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May the Odds Be Ever in My Favor

Commander / EDH Multiplayer Tribal WUB (Esper)

DerektheRed


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Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign

Top-deck manipulation, with sphinxes.

Why? Because sphinxes are awesome! (casting huge spells for free is also awesome.) Getting triggers for Yennett is fairly reliable; she has built-in evasion and we have cards to make her unblockable (Whispersilk Cloak). More importantly, she triggers on attack, so we don't need to damage opponents. That means we can use tricks like Reconnaissance and Maze of Ith. Double up her trigger with Strionic Resonator and make opponents choose between blocking her and other threats like Medomai the Ageless.

Even though we have more cards with odd CMC than even, we still need strong top-deck manipulation. Scroll Rack is of course an all-star, but all Brainstorm-type effects are good. Scry is a little weaker, and we include no triggered card draw (e.g. Rhystic Study) - only activated - so that we always control what's on top.

This is a more casual build, fitting for my meta. If you wanted to strengthen it, you'd cut some big fliers for cards like Cyclonic Rift, Kindred Domination, plus more counter magic and the three great tutors available in Esper (Vampiric/Mystical/Enlightened).

Suggestion, comments, and upvotes always appreciated.

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Revision 6 See all

(4 years ago)

-1 Anguished Unmaking maybe
-1 Banishing Stroke maybe
-1 Behold the Beyond maybe
-1 Belbe's Portal maybe
-1 Cyclonic Rift maybe
-1 Fated Return side
-1 Favorable Winds maybe
-1 Fumigate maybe
-1 Kaya's Wrath maybe
-1 Kefnet the Mindful maybe
-1 Lim-Dul's Vault maybe
-1 Mother of Runes maybe
-1 Obelisk of Esper maybe
-1 Precognition Field maybe
-1 Return to Dust maybe
-1 Rummaging Wizard maybe
-1 Serra Avatar maybe
-1 Sigiled Starfish maybe
-1 Sinister Sabotage maybe
-1 Take Possession maybe
and 26 other change(s)
Date added 4 years
Last updated 4 years
Legality

This deck is Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

16 - 0 Mythic Rares

37 - 0 Rares

21 - 0 Uncommons

15 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 4.14
Tokens Copy Clone, Manifest 2/2 C
Folders Active, EDH - from scratch
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