Fatedrifter

Commander / EDH* WUB (Esper)

ShiningSpear

Land (35)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Forge of Heroes
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Irrigated Farmland
• 4x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Memorial to Genius
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 3x Plains
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Secluded Steppe
• 1x Shambling Vent
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Tranquil Cove

Artifact (8)

• 1x Altar of the Brood
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sundial of the Infinite
• 1x Wishclaw Talisman

Creature (24)

• 1x Archfiend of Ifnir
• 1x Architects of Will
• 1x Blight Herder
• 1x Cloudblazer
• 1x Curator of Mysteries
• 1x Deputy of Detention
• 1x Faceless Butcher
• 1x Felidar Guardian
• 1x Fiend Hunter
• 1x Flickerwisp
• 1x Mind Raker
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Nimble Obstructionist
• 1x Oracle of Dust
• 1x Restoration Angel
• 1x Spell Queller
• 1x Street Wraith
• 1x Tidehollow Sculler
• 1x Ulamog's Despoiler
• 1x Ulamog's Nullifier
• 1x Ulamog's Reclaimer
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant
• 1x Vizier of Deferment
• 1x Wasteland Strangler

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Astral Drift
• 1x Astral Slide
• 1x Cast Out
• 1x Decree of Silence
• 1x Drake Haven
• 1x Faith of the Devoted
• 1x New Perspectives
• 1x Rest in Peace
• 1x Rhystic Study

Commander (1)

Instant (14)

• 1x Anticipate
• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Delay
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Esper Charm
• 1x Forsake the Worldly
• 1x Hieroglyphic Illumination
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Rapid Decay
• 1x Release to the Wind
• 1x Scarab Feast
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Utter End

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Akroma's Vengeance
• 1x Aminatou's Augury
• 1x Decree of Justice
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Devastation Tide
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Portent
• 1x Terminus
• 1x Unearth

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Creature (10)

• 1x Kitesail Freebooter
• 1x Mangara of Corondor
• 1x Mistmeadow Witch
• 1x Peregrine Drake
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Soulherder
• 1x Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
• 1x Thassa's Oracle
• 1x Ukkima, Stalking Shadow  ^Flip
• 1x Watcher for Tomorrow

Instant (6)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Despark
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Kaya's Guile
• 1x Void Shatter
• 1x Whir of Invention

Artifact (2)

• 1x Mimic Vat
• 1x Relic of Progenitus

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Mnemonic Betrayal
• 1x Torment of Hailfire

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Kaya, Orzhov Usurper

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Shark Typhoon

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First pass at an EDH Astral Slide build, inspired by Willem-Jan Rensink's Aminatou "Exile Matters" build: https://articles.edhrec.com/shape-anew-exile-matters-with-aminatou/

Astral Slide has long been one of my favorite Legacy decks in spite of its comparative weakness, and with a new redundant piece in Astral Drift, I decided to see if it could work in EDH. If you're not familiar, Astral Slide decks typically try to generate value by flickering creatures with ETB effects and disrupt the board state by flickering opponent's creatures. This deck seeks to generate additional value by adding Eldrazi processors into the mix.

In case you've forgotten (and you could certainly be forgiven for that- Battle for Zendikar kinda sucked), processors have abilities that work by putting your opponent's exiled cards into their graveyard. There weren't a whole lot of particularly good ones, but they're fun and have very unique flavor, drawing on a resource most cards can't even touch.

So the deck's main plan is to just generate value by flickering our creatures, sticking our opponent's stuff in exile, and processing it. This most easily accomplished by cycling stuff with Astral Drift and Astral Slide on the board. Using Sundial of the Infinite to end the turn before the end step ensures we keep those cards exiled, giving us plenty of fodder for our processors. In the event that our EXTREME VALUE plan isn't working, we've got a couple of combo wins in the deck as well:

• Aminatou, the Fateshifter + Felidar Guardian + Altar of the Brood: Felidar ETB blinks Aminatou, Aminatou blinks Felidar with -1, repeat. Infinite Altar triggers
• Felidar Guardian + Restoration Angel + Altar of the Brood: Felidar and Resto flicker each other back and forth. Infinite Altar triggers
• Aminatou, the Fateshifter + Felidar Guardian + Panharmonicon + Blue Sun's Zenith: double Felidar ETB triggers allow you to blink Aminatou and a land. Float a mana, blink Felidar with Aminatou, float mana, repeat for infinite mana. Force someone to draw out with Blue Sun.

Other cool synergies:

• Aminatou, the Fateshifter + Wishclaw Talisman: tutor with Wishclaw, blink it with Aminatou, get it back immediately for another tutor
• Aminatou, the Fateshifter + Decree of Silence: anytime you start your turn with Decree of Silence on the field, you can blink it with Aminatou to reset its counters. Be warned that this may result in salt from the rest of the table.
• Rest in Peace + any processor: RIP gives your processors infinite ammo

It probably goes without saying that this is not the most optimized deck ever; Processors aren't particularly powerful, and the Astral Slide plan doesn't always work (it tends to draw out removal almost immediately). It could get more consistent with the variety of great tutors in Esper, and I've had people suggest running Zur the Enchanter in place of Aminatou, but consistency isn't the point. The deck is designed to play with a zone that typically sees very little interaction in a normal game of Magic, and I think it's a lot of fun to pilot in spite of its relatively low power.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 28 - 0 Uncommons 24 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.42
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Drake 2/2 U, Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Soldier 1/1 W
Folders	Commanders