Fblthp the Contender BUDGET VERSION

Commander / EDH Control Infinite Combo Mono-Blue

WalkerWaits

Draw (21)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Drawn from Dreams
• 1x Echo of Eons
• 1x Ever-Watching Threshold
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Gush
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Mirrormade
• 1x Monastery Siege
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Narset, Parter of Veils
• 1x Omen of the Sea
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Steal Enchantment
• 1x Time Reversal
• 1x Verity Circle
• 1x Windfall

Tutor (9)

• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Long-Term Plans
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Reshape
• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker
• 1x Whir of Invention

Mana (40)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Coldsteel Heart
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Emergence Zone
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x High Tide
• 24x Island
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Star Compass

Stax/Removal (10)

• 1x Back to Basics
• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Blink of an Eye
• 1x Cursed Totem
• 1x Frogify
• 1x Into the Roil
• 1x Kasmina's Transmutation
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Winds of Rebuke

Recursion (2)

• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Karn, the Great Creator

Commander (1)

Counterspells (13)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Delay
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Mental Misstep
• 1x Miscast
• 1x Mystical Dispute
• 1x Narset's Reversal
• 1x Negate
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Stoic Rebuttal
• 1x Swan Song

Combo (4)

• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Goblin Cannon
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Proteus Staff

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Sideboard

Other (2)

• 1x Portent
• 1x Teferi's Ageless Insight

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Budget version of my CEDH Fblthp, the Contender. It won't work as quickly by any means, but it's much cheaper. It can be taken further for sure, but it gets more and more difficult to call cEDH. Cards like Dissipation Field (pillow fort cards) will be important for staying alive the more casual we go. We pursue Proteus Staff + Fblthp, the Lost, then topdeck frantic search, gush, then use both to draw the next four cards -- isochron scepter, dramatic reversal, mox vault/mana amulet and protection. Please don't hesitate to ask me questions!

COMBOS

Fblthp, the Lost + Proteus Staff : in a deck with no creatures except fblthp, this combo allows you to reorder your entire deck and then draw the top two cards, starting any number of piles.
2+ mana rocks + Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter : Infinite mana for Goblin Cannon
Narset, Parter of Veils + Time Reversal or any other wheel will leave your opponents with only one card in hand, which is nice.

Strategy

Our basic strategy is to assemble a win condition with Fblthp, the Lost + Proteus Staff . That said, if you have enough pieces that you can skip Fblthp's trademark Doomsday-esque combo, do so! What combo you pursue depends on what's in hand, mana on the board, and opponents' decks. If you have combo cards in hand or on the board, it frees you to retrieve more defensive interaction. After the two free cards from Fblthp entering play with the staff, Frantic Search and Gush will help you draw one extra card each, getting you 4 cards to victory. Gitaxian Probe is a tricky one -- it's very useful if you have it in hand before activating the staff, but is dangerous if you're relying on it not being countered to continue a combo. Generally, if you're fairly confident of a win, a counter, Frantic Search, Isochron Scepter, Gush, Dramatic Reversal, Mox Amber should be the ideal top of your library, since once Dramatic Scepter with infinite mana is live, you can fblthp/staff as many times as you want. The point is that Fblthp and Staff make for a terrific tutor combo, and the rest of the plan is yours. It's not a deck with only one route, which is why I find it so fun. The turn you know you can get Fblthp/Staff off, you count your sources and figure out what line works best for your situation.

There are several Fblthp decks on Tapped Out. Very few seem to really have much faith in the blue dude, so let me say clearly that this deck can hold its own. Maybe that's obvious from the quality of cards in the deck, but even a budget version is a huge powerhouse. Mono-blue, regardless of the helm, can perform well, and fblthp is a unique commander. His synergy with mono-blue's rock-heavy build and pile combos makes him a surprise heavy hitter. Please take a look at my competitive build for an upgraded version with proxies.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Key combos	Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter Fblthp, the Lost + Proteus Staff Narset, Parter of Veils + Time Reversal
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 20 - 1 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 29 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.27
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Manifest 2/2 C
Folders	stuff
Based on	CEDH Fblthp the Contender WalkerWaits EDH