Bruvac the Grandiloquent 2024

Commander / EDH Mono-Blue

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Instant (25)

• 1x AEtherize
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Flatline
• 1x Force of Negation
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x High Tide
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Memory Lapse
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Narset's Reversal
• 1x Negate
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Remand
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Snap
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Twincast
• 1x Unsubstantiate

Creature (13)

• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Faerie Mastermind
• 1x Fleet Swallower
• 1x Fog Bank
• 1x Gilded Drake
• 1x Kami of the Crescent Moon
• 1x Ornithopter of Paradise *f-etch*
• 1x Silent Arbiter
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Spellseeker
• 1x Terisian Mindbreaker
• 1x Thieving Skydiver
• 1x Thing in the Ice  ^Flip

Land (36)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Glacial Chasm
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Otawara, Soaring City
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 28x Snow-Covered Island

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Back to Basics
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Overburden
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Rhystic Study

Commander (1)

Artifact (11)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ensnaring Bridge
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Howling Mine
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Sapphire Medallion
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x The One Ring
• 1x Vedalken Orrery

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Consuming Tide
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Flood of Tears
• 1x Maddening Cacophony
• 1x Traumatize
• 1x Whelming Wave
• 1x Windfall

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Enchantment (2)

• 1x Corrupted Conscience
• 1x Treachery

Instant (1)

• 1x Unwind

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Coastal Breach

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This is a more competitive EDH deck. I'd say it's on the upper end of casual, but it's not quite cEDH. This deck is literally just Mono Blue Control until you assemble your game winning combo.

HOW DO YOU WIN?

Bruvac wants to combo off and mill each opponent with a kicked Maddening Cacophony while Bruvac the Grandiloquent is on the field. This game winning spell can be tutored up from Spellseeker, Mystical Tutor, or Muddle the Mixture. If Maddening Cacophony gets countered or ends up in your graveyard, Snapcaster Mage and Mystic Sanctuary can get it back to hand.

You'll have to protect your game winning spell, so there's 14 Counterspells in the deck. They include: Pact of Negation, Swan Song, Arcane Denial, Counterspell, Mana Drain, Memory Lapse, Muddle the Mixture, Negate, Remand, Unsubstantiate, Fierce Guardianship, Force of Negation, Rewind, and Force of Will. Narset's Reversal, and Twincast can also be used to stop your spell from being countered, by copying a your opponent's Counterspell, and contering it. (So there could be 16 Counterspells)

This deck can also just straight up one shot a single opponent with cards like Fleet Swallower, Terisian Mindbreaker, and Traumatize, but Bruvac needs to be on the field for these to work.

I considered running Corrupted Conscience as an alternate Win Con. Let me know if you think that's a good idea after checking out what else my build has.

KEEP YOUR MANA UNTAPPED FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE:

Mono Blue Control loves to have a fistful of cards and pass the turn. Two cards that really take this strategy to the next level are Vedalken Orrery and Leyline of Anticipation. If you have never began a game of EDH with a Leyline of Anticipation on the field I don't know what to tell you. It's dummy good. You haven't truly lived yet lol.

Spells that interact with your opponents things while leaving mana open are super powerful as they allow you to play multiple spells per turn cycle.

Snap, Frantic Search, Rewind are all essentially free to cast as long as they resolve. I wish there were more cards like this. I also considered running Unwind, and Treachery. Let me know in the comments if I am missing any.

Similarly, Pact of Negation, Fierce Guardianship, Force of Negation, and Force of Will are all free Counterspells. Cards like this allow you to tap out with a little more confidence.

CARD DRAW:

Draw Spells Include: Arcane Denial, Remand, Frantic Search, Windfall, and Consuming Tide.

Artifact/Enchantment Draw: Howling Mine, The One Ring, Mystic Remora, and Rhystic Study

Creatures That Draw Include: Faerie Mastermind, Kami of the Crescent Moon, and Consecrated Sphinx.

RAMP:

We are running Ornithopter of Paradise, Thieving Skydiver (This is EDH, your opponents will be playing mana rocks that you can steal), High Tide, Mana Drain, Mana Crypt, Sol Ring, Arcane Signet, Fellwar Stone, Sapphire Medallion, and Extraplanar Lens (All 28 basic lands in this deck are Snow-Covered Island so this will not help your opponents running "Islands")

Removal Spells Include: Pongify, Snap, Unsubstantiate, and Imprisoned in the Moon.

Board Wipes Include: Thing in the Ice  , Cyclonic Rift, Consuming Tide, Whelming Wave, Evacuation, and Flood of Tears.

Fog/Combat Tricks Include: Flatline, and AEtherize.

Staxy Pieces Include: Silent Arbiter, Meekstone, Ensnaring Bridge, Overburden, Back to Basics, Propaganda, Glacial Chasm and Maze of Ith

Date added	8 months
Last updated	6 months
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 39 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.72
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U