Jeleva, a heleva good Commander

Commander / EDH Budget Casual UBR (Grixis)

clayperce

Land (38)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Grixis Panorama
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 12x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Izzet Guildgate
• 1x Jwar Isle Refuge
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Rupture Spire
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Vivid Crag
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Marsh

Copy Effects (8)

• 1x Increasing Vengeance
• 1x Melek, Izzet Paragon
• 1x Mirari
• 1x Nivix Guildmage
• 1x Spelltwine
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Supplant Form
• 1x Wild Ricochet

Return to Hand (4)

• 1x Crystal Shard
• 1x Snap
• 1x Unsummon
• 1x Voyage's End

Support (21)

• 1x Arcane Melee
• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Clockspinning
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Crosis's Charm
• 1x Deep-Sea Kraken
• 1x Doom Blade
• 1x Fog Bank
• 1x Guttersnipe
• 1x Jace's Sanctum
• 1x Kolaghan's Command
• 1x Mask of Riddles
• 1x Necromantic Summons
• 1x Nightscape Familiar
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Reality Strobe
• 1x Soulblade Djinn
• 1x Steal Artifact
• 1x Talrand, Sky Summoner
• 1x True-Name Nemesis
• 1x Vandalblast

Haymakers (8)

• 1x Army of the Damned
• 1x Clone Legion
• 1x Cruel Ultimatum
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Fated Return
• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Phthisis
• 1x Volcanic Vision

Commander (1)

Card Draw and Manipulation (11)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Charmbreaker Devils
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Galvanoth
• 1x Mystic Retrieval
• 1x Nekusar, the Mindrazer
• 1x Opportunity
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Portent
• 1x Sigiled Starfish
• 1x Temple Bell

Haste (6)

• 1x Act of Treason
• 1x Fervor
• 1x Hammer of Purphoros
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Lightning Mauler
• 1x Lose Calm

Ramp (3)

• 1x Obelisk of Grixis
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

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Sideboard

Support (8)

• 1x Acquire
• 1x Crystal Ball
• 1x Dauthi Embrace
• 1x Goblin Electromancer
• 1x Spellbinder
• 1x Spite of Mogis
• 1x Thassa, God of the Sea
• 1x Young Pyromancer

Haymakers (6)

• 1x Flame Wave
• 1x Ghastly Conscription
• 1x Insurrection
• 1x Mind's Dilation
• 1x Needlebite Trap
• 1x Rite of Ruin

Card Draw and Manipulation (2)

• 1x Diluvian Primordial
• 1x Mystic Speculation

Return to Hand (1)

• 1x Seal of Removal

Return to Hand Spells (1)

• 1x Jilt

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Maybeboard

Other (3)

• 1x Din of the Fireherd
• 1x Jori En, Ruin Diver
• 1x Metallurgic Summonings

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This is an inexpensive but solid upgrade to the Mind Seize pre-con. I'm aiming for a 75% build, high in flavor, with no tutors.

Thanks in advance for your comments and recommendations!

You can play this deck for around $100. Just get the pre-con from Amazon or your LGS, pull these cards, add these, and tweak the basic lands. You can get the cost down to about $80 if you stick with Swiftfoot Boots instead of upgrading to Lightning Greaves, use something besides Temple of Epiphany in your mana base, and swap an inexpensive recursion or artifact hate card for Kolaghan's Command.

Kudos to michael921 for playtesting and advice.

Inspiration for this deck came from Jason Alt at Gathering Magic; Jimmy Wong, Josh Lee Kwai, and Alex Kessler at The Command Zone podcast; Bennie Smith at Star City Games; and the collective wisdom of the Jeleva fans at EDHREC.com.

Finally, please check out my Naya decks sometime: Smashface Gardening with Rith and Sandbagging with Hazezon. I'd appreciate your comments there too!

Thanks again!
- Clay

P.S. Please don't forget to +1 Upvote if you like it :-)

Date added	9 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 3 Mythic Rares 25 - 5 Rares 29 - 8 Uncommons 21 - 2 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.85
Tokens	Copy Clone, Drake 2/2 U, Elemental 1/1 R, Enchantment Golem 3/3 C, Manifest 2/2 C, Zombie 2/2 B
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