forged - no synergy
• Gideon Jura - abilities are a little underwhelming compared to other walkers
• Jace, Architect of Thought - card draw is nice but Jace Beleren is better suited
• Jace, Memory Adept - most modes are not great to be using in Commander
• Jace, the Living Guildpact - worst Jace printed, abilities very underwhelming
• Liliana of the Dark Realms - a couple swamps in the deck, not much synergy
• Liliana, Defiant Necromancer - not much synergy with low creature count
• Liliana, the Last Hope - emblem is great, +1 pretty irrelevant in EDH, -2 has no synergy in this list
• Liliana Vess - her ability to tutor is nice but slow and her +1 is too selective in a 4+ player game
• Nahiri, the Lithomancer - no synergy with this list
• Nissa Revane - no synergy
• Nissa, Nature's Artisan - no synergy
• Nissa, Sage Animist - +1 is great but other modes underwhelming
• Nissa, Voice of Zendikar - on the top of the bubble to be cut, other walkers beat her out
• Nissa, Worldwaker - only one basic forest in the list, no synergy
• Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath - Ob Nixilis Reignited is strictly better for this list
• Sorin, Lord of Innistrad - no synergy
• Sorin Markov - casting cost is too tough for a 4 color deck, on the bubble for being included
• Tezzeret the Seeker - another walker on the bubble, but not many artifacts overall
• Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas - better in a artifact themed deck

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Exclude colors	R
Key combos	Basalt Monolith + Rings of Brighthearth Rings of Brighthearth + Sensei's Divining Top Codex Shredder + Rings of Brighthearth
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	28 - 0 Mythic Rares 49 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.47
Tokens	Assassin 1/1 B w/ Player Killer, Beast 3/3 G, Emblem Ajani Steadfast, Emblem Dovin Baan, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Emblem Jace, Unraveler of Secrets, Emblem Jace, Vryn's Prodigy, Emblem Kiora, Master of the Depths, Emblem Kiora, the Crashing Wave, Emblem Narset Transcendent, Emblem Nissa, Vital Force, Emblem Ob Nixilis Reignited, Emblem Tamiyo, Field Researcher, Emblem Teferi, Temporal Archmage, Emblem Venser, the Sojourner, Kraken 9/9 U, Octopus 8/8 U, Soldier 1/1 W, Vampire Knight 1/1 B