Cascade, Cascade (Maelstrom Wanderer)

Commander / EDH Lands RUG (Temur) Tap/Untap Turns

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Ramp (26)

• 1x Arid Archway
• 1x Gruul Turf
• 1x Guildless Commons
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Lotus Field
• 1x Lotus Vale
• 1x Scorched Ruins
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Sol Talisman
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Bramble Familiar
• 1x Lotus Cobra *f-pp*
• 1x Red Death, Shipwrecker
• 1x Cursed Mirror
• 1x Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea
• 1x Klothys, God of Destiny
• 1x Tireless Provisioner
• 1x Wayward Swordtooth *pp*
• 1x Garruk Wildspeaker
• 1x Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
• 1x Kellan, Inquisitive Prodigy
• 1x Pir's Whim
• 1x Tempt with Discovery
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Beanstalk Giant

Recur (8)

• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Sanctum of Eternity
• 1x Bala Ged Recovery  ^Flip
• 1x Erinis, Gloom Stalker
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Ramunap Excavator
• 1x Skullwinder
• 1x Temur Sabertooth

Lands (25)

• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 5x Forest
• 5x Island
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Rejuvenating Springs
• 1x Spire Garden *f-pre*
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Training Center
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Cards (9)

• 1x Ohran Viper
• 1x Outcaster Trailblazer
• 1x Radha, Heart of Keld *f-pp*
• 1x Oakhame Adversary
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Ohran Frostfang
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Lunar Hatchling
• 1x Sea Gate Restoration  ^Flip

Extra Turns (6)

• 1x Temporal Manipulation
• 1x Time Warp
• 1x Walk the Aeons
• 1x Alrund's Epiphany
• 1x Nexus of Fate
• 1x Temporal Mastery

Win (2)

• 1x Rhonas the Indomitable
• 1x Archetype of Imagination

Commander (1)

Disrupt (10)

• 1x Otawara, Soaring City
• 1x Wild Magic Surge
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Cryptic Command
• 1x Saryth, the Viper's Fang
• 1x Tempted by the Oriq
• 1x Treachery
• 1x Trumpeting Carnosaur
• 1x Agent of Treachery

Ramp plus Cards (8)

• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip
• 1x Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath *pp*
• 1x Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion
• 1x Nylea, Keen-Eyed *f-pre*
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya

Combo (5)

• 1x Peregrine Drake
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Nyxbloom Ancient
• 1x Palinchron
• 1x Virtue of Strength

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Themes

1. Sacrifice and recur lands.
2. Untap permanents that tap for more than one mana.
3. Bounce and recur Maelstrom Wanderer to cast repeatedly.

Combos

I. Infinite Mana

Palinchron goes infinite by itself with any combination of seven or fewer lands that can produce at least 12 mana. There are two main ways to accomplish this.

The first is lands that naturally tap for more than one mana, for example:

• Lotus Vale, Lotus Field, Guildless Commons, and four other lands
• Scorched Ruins, Lotus Field, and five other lands
• Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun   with eight creatures and four lands that tap for {U}

The second is effects that enable lands to tap for more than one mana:

• Nyxbloom Ancient
• Virtue of Strength

Two-card variants that require less mana:

• Deadeye Navigator + Palinchron
• Deadeye Navigator + Peregrine Drake
• Palinchron + Temur Sabertooth
• Peregrine Drake + Temur Sabertooth
• Deadeye Navigator + Selvala, Heart of the Wilds + Maelstrom Wanderer
• Selvala, Heart of the Wilds + Temur Sabertooth + Maelstrom Wanderer

Honorable mention to long shot Saryth, the Viper's Fang, which can go infinite with Deadeye Navigator, the right combination of lands (Scorched Ruins plus Lotus Vale or Lotus Field), and haste from your commander.

II. Infinite Turns

Infinite turn combos revolve around recurring extra turn spells. Note these won't work with Nexus of Fate or Alrund's Epiphany.

Variants:

• Deadeye Navigator + Eternal Witness
• Eternal Witness + Temur Sabertooth
• Deadeye Navigator + Skullwinder
• Skullwinder + Temur Sabertooth

And this one's a little more magical Christmasland, but it is certainly possible.

Walk the Aeons + Oracle of Mul Daya + Wayward Swordtooth + Ramunap Excavator + three Island

III. Cryptic Soft Lock

Cryptic Command + Eternal Witness or Cryptic Command + Skullwinder allows you to tap all your opponents' creatures once per turn cycle.

Notes

Rituals: Any time you are able to untap a permanent, if you can untap a permanent that taps for more than one mana, you will usually net mana, turning cards with these effects into rituals.

Recasting Your Commander: Returning your commander to your hand is the easiest way to recast it.

Pir's Whim and Tempt with Discovery

• If you have less than eight mana, fetch lands that tap for more than one mana.
• If you Cascade into them, fetch Sanctum of Eternity to start looping your commander.
• If your commander has been removed multiple times, fetch Command Beacon to get going again.

You can also bounce Maelstrom Wanderer or a utility creature with all-star Temur Sabertooth, Otawara, Soaring City, or Cryptic Command.

In a pinch you can use Beast Within or Chaos Warp to send your commander back to the command zone while netting some value.

Cascade: When you cast Maelstrom Wanderer, the two instances of Cascade will both hit the stack on top of your commander. When the first Cascade resolves, the spell cast will go on the stack and resolve before the other Cascade. Then the second Cascade puts another spell on the stack that will resolve before your commander, which resolves last.

Adventures: When you Cascade into a card with an Adventure (Virtue of Strength, Beanstalk Giant, Bramble Familiar, Kellan, Inquisitive Prodigy), you can choose to cast the spell or the Adventure.

Draw Engines: Outcaster Trailblazer, Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner, and Selvala, Heart of the Wilds allow you to draw your deck when executing loops with Palinchron and Deadeye Navigator. Nylea, Keen-Eyed gets all your creatures out if you have infinite mana. And don't be afraid to discard several cards to Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion given the strong recursion package and two creatures with Escape.

Win Condition

Besides the two Cascades, Maelstrom Wanderer also grants your entire team haste and is itself a formidable 7/5, requiring just three hits to kill with commander damage. As such, the deck's only win condition is combat, although sometimes opponents will just scoop to infinite turns. Sometimes a single extra turn is enough to get the required damage through.

Tempted by the Oriq and Cryptic Command can help clear the path for an alpha strike.

Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma and Garruk Wildspeaker provide Overrun type effects.

Archetype of Imagination makes your team unblockable while also enabling you to defend yourself from the crackback with deathtouch creatures.

Finally, Rhonas the Indomitable converts infinite mana into infinite combat damage with trample.

Happy Cascading!

Date added	1 year
Last updated	8 months
Exclude colors	WB
Key combos	Deadeye Navigator + Palinchron Deadeye Navigator + Peregrine Drake Eternal Witness + Temur Sabertooth Palinchron + Temur Sabertooth Peregrine Drake + Temur Sabertooth Deadeye Navigator + Eternal Witness Selvala, Heart of the Wilds + Temur Sabertooth Cryptic Command + Eternal Witness Deadeye Navigator + Selvala, Heart of the Wilds Deadeye Navigator + Skullwinder Skullwinder + Temur Sabertooth Cryptic Command + Skullwinder
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	17 - 0 Mythic Rares 51 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 3 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.29
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Bird 1/1 U, City's Blessing, Clue, Food, Foretell, On an Adventure, Plot, Treasure